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Norway
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#29out of 184 countries
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Historical trend

46.243.641.038.435.8199720112025Norway · 2025: 40.24%Norway

Analytical takeaways

  • Norway records 40.24% for Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) in 2025, ranking #29 globally out of 184 countries.
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) increased from 36.36% in 1997 to 40.24% in 2025, a gain of 3.87%.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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