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Burundi
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#30out of 184 countries
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Historical trend

39.631.222.814.46.0199820122025Burundi · 2025: 39.64%Burundi

Analytical takeaways

  • Burundi records 39.64% for Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) in 2025, ranking #30 globally out of 184 countries.
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) increased from 11.86% in 1998 to 39.64% in 2025, a gain of 27.78%.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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