The data in the table below has been compiled by the Inter-Parliamentary Union on the basis of information provided by National Parliaments by 31 January 2008. 188 country 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.
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Rank	Country	Lower or single House				Upper House or Senate
		Elections	Seats*	Women	% W	Elections	Seats*	Women	% W
1	Rwanda	10 2003	80	39	48.8%	9 2003	26	9	34.6%
2	Sweden	9 2006	349	164	47.0%	---	---	---	---
3	Cuba	1 2008	614	265	43.2%	---	---	---	---
4	Finland	3 2007	200	83	41.5%	---	---	---	---
5	Argentina	10 2007	255	102	40.0%	10 2007	72	28	38.9%
6	Netherlands	11 2006	150	59	39.3%	5 2007	75	26	34.7%
7	Denmark	11 2007	179	68	38.0%	---	---	---	---
8	Costa Rica	2 2006	57	21	36.8%	---	---	---	---
9	Spain	3 2004	350	128	36.6%	3 2004	259	60	23.2%
10	Norway	9 2005	169	61	36.1%	---	---	---	---
11	Belgium	6 2007	150	53	35.3%	6 2007	71	27	38.0%
12	Mozambique	12 2004	250	87	34.8%	---	---	---	---
13	Iceland	5 2007	63	21	33.3%	---	---	---	---
14	New Zealand	9 2005	121	40	33.1%	---	---	---	---
15	South Africa 1	4 2004	400	132	33.0%	4 2004	54	22	40.7%
16	Austria	10 2006	183	60	32.8%	N.A.	61	15	24.6%
17	Germany	9 2005	613	194	31.6%	N.A.	69	15	21.7%
18	Uganda	2 2006	332	102	30.7%	---	---	---	---
19	Burundi	7 2005	118	36	30.5%	7 2005	49	17	34.7%
20	United Republic of Tanzania	12 2005	319	97	30.4%	---	---	---	---
21	Peru	4 2006	120	35	29.2%	---	---	---	---
"	The F.Y.R. of Macedonia	7 2006	120	35	29.2%	---	---	---	---
"	Timor-Leste	6 2007	65	19	29.2%	---	---	---	---
22	Belarus	10 2004	110	32	29.1%	11 2004	58	18	31.0%
23	Guyana	8 2006	69	20	29.0%	---	---	---	---
24	Switzerland	10 2007	200	57	28.5%	10 2007	46	10	21.7%
25	Portugal	2 2005	230	65	28.3%	---	---	---	---
26	Afghanistan	9 2005	242	67	27.7%	9 2005	102	22	21.6%
27	Namibia	11 2004	78	21	26.9%	11 2004	26	7	26.9%
28	Trinidad and Tobago	11 2007	41	11	26.8%	12 2007	31	13	41.9%
29	Australia	11 2007	150	40	26.7%	11 2007	76	27	35.5%
"	Grenada	11 2003	15	4	26.7%	11 2003	13	4	30.8%
30	Viet Nam	5 2007	493	127	25.8%	---	---	---	---
31	Kyrgyzstan	12 2007	90	23	25.6%	---	---	---	---
32	Iraq	12 2005	275	70	25.5%	---	---	---	---
"	Suriname	5 2005	51	13	25.5%	---	---	---	---
33	Lao People's Democratic Republic	4 2006	115	29	25.2%	---	---	---	---
34	Andorra	4 2005	28	7	25.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Ecuador	10 2006	100	25	25.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Lesotho	2 2007	120	30	25.0%	3 2007	31	9	29.0%
35	Singapore	5 2006	94	23	24.5%	---	---	---	---
36	Liechtenstein	3 2005	25	6	24.0%	---	---	---	---
37	Seychelles	5 2007	34	8	23.5%	---	---	---	---
38	Honduras	11 2005	128	30	23.4%	---	---	---	---
39	Luxembourg	6 2004	60	14	23.3%	---	---	---	---
