The data in the tables below has been compiled by the Inter-Parliamentary Union on the basis of information provided by National Parliaments by 30 April 2009. The percentages do not take into account the case of parliaments for which no data was available at that date. Comparative data on the percentage of women in each National Parliament as well as data concerning the two regional parliamentary assemblies elected by direct suffrage can be found on separate pages. You can use the PARLINE database to view detailed results of parliamentary elections by country.
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Total MPs 44'638 Gender breakdown known for 42'836 Men 35'004 Women 7'832 Percentage of women 18.3%
Total MPs 37'698 Gender breakdown known for 35'968 Men 29'333 Women 6'635 Percentage of women 18.4%	Total MPs 6'940 Gender breakdown known for 6'868 Men 5'671 Women 1'197 Percentage of women 17.4%

Regions are classified by descending order of the percentage of women in the lower or single House

	Single House or lower House	Upper House or Senate	Both Houses combined
Nordic countries	42.0%	---	---
Americas	21.6%	20.4%	21.4%
Europe - OSCE member countries including Nordic countries	21.2%	19.4%	20.8%
Europe - OSCE member countries excluding Nordic countries	19.2%	19.4%	19.3%
Asia	19.0%	16.5%	18.8%
Sub-Saharan Africa	16.6%	20.5%	17.0%
Pacific	13.0%	32,6%	15.2%
Arab States	9.7%	7.0%	9.1%