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United Kingdom
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#28out of 184 countries
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Historical trend

40.534.829.223.517.9199720112025United Kingdom · 2025: 40.46%United Kingdom

Analytical takeaways

  • United Kingdom records 40.46% for Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) in 2025, ranking #28 globally out of 184 countries.
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) increased from 18.21% in 1997 to 40.46% in 2025, a gain of 22.25%.
  • 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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