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Seats held by women in national parliament, %: ranking of countries
190 countries ranked by their latest value (2021–2025). Rwanda is highest at 63.8%; Yemen is lowest at 0.0%.
World 27.2% (2025)Median country 25.9%190 countries
Women in parliament: world and regions, 1994–2025
WorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanNorth AmericaSouth AsiaSub-Saharan Africa
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Regional lines are World Bank aggregates.
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Latest value for each country; the year column shows when it was reported.
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| # | Country | Region | Women in parliament | Year | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 63.8% | 2025 | |
| 2 | Cuba | Latin America & Caribbean | 55.7% | 2025 | |
| 3 | Nicaragua | Latin America & Caribbean | 54.9% | 2025 | |
| 4 | Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | 50.8% | 2025 | |
| 5 | Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | 50.2% | 2025 | |
| 6 | Andorra | Europe & Central Asia | 50.0% | 2025 | |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 50.0% | 2025 | |
| 8 | Costa Rica | Latin America & Caribbean | 49.1% | 2025 | |
| 9 | Iceland | Europe & Central Asia | 46.0% | 2025 | |
| 10 | Australia | East Asia & Pacific | 46.0% | 2025 | |
| 11 | Monaco | Europe & Central Asia | 45.8% | 2025 | |
| 12 | New Zealand | East Asia & Pacific | 45.5% | 2025 | |
| 13 | Finland | Europe & Central Asia | 45.5% | 2025 | |
| 14 | Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | 45.0% | 2025 | |
| 15 | Sweden | Europe & Central Asia | 45.0% | 2025 | |
| 16 | South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | 44.9% | 2025 | |
| 17 | Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | 44.4% | 2025 | |
| 18 | Spain | Europe & Central Asia | 44.3% | 2025 | |
| 19 | Denmark | Europe & Central Asia | 43.6% | 2025 | |
| 20 | Netherlands | Europe & Central Asia | 43.3% | 2025 | |
| 21 | Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 42.3% | 2025 | |
| 22 | Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 41.9% | 2025 | |
| 23 | Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | 41.5% | 2025 | |
| 24 | Belgium | Europe & Central Asia | 41.3% | 2025 | |
| 25 | Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | 41.2% | 2025 | |
| 26 | Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa | 41.2% | 2025 | |
| 27 | Dominica | Latin America & Caribbean | 40.6% | 2025 | |
| 28 | United Kingdom | Europe & Central Asia | 40.5% | 2025 | |
| 29 | Norway | Europe & Central Asia | 40.2% | 2025 | |
| 30 | Burundi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 39.6% | 2025 | |
| 31 | Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | 39.6% | 2025 | |
| 32 | Tanzania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 39.5% | 2025 | |
| 33 | North Macedonia | Europe & Central Asia | 39.2% | 2025 | |
| 34 | Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | 39.1% | 2025 | |
| 35 | Switzerland | Europe & Central Asia | 39.0% | 2025 | |
| 36 | Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | 38.3% | 2025 | |
| 37 | Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | 38.3% | 2025 | |
| 38 | Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | 38.0% | 2025 | |
| 39 | Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | 37.4% | 2025 | |
| 40 | Serbia | Europe & Central Asia | 37.2% | 2025 | |
| 41 | France | Europe & Central Asia | 36.2% | 2025 | |
| 42 | Guyana | Latin America & Caribbean | 36.1% | 2025 | |
| 43 | Portugal | Europe & Central Asia | 35.7% | 2025 | |
| 44 | Slovenia | Europe & Central Asia | 35.6% | 2025 | |
| 45 | Austria | Europe & Central Asia | 35.5% | 2025 | |
| 46 | Timor-Leste | East Asia & Pacific | 35.4% | 2025 | |
| 47 | Albania | Europe & Central Asia | 35.0% | 2025 | |
| 48 | Luxembourg | Europe & Central Asia | 35.0% | 2025 | |
| 49 | San Marino | Europe & Central Asia | 35.0% | 2025 | |
| 50 | Uganda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 34.1% | 2025 | |
| 51 | Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | 33.9% | 2025 | |
| 52 | Cameroon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 33.9% | 2025 | |
| 53 | Chile | Latin America & Caribbean | 33.5% | 2025 | |
| 54 | Chad | Sub-Saharan Africa | 33.5% | 2025 | |
| 55 | Czechia | Europe & Central Asia | 33.5% | 2025 | |
| 56 | Kyrgyzstan | Europe & Central Asia | 33.3% | 2025 | |
| 57 | Croatia | Europe & Central Asia | 33.1% | 2025 | |
| 58 | Nepal | South Asia | 33.1% | 2024 | |
