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Iceland
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#9out of 184 countries
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Historical trend

47.642.136.531.025.4199720112025Iceland · 2025: 46.03%Iceland

Analytical takeaways

  • Iceland records 46.03% for Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) in 2025, ranking #9 globally out of 184 countries.
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) increased from 25.40% in 1997 to 46.03% in 2025, a gain of 20.63%.
  • 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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