40	Mexico	7 2006	500	116	23.2%	7 2006	128	23	18.0%
41	Tunisia	10 2004	189	43	22.8%	7 2005	111	17	15.3%
42	Lithuania	10 2004	141	32	22.7%	---	---	---	---
43	United Arab Emirates	12 2006	40	9	22.5%	---	---	---	---
44	Mauritania	11 2006	95	21	22.1%	1 2007	56	9	16.1%
45	Eritrea	2 1994	150	33	22.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Senegal	6 2007	150	33	22.0%	8 2007	100	40	40.0%
46	Ethiopia	5 2005	529	116	21.9%	10 2005	112	21	18.8%
47	Republic of Moldova	3 2005	101	22	21.8%	---	---	---	---
48	Bulgaria	6 2005	240	52	21.7%	---	---	---	---
49	Canada	1 2006	305	65	21.3%	N.A.	93	32	34.4%
50	Pakistan	10 2002	342	72	21.1%	3 2006	100	17	17.0%
51	Croatia	11 2007	153	32	20.9%	---	---	---	---
52	Estonia	3 2007	101	21	20.8%	---	---	---	---
"	Monaco	2 2003	24	5	20.8%	---	---	---	---
53	China	2 2003	2963	611	20.6%	---	---	---	---
54	Philippines	5 2007	239	49	20.5%	5 2007	23	4	17.4%
55	Poland	10 2007	460	94	20.4%	10 2007	100	8	8.0%
"	Serbia	1 2007	250	51	20.4%	---	---	---	---
56	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	8 2003	687	138	20.1%	---	---	---	---
57	Latvia	10 2006	100	20	20.0%	---	---	---	---
58	Dominican Republic	5 2006	178	35	19.7%	5 2006	32	1	3.1%
59	Cambodia	7 2003	123	24	19.5%	1 2006	61	9	14.8%
"	United Kingdom	5 2005	646	126	19.5%	N.A.	750	148	19.7%
60	Guinea	6 2002	114	22	19.3%	---	---	---	---
"	Slovakia	6 2006	150	29	19.3%	---	---	---	---
61	Venezuela	12 2005	167	31	18.6%	---	---	---	---
62	Nicaragua	11 2006	92	17	18.5%	---	---	---	---
63	France	6 2007	577	105	18.2%	9 2004	330	60	18.2%
"	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	12 2005	22	4	18.2%	---	---	---	---
64	Cape Verde	1 2006	72	13	18.1%	---	---	---	---
"	Sudan	8 2005	443	80	18.1%	8 2005	50	3	6.0%
65	Equatorial Guinea	4 2004	100	18	18.0%	---	---	---	---
66	Tajikistan	2 2005	63	11	17.5%	3 2005	34	8	23.5%
"	Uzbekistan	12 2004	120	21	17.5%	1 2005	100	15	15.0%
67	Italy	4 2006	630	109	17.3%	4 2006	322	45	14.0%
"	Nepal	1 2007	329	57	17.3%	---	---	---	---
68	Mauritius	7 2005	70	12	17.1%	---	---	---	---
69	Bolivia	12 2005	130	22	16.9%	12 2005	27	1	3.7%
70	United States of America	11 2006	435	73	16.8%	11 2006	100	16	16.0%
71	El Salvador	3 2006	84	14	16.7%	---	---	---	---
"	Gabon	12 2001	120	20	16.7%	2 2003	91	14	15.4%
"	Panama	5 2004	78	13	16.7%	---	---	---	---
72	Dominica	5 2005	31	5	16.1%	---	---	---	---
73	Turkmenistan	12 2004	50	8	16.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Zimbabwe	3 2005	150	24	16.0%	11 2005	66	24	36.4%
74	Kazakhstan	8 2007	107	17	15.9%	8 2005	47	2	4.3%
75	Czech Republic	6 2006	200	31	15.5%	10 2006	81	11	13.6%
76	Burkina Faso	5 2007	111	17	15.3%	---	---	---	---
77	Zambia	9 2006	158	24	15.2%	---	---	---	---
