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Malaysia
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#152out of 184 countries
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Historical trend

14.913.111.39.67.8199720112025Malaysia · 2025: 13.51%Malaysia

Analytical takeaways

  • Malaysia records 13.51% for Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) in 2025, ranking #152 globally out of 184 countries.
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) increased from 7.81% in 1997 to 13.51% in 2025, a gain of 5.70%.
  • 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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