The data in the tables below has been compiled by the Inter-Parliamentary Union on the basis of information provided by National Parliaments by 31 May 2010. 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 44'760 Gender breakdown known for 42'701 Men 34'608 Women 8'093 Percentage of women 19.0%
Total MPs 37'807 Gender breakdown known for 35'990 Men 29'110 Women 6'880 Percentage of women 19.1%	Total MPs 6'953 Gender breakdown known for 6'711 Men 5'498 Women 1'213 Percentage of women 18.1%

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	42.1%	---	---
Americas	22.7%	23.7%	22.9%
Europe - OSCE member countries including Nordic countries	22.0%	19.7%	21.6%
Europe - OSCE member countries excluding Nordic countries	20.1%	19.7%	20.0%
Asia	18.6%	16.4%	18.4%
Sub-Saharan Africa	18.3%	20.4%	18.6%
Pacific	13.2%	32,6%	15.3%
Arab States	9.2%	7.6%	8.8%