| 59 | Italy | Europe & Central Asia | 32.8% | 2025 | |
| 60 | Germany | Europe & Central Asia | 32.4% | 2025 | |
| 61 | South Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | 32.4% | 2025 | |
| 62 | Singapore | East Asia & Pacific | 32.3% | 2025 | |
| 63 | Venezuela | Latin America & Caribbean | 32.1% | 2025 | |
| 64 | Liechtenstein | Europe & Central Asia | 32.0% | 2025 | |
| 65 | El Salvador | Latin America & Caribbean | 31.7% | 2025 | |
| 66 | Vietnam | East Asia & Pacific | 31.4% | 2025 | |
| 67 | Suriname | Latin America & Caribbean | 31.4% | 2025 | |
| 68 | Uruguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 31.3% | 2025 | |
| 69 | Poland | Europe & Central Asia | 31.3% | 2025 | |
| 70 | Grenada | Latin America & Caribbean | 31.2% | 2025 | |
| 71 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Latin America & Caribbean | 31.2% | 2025 | |
| 72 | Equatorial Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 31.0% | 2025 | |
| 73 | Latvia | Europe & Central Asia | 31.0% | 2025 | |
| 74 | Canada | North America | 30.3% | 2025 | |
| 75 | Jamaica | Latin America & Caribbean | 30.2% | 2025 | |
| 76 | Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 30.1% | 2025 | |
| 77 | Mali | Sub-Saharan Africa | 30.1% | 2025 | |
| 78 | Honduras | Latin America & Caribbean | 29.7% | 2025 | |
| 79 | Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 29.6% | 2025 | |
| 80 | Sierra Leone | Sub-Saharan Africa | 29.5% | 2025 | |
| 81 | Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | 29.4% | 2025 | |
| 82 | Malta | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 29.1% | 2025 | |
| 83 | United States | North America | 28.9% | 2025 | |
| 84 | Estonia | Europe & Central Asia | 28.7% | 2025 | |
| 85 | Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | 28.6% | 2025 | |
| 86 | Lithuania | Europe & Central Asia | 28.4% | 2025 | |
| 87 | Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | 28.3% | 2025 | |
| 88 | Montenegro | Europe & Central Asia | 27.2% | 2025 | |
| 89 | Afghanistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 27.0% | 2021 | |
| 90 | Egypt | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 26.8% | 2025 | |
| 91 | Barbados | Latin America & Caribbean | 26.7% | 2025 | |
| 92 | Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | 26.6% | 2025 | |
| 93 | China | East Asia & Pacific | 26.5% | 2025 | |
| 94 | Seychelles | Sub-Saharan Africa | 26.5% | 2025 | |
| 95 | Djibouti | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 26.2% | 2025 | |
| 96 | Turkmenistan | Europe & Central Asia | 25.6% | 2025 | |
| 97 | Iraq | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 25.5% | 2025 | |
| 98 | Mongolia | East Asia & Pacific | 25.4% | 2025 | |
| 99 | Ireland | Europe & Central Asia | 25.3% | 2025 | |
| 100 | Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | 25.0% | 2025 | |
| 101 | Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | 25.0% | 2025 | |
| 102 | Palau | East Asia & Pacific | 25.0% | 2025 | |
| 103 | Morocco | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 24.3% | 2025 | |
| 104 | Israel | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 24.2% | 2025 | |
| 105 | Trinidad and Tobago | Latin America & Caribbean | 23.8% | 2025 | |
| 106 | Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 23.8% | 2025 | |
| 107 | Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | 23.4% | 2025 | |
| 108 | Slovakia | Europe & Central Asia | 23.3% | 2025 | |
| 109 | Mauritania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 23.3% | 2025 | |
| 110 | Greece | Europe & Central Asia | 22.9% | 2025 | |
| 111 | Romania | Europe & Central Asia | 22.4% | 2025 | |
| 112 | Laos | East Asia & Pacific | 22.0% | 2025 | |
| 113 | Indonesia | East Asia & Pacific | 21.9% | 2025 | |
| 114 | Panama | Latin America & Caribbean | 21.7% | 2025 | |
| 115 | Eswatini | Sub-Saharan Africa | 21.6% | 2025 | |
| 116 | Gabon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 21.6% | 2025 | |
| 117 | Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 21.4% | 2025 | |
| 118 | Micronesia | East Asia & Pacific | 21.4% | 2025 | |
| 119 | Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | 21.2% | 2025 | |
| 120 | Bangladesh | South Asia | 20.9% | 2023 | |
| 121 | Azerbaijan | Europe & Central Asia | 20.8% | 2025 | |
| 122 | South Korea | East Asia & Pacific | 20.3% | 2025 | |
| 123 | Bahrain | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 20.0% | 2025 | |
| 124 | Guatemala | Latin America & Caribbean | 20.0% | 2025 | |
| 125 | Türkiye | Europe & Central Asia | 19.9% | 2025 | |
| 126 | Saudi Arabia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 19.9% | 2025 | |