78	Angola	9 1992	220	33	15.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Chile	12 2005	120	18	15.0%	12 2005	38	2	5.3%
79	Greece	9 2007	300	44	14.7%	---	---	---	---
80	Republic of Korea	4 2004	299	43	14.4%	---	---	---	---
81	Cyprus	5 2006	56	8	14.3%	---	---	---	---
82	Israel	3 2006	120	17	14.2%	---	---	---	---
83	Guinea-Bissau	3 2004	100	14	14.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Russian Federation	12 2007	450	63	14.0%	N.A.	169	8	4.7%
84	Cameroon	7 2007	180	25	13.9%	---	---	---	---
85	Djibouti	1 2003	65	9	13.8%	---	---	---	---
86	Ireland	5 2007	166	22	13.3%	7 2007	60	13	21.7%
"	Jamaica	9 2007	60	8	13.3%	9 2007	21	3	14.3%
87	Sierra Leone	8 2007	121	16	13.2%	---	---	---	---
88	Malawi	5 2004	193	25	13.0%	---	---	---	---
89	Liberia	10 2005	64	8	12.5%	10 2005	30	5	16.7%
90	Niger	12 2004	113	14	12.4%	---	---	---	---
91	Bahamas	5 2007	41	5	12.2%	5 2007	15	9	60.0%
"	Slovenia	10 2004	90	11	12.2%	12 2002	40	1	2.5%
92	Uruguay	10 2004	99	12	12.1%	10 2004	31	4	12.9%
93	Guatemala	9 2007	158	19	12.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Maldives	1 2005	50	6	12.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Syrian Arab Republic	4 2007	250	30	12.0%	---	---	---	---
94	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10 2006	42	5	11.9%	3 2007	15	2	13.3%
95	San Marino	6 2006	60	7	11.7%	---	---	---	---
"	Thailand	12 2007	477	56	11.7%	N.A.	242	21	8.7%
96	Indonesia	4 2004	550	64	11.6%	---	---	---	---
97	Azerbaijan	11 2005	123	14	11.4%	---	---	---	---
98	Botswana	10 2004	63	7	11.1%	---	---	---	---
"	Hungary	4 2006	386	43	11.1%	---	---	---	---
"	Montenegro	9 2006	81	9	11.1%	---	---	---	---
"	Saint Lucia	12 2006	18	2	11.1%	1 2007	11	3	27.3%
"	Togo	10 2007	81	9	11.1%	---	---	---	---
99	Ghana	12 2004	230	25	10.9%	---	---	---	---
100	Benin	3 2003	83	9	10.8%	---	---	---	---
"	Swaziland	10 2003	65	7	10.8%	10 2003	30	11	36.7%
101	Antigua and Barbuda	3 2004	19	2	10.5%	3 2004	17	4	23.5%
"	Central African Republic	3 2005	105	11	10.5%	---	---	---	---
"	Morocco	9 2007	325	34	10.5%	9 2006	270	3	1.1%
102	Mali	7 2007	147	15	10.2%	---	---	---	---
103	Barbados	1 2008	30	3	10.0%	5 2003	21	5	23.8%
"	Malaysia	3 2004	219	22	10.0%	3 2004	65	18	27.7%
"	Paraguay	4 2003	80	8	10.0%	4 2003	45	6	13.3%
104	Gambia	1 2002	53	5	9.4%	---	---	---	---
"	Georgia	3 2004	235	22	9.4%	---	---	---	---
"	Japan	9 2005	480	45	9.4%	7 2007	242	44	18.2%
"	Romania	11 2004	330	31	9.4%	11 2004	137	14	10.2%
105	Armenia	5 2007	131	12	9.2%	---	---	---	---
"	Malta	4 2003	65	6	9.2%	---	---	---	---
106	India	4 2004	541	49	9.1%	7 2006	243	24	9.9%
"	Turkey	7 2007	549	50	9.1%	---	---	---	---
107	Brazil	10 2006	513	46	9.0%	10 2006	81	10	12.3%
108	Cote d'Ivoire	12 2000	203	18	8.9%	---	---	---	---
