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Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
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#135out of 184 countries
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Historical trend

20.119.017.816.715.6199720112025Korea, Dem. People's Rep. · 2025: 17.61%Korea, Dem. People's Rep.

Analytical takeaways

  • Korea, Dem. People's Rep. records 17.61% for Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) in 2025, ranking #135 globally out of 184 countries.
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) declined from 20.09% in 1997 to 17.61% in 2025, a decrease of 2.47%.
  • 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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