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Lao PDR
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#110out of 184 countries
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Historical trend

27.525.924.422.821.2199820122025Lao PDR · 2025: 21.95%Lao PDR

Analytical takeaways

  • Lao PDR records 21.95% for Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) in 2025, ranking #110 globally out of 184 countries.
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) increased from 21.21% in 1998 to 21.95% in 2025, a gain of 0.74%.
  • 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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