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Burkina Faso
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)

Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber held by women.

Global rank#131out of 184 countries
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Historical trend

18.315.312.39.36.3199720112025Burkina Faso · 2025: 18.31%Burkina Faso

Analytical takeaways

  • Burkina Faso records 18.31% for Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) in 2025, ranking #131 globally out of 184 countries.
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) increased from 9.01% in 1997 to 18.31% in 2025, a gain of 9.30%.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

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