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in national parliaments
Situation as of 1st March 2017  
World and regional averages The data in the table below has been compiled by the Inter-Parliamentary Union on the basis of information provided by National Parliaments by 1st March 2017. 193 countries are classified by descending order of the percentage of women in the lower or single House. Comparative data on the world and regional averages 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. Regional parliamentary assemblies
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WORLD CLASSIFICATION
RankCountryLower or single HouseUpper House or Senate
ElectionsSeats*Women% WElectionsSeats*Women% W
1 Rwanda16.09.2013804961.3%26.09.20112610 38.5%
2 Bolivia12.10.20141306953.1%12.10.20143617 47.2%
3 Cuba03.02.201361229948.9%--- ------ ---
4 Iceland29.10.2016633047.6%--- ------ ---
5 Nicaragua06.11.2016924245.7%--- ------ ---
6 Sweden14.09.201434915243.6%--- ------ ---
7 Senegal01.07.20121506442.7%--- ------ ---
8 Mexico07.06.201550021342.6%01.07.201212847 36.7%
9 South Africa 107.05.201439916842.1%21.05.20145419 35.2%
" Finland19.04.20152008442.0%--- ------ ---
11 Namibia 29.11.20141044341.3%08.12.20154210 23.8%
12 Mozambique15.10.20142509939.6%--- ------ ---
13 Norway09.09.20131696739.6%--- ------ ---
" Spain26.06.201635013739.1%26.06.2016266101 38.0%
15 Argentina25.10.201525710038.9%25.10.20157230 41.7%
16 Ethiopia24.05.201554721238.8%05.10.201515349 32.0%
17 Timor-Leste07.07.2012652538.5%--- ------ ---
18 Angola31.08.20122208438.2%--- ------ ---
19 Belgium25.05.20141505738.0%03.07.20146030 50.0%
20 Ecuador19.02.20171375238.0%--- ------ ---
" Netherlands12.09.20121505738.0%26.05.20157526 34.7%
22 Denmark18.06.20151796737.4%--- ------ ---
23 Germany22.09.201363023337.0%N.A.6927 39.1%
24 Slovenia13.07.2014903336.7%20.11.2012403 7.5%
25 Burundi29.06.20151214436.4%24.07.20154318 41.9%
" United Republic of Tanzania25.10.201539314336.4%--- ------ ---
27 Costa Rica02.02.2014572035.1%--- ------ ---
28 Portugal04.10.20152308034.8%--- ------ ---
29 Belarus11.09.20161103834.5%30.08.20125617 30.4%
30 Serbia24.04.20162508634.4%--- ------ ---
31 Uganda18.02.201644915434.3%--- ------ ---
32 New Zealand20.09.20141204134.2%--- ------ ---
33 Grenada19.02.201315533.3%27.03.2013132 15.4%
34 Zimbabwe31.07.20132708832.6%31.07.20138038 47.5%
35 Switzerland18.10.20152006532.5%23.10.2011467 15.2%
36 Andorra01.03.201528932.1%--- ------ ---
" El Salvador01.03.2015842732.1%--- ------ ---
38 Guyana11.05.2015692231.9%--- ------ ---
39 The F.Y.R. of Macedonia11.12.20161203831.7%--- ------ ---
40 Algeria10.05.201246214631.6%29.12.201514310 7.0%
41 Tunisia26.10.20142176831.3%--- ------ ---
42 Cameroon30.09.20131805631.1%14.04.201310020 20.0%
43 Italy24.02.201363019531.0%24.02.201332091 28.4%
" Trinidad and Tobago07.09.2015421331.0%23.09.2015319 29.0%
45 Austria29.09.20131835630.6%N.A.6119 31.1%
46 Sudan13.04.201542613030.5%01.06.20155419 35.2%
47 United Kingdom07.05.201565019530.0%N.A.805207 25.7%
48 Nepal19.11.201359517629.6%--- ------ ---
49 Philippines09.05.20162928629.5%09.05.2016246 25.0%
50 Australia 02.07.20161504328.7%02.07.20167631 40.8%
51 South Sudan04.08.201638310928.5%05.08.2011506 12.0%
52 Luxembourg20.10.2013601728.3%--- ------ ---
53 Poland25.10.201546012928.0%25.10.201510014 14.0%
54 Afghanistan18.09.20102496927.7%10.01.20156818 26.5%
" Peru10.04.20161303627.7%--- ------ ---
56 Israel17.03.20151203327.5%--- ------ ---
" Lao People's Democratic Republic20.03.20161494127.5%--- ------ ---
