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Mauritania
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#107out of 184 countries
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Historical trend

25.219.213.27.21.3199720112025Mauritania · 2025: 23.30%Mauritania

Analytical takeaways

  • Mauritania records 23.30% for Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) in 2025, ranking #107 globally out of 184 countries.
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) increased from 1.27% in 1997 to 23.30% in 2025, a gain of 22.03%.
  • 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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