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Brunei Darussalam
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#158out of 184 countries
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Historical trend

11.810.49.17.86.5201620212025Brunei Darussalam · 2025: 11.43%Brunei Darussalam

Analytical takeaways

  • Brunei Darussalam records 11.43% for Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) in 2025, ranking #158 globally out of 184 countries.
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) increased from 6.45% in 2016 to 11.43% in 2025, a gain of 4.98%.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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