58 Kazakhstan20.03.20161072927.1%01.10.2014473 6.4%
59 Dominican Republic15.05.20161905126.8%15.05.2016323 9.4%
60 Estonia01.03.20151012726.7%--- ------ ---
" San Marino20.11.2016601626.7%--- ------ ---
62 Viet Nam22.05.201649413226.7%--- ------ ---
63 Canada19.10.20153358826.3%N.A.10043 43.0%
" France10.06.201257714925.8%28.09.201434895 27.3%
" Honduras24.11.20131283325.8%--- ------ ---
66 Turkmenistan15.12.20131243225.8%--- ------ ---
67 Suriname24.05.2015511325.5%--- ------ ---
68 Iraq30.04.20143288325.3%--- ------ ---
69 Mauritania23.11.20131473725.2%08.11.2009568 14.3%
" Dominica08.12.201432825.0%--- ------ ---
71 Lesotho28.02.20151203025.0%26.03.2015338 24.2%
72 Somalia23.10.20162756724.4%23.10.20165413 24.1%
73 China05.03.2013292470924.2%--- ------ ---
74 Equatorial Guinea26.05.20131002424.0%26.05.20137312 16.4%
75 Singapore11.09.20151012423.8%--- ------ ---
76 Cabo Verde20.03.2016721723.6%--- ------ ---
77 Montenegro16.10.2016811923.5%--- ------ ---
78 Albania23.06.20131403222.9%--- ------ ---
79 Republic of Moldova30.11.20141012322.8%--- ------ ---
80 Ireland26.02.20161583522.2%25.04.20166018 30.0%
" Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)06.12.20151673722.2%--- ------ ---
82 Eritrea01.02.19941503322.0%--- ------ ---
83 Guinea28.09.20131142521.9%--- ------ ---
84 Bosnia and Herzegovina12.10.201442921.4%29.01.2015152 13.3%
85 Lithuania09.10.20161413021.3%--- ------ ---
86 Seychelles08.09.201633721.2%--- ------ ---
87 Monaco10.02.201324520.8%--- ------ ---
88 Romania11.12.20163296820.7%11.12.201613619 14.0%
89 Pakistan11.05.20133407020.6%05.03.201510419 18.3%
90 Morocco07.10.20163958120.5%02.10.201512014 11.7%
91 Bangladesh05.01.20143507120.3%--- ------ ---
" Cambodia28.07.20131232520.3%29.01.2012619 14.8%
93 Uruguay26.10.2014992020.2%26.10.2014319 29.0%
94 Czech Republic25.10.20132004020.0%07.10.20168015 18.8%
" Slovakia05.03.20161503020.0%--- ------ ---
" United Arab Emirates24.09.201140820.0%--- ------ ---
97 Saudi Arabia02.12.20161513019.9%--- ------ ---
" Indonesia09.04.201456011119.8%--- ------ ---
99 Kenya04.03.20133506819.4%04.03.20136818 26.5%
100 United States of America08.11.20164308319.3%08.11.201610021 21.0%
101 Bulgaria05.10.20142404619.2%--- ------ ---
" Kyrgyzstan04.10.20151202319.2%--- ------ ---
" Madagascar20.12.20131512919.2%29.12.20156313 20.6%
104 Tajikistan01.03.2015631219.0%27.03.2015327 21.9%
105 Colombia09.03.20141663118.7%09.03.201410222 21.6%
106 Croatia11.09.20161512818.5%--- ------ ---
107 Greece20.09.20153005518.3%--- ------ ---
" Panama04.05.2014711318.3%--- ------ ---
109 Sao Tome and Principe12.10.2014551018.2%--- ------ ---
110 Zambia11.08.20161673018.0%--- ------ ---
111 Cyprus22.05.2016561017.9%--- ------ ---
112 Togo25.07.2013911617.6%--- ------ ---
113 Jamaica22.02.2016631117.5%10.03.2016215 23.8%
114 Gabon17.12.20111172017.1%13.12.201410218 17.6%
" Mongolia29.06.2016761317.1%--- ------ ---
116 Niger21.02.20161712917.0%--- ------ ---
" Republic of Korea13.04.20163005117.0%--- ------ ---
118 Azerbaijan01.11.20151252116.8%--- ------ ---
119 Barbados21.02.201330516.7%06.03.2013215 23.8%
" Malawi20.05.20141923216.7%--- ------ ---
" Saint Lucia06.06.201618316.7%05.01.2012113 27.3%
122 Democratic People's Republic of Korea09.03.201468711216.3%--- ------ ---
123 Fiji17.09.201450816.0%--- ------ ---
" Georgia08.10.20161502416.0%--- ------ ---
" Latvia04.10.20141001616.0%--- ------ ---
" Libya25.06.20141883016.0%--- ------ ---
" Uzbekistan 21.12.20141502416.0%13.01.201510017 17.0%