| 127 | Thailand | East Asia & Pacific | 19.6% | 2025 | |
| 128 | Niger | Sub-Saharan Africa | 19.6% | 2025 | |
| 129 | Jordan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 19.6% | 2025 | |
| 130 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | 19.0% | 2025 | |
| 131 | Somalia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 19.0% | 2025 | |
| 132 | Bahamas | Latin America & Caribbean | 18.4% | 2025 | |
| 133 | Kazakhstan | Europe & Central Asia | 18.4% | 2025 | |
| 134 | Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | 18.3% | 2025 | |
| 135 | Comoros | Sub-Saharan Africa | 18.2% | 2025 | |
| 136 | Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | 18.1% | 2025 | |
| 137 | Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | 17.9% | 2025 | |
| 138 | North Korea | East Asia & Pacific | 17.6% | 2025 | |
| 139 | Pakistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 17.0% | 2025 | |
| 140 | Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | 16.8% | 2025 | |
| 141 | Libya | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 16.5% | 2025 | |
| 142 | Russia | Europe & Central Asia | 16.4% | 2025 | |
| 143 | Tunisia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 15.8% | 2025 | |
| 144 | Japan | East Asia & Pacific | 15.7% | 2025 | |
| 145 | Hungary | Europe & Central Asia | 15.6% | 2025 | |
| 146 | Myanmar | East Asia & Pacific | 15.3% | 2021 | |
| 147 | Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 15.0% | 2025 | |
| 148 | Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 15.0% | 2025 | |
| 149 | Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 14.6% | 2025 | |
| 150 | Ghana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 14.5% | 2025 | |
| 151 | São Tomé and Príncipe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 14.5% | 2025 | |
| 152 | Cyprus | Europe & Central Asia | 14.3% | 2025 | |
| 153 | Madagascar | Sub-Saharan Africa | 14.1% | 2025 | |
| 154 | India | South Asia | 13.8% | 2025 | |
| 155 | Cambodia | East Asia & Pacific | 13.6% | 2025 | |
| 156 | Malaysia | East Asia & Pacific | 13.5% | 2025 | |
| 157 | Côte d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | 13.4% | 2025 | |
| 158 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Latin America & Caribbean | 13.3% | 2025 | |
| 159 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 12.8% | 2025 | |
| 160 | Belize | Latin America & Caribbean | 12.5% | 2025 | |
| 161 | Marshall Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 12.1% | 2025 | |
| 162 | Brunei | East Asia & Pacific | 11.4% | 2025 | |
| 163 | Central African Republic | Sub-Saharan Africa | 11.4% | 2025 | |
| 164 | Kiribati | East Asia & Pacific | 11.1% | 2025 | |
| 165 | Liberia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 11.0% | 2025 | |
| 166 | Nauru | East Asia & Pacific | 10.5% | 2025 | |
| 167 | Saint Lucia | Latin America & Caribbean | 10.5% | 2025 | |
| 168 | Guinea-Bissau | Sub-Saharan Africa | 9.8% | 2024 | |
| 169 | Samoa | East Asia & Pacific | 9.8% | 2025 | |
| 170 | Sri Lanka | South Asia | 9.8% | 2025 | |
| 171 | Fiji | East Asia & Pacific | 9.1% | 2025 | |
| 172 | Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 9.0% | 2025 | |
| 173 | The Gambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 8.6% | 2025 | |
| 174 | Algeria | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 7.9% | 2025 | |
| 175 | Lebanon | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 6.2% | 2025 | |
| 176 | Qatar | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 6.1% | 2025 | |
| 177 | Solomon Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 6.0% | 2025 | |
| 178 | Antigua and Barbuda | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.6% | 2025 | |
| 179 | Syria | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 4.9% | 2025 | |
| 180 | Iran | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 4.9% | 2025 | |
| 181 | Bhutan | South Asia | 4.3% | 2025 | |
| 182 | Nigeria | Sub-Saharan Africa | 4.2% | 2025 | |
| 183 | Tonga | East Asia & Pacific | 3.8% | 2025 | |
| 184 | Maldives | South Asia | 3.2% | 2025 | |
| 185 | Kuwait | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 3.1% | 2023 | |
| 186 | Papua New Guinea | East Asia & Pacific | 2.7% | 2025 | |
| 187 | Vanuatu | East Asia & Pacific | 1.9% | 2025 | |
| 188 | Oman | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| 189 | Tuvalu | East Asia & Pacific | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| 190 | Yemen | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.0% | 2025 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)