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Peru
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#23out of 184 countries
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Historical trend

41.533.926.218.510.8199720112025Peru · 2025: 41.54%Peru

Analytical takeaways

  • Peru records 41.54% for Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) in 2025, ranking #23 globally out of 184 countries.
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) increased from 10.83% in 1997 to 41.54% in 2025, a gain of 30.71%.
  • 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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