128 Chile17.11.20131201915.8%17.11.2013386 15.8%
" Russian Federation18.09.20164507115.8%N.A.17029 17.1%
130 Jordan20.09.20161302015.4%27.09.20166510 15.4%
131 Egypt17.10.20155968914.9%--- ------ ---
" Turkey01.11.20155498014.6%--- ------ ---
133 Paraguay21.04.2013801113.8%21.04.2013459 20.0%
134 Guinea-Bissau13.04.20141021413.7%--- ------ ---
135 Saint Kitts and Nevis16.02.201515213.3%--- ------ ---
136 Bahamas07.05.201238513.2%23.05.2012164 25.0%
" Syrian Arab Republic13.04.20162503313.2%--- ------ ---
138 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines09.12.201523313.0%--- ------ ---
139 Chad13.02.20111882412.8%--- ------ ---
140 Ghana07.12.20162753512.7%--- ------ ---
" Guatemala06.09.20151582012.7%--- ------ ---
142 Malta09.03.201372912.5%--- ------ ---
" Palau01.11.201616212.5%01.11.2016132 15.4%
144 Sierra Leone17.11.20121211512.4%--- ------ ---
145 Liberia11.10.201173912.3%20.12.2014303 10.0%
" Ukraine26.10.20144235212.3%--- ------ ---
147 Liechtenstein05.02.201725312.0%--- ------ ---
148 India07.04.20145426411.8%21.03.201624427 11.1%
149 Mauritius10.12.201469811.6%--- ------ ---
150 Antigua and Barbuda12.06.201418211.1%25.06.2014175 29.4%
151 Burkina Faso29.11.20151271411.0%--- ------ ---
152 Djibouti22.02.201365710.8%--- ------ ---
153 Brazil05.10.20145135510.7%05.10.20148112 14.8%
154 Cote d'Ivoire18.12.20162552710.6%--- ------ ---
155 Nauru09.07.201619210.5%--- ------ ---
156 Malaysia05.05.20132222310.4%N.A.6815 22.1%
157 Myanmar08.11.20154334410.2%08.11.201522123 10.4%
158 Hungary06.04.20141992010.1%--- ------ ---
159 Samoa 04.03.201650510.0%--- ------ ---
160 Armenia06.05.2012131139.9%--- ------ ---
161 Botswana24.10.20146369.5%--- ------ ---
162 Belize04.11.20153239.4%13.11.2015132 15.4%
163 Gambia29.03.20125359.4%--- ------ ---
164 Japan14.12.2014475449.3%10.07.201624250 20.7%
" Brunei Darussalam13.01.20173339.1%--- ------ ---
166 Marshall Islands16.11.20153339.1%--- ------ ---
167 Democratic Republic of the Congo28.11.2011492448.9%19.01.20071085 4.6%
168 Mali24.11.2013147138.8%--- ------ ---
169 Central African Republic14.02.2016140128.6%--- ------ ---
170 Bhutan13.07.20134748.5%23.04.2013252 8.0%
171 Bahrain22.11.20144037.5%07.12.2014409 22.5%
172 Congo15.07.2012136107.4%12.10.20147214 19.4%
173 Benin26.04.20158367.2%--- ------ ---
174 Tuvalu31.03.20151516.7%--- ------ ---
175 Kiribati30.12.20154636.5%--- ------ ---
176 Swaziland20.09.20136546.2%30.10.20133010 33.3%
177 Comoros25.01.20153326.1%--- ------ ---
" Iran (Islamic Republic of)26.02.2016289175.9%--- ------ ---
179 Maldives22.03.20148555.9%--- ------ ---
180 Sri Lanka17.08.2015225135.8%--- ------ ---
181 Nigeria28.03.2015360205.6%28.03.20151087 6.5%
182 Thailand07.08.2014250124.8%--- ------ ---
183 Tonga27.11.20142613.8%--- ------ ---
" Kuwait26.11.20166523.1%--- ------ ---
" Lebanon07.06.200912843.1%--- ------ ---
186 Papua New Guinea23.06.201211132.7%--- ------ ---
187 Haiti09.08.201511732.6%20.11.2016201 5.0%
188 Solomon Islands19.11.20145012.0%--- ------ ---
189 Oman25.10.20158511.2%07.11.20158514 16.5%
190 Micronesia (Federated States of)03.03.20151400.0%--- ------ ---
" Qatar01.07.20133500.0%--- ------ ---
" Vanuatu22.01.20165200.0%--- ------ ---
" Yemen27.04.200327500.0%28.04.20011112 1.8%
* Figures correspond to the number of seats currently filled in Parliament

1 - South Africa: The figures on the distribution of seats do not include the 36 special rotating delegates appointed on an ad hoc basis, and all percentages given are therefore calculated on the basis of the 54 permanent seats.