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New Zealand
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#12out of 184 countries
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Historical trend

50.444.939.433.928.3199720112025New Zealand · 2025: 45.53%New Zealand

Analytical takeaways

  • New Zealand records 45.53% for Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) in 2025, ranking #12 globally out of 184 countries.
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) increased from 29.17% in 1997 to 45.53% in 2025, a gain of 16.36%.
  • 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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