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China
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#91out of 184 countries
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Historical trend

26.525.023.421.820.2199820122025China · 2025: 26.54%China

Analytical takeaways

  • China records 26.54% for Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) in 2025, ranking #91 globally out of 184 countries.
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) increased from 21.82% in 1998 to 26.54% in 2025, a gain of 4.72%.
  • 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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