109	Colombia	3 2006	166	14	8.4%	3 2006	102	12	11.8%
"	Democratic Republic of the Congo	7 2006	500	42	8.4%	1 2007	108	5	4.6%
110	Samoa	3 2006	49	4	8.2%	---	---	---	---
"	Somalia	8 2004	256	21	8.2%	---	---	---	---
"	Ukraine	9 2007	450	37	8.2%	---	---	---	---
111	Madagascar	9 2007	127	10	7.9%	3 2001	90	10	11.1%
112	Algeria	5 2007	389	30	7.7%	12 2006	136	4	2.9%
"	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	3 2006	468	36	7.7%	---	---	---	---
113	Congo	6 2007	137	10	7.3%	10 2005	60	8	13.3%
114	Kenya 2	12 2007	207	15	7.2%	---	---	---	---
115	Albania	7 2005	140	10	7.1%	---	---	---	---
116	Nigeria	4 2007	358	25	7.0%	4 2007	109	9	8.3%
117	Saint Kitts and Nevis	10 2004	15	1	6.7%	---	---	---	---
118	Mongolia	6 2004	76	5	6.6%	---	---	---	---
119	Jordan	11 2007	110	7	6.4%	11 2007	55	7	12.7%
120	Sri Lanka	4 2004	225	13	5.8%	---	---	---	---
121	Chad	4 2002	155	8	5.2%	---	---	---	---
122	Lebanon	5 2005	128	6	4.7%	---	---	---	---
123	Kiribati	8 2007	46	2	4.3%	---	---	---	---
124	Haiti	2 2006	98	4	4.1%	2 2006	30	4	13.3%
"	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	2 2004	290	12	4.1%	---	---	---	---
125	Vanuatu	7 2004	52	2	3.8%	---	---	---	---
126	Belize	3 2003	30	1	3.3%	3 2003	13	5	38.5%
"	Tonga	3 2005	30	1	3.3%	---	---	---	---
127	Comoros	4 2004	33	1	3.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Marshall Islands	11 2007	33	1	3.0%	---	---	---	---
128	Bhutan	5 2006	150	4	2.7%	12 2007	20	4	20.0%
129	Bahrain	11 2006	40	1	2.5%	12 2006	40	10	25.0%
130	Egypt	11 2005	442	8	1.8%	6 2007	264	18	6.8%
"	Sao Tome and Principe	3 2006	55	1	1.8%	---	---	---	---
131	Kuwait	6 2006	65	1	1.5%	---	---	---	---
132	Papua New Guinea	6 2007	109	1	0.9%	---	---	---	---
133	Yemen	4 2003	301	1	0.3%	4 2001	111	2	1.8%
134	Micronesia (Federated States of)	3 2005	14	0	0.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Nauru	8 2007	18	0	0.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Oman	10 2007	84	0	0.0%	11 2007	70	14	20.0%
"	Palau	11 2004	16	0	0.0%	11 2004	9	0	0.0%
"	Qatar	6 2006	35	0	0.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Saudi Arabia	4 2005	150	0	0.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Solomon Islands	4 2006	50	0	0.0%	---	---	---	---
"	Tuvalu	8 2006	15	0	0.0%	---	---	---	---

* Figures correspond to the number of seats currently filled in Parliament Bangladesh: The parliament was dissolved on 27 October 2006, in view of elections that are yet to take place. Women held 52 of the 345 seats (15%) in the outgoing 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. 2 - Kenya: Situation for 1 January 2008 for directly elected members endorsed by the electoral commission. The additional twelve appointed seats and two ex-officio seats had yet to be filled.