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France
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#41out of 184 countries
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Historical trend

39.732.525.318.110.9199720112025France · 2025: 36.17%France

Analytical takeaways

  • France records 36.17% for Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) in 2025, ranking #41 globally out of 184 countries.
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) increased from 10.92% in 1997 to 36.17% in 2025, a gain of 25.26%.
  • 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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