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Maldives
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#179out of 184 countries
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Historical trend

12.09.87.65.43.2199720112025Maldives · 2025: 3.23%Maldives

Analytical takeaways

  • Maldives records 3.23% for Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) in 2025, ranking #179 globally out of 184 countries.
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) declined from 6.25% in 1997 to 3.23% in 2025, a decrease of 3.02%.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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