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Russian Federation
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#139out of 184 countries
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Historical trend

16.414.212.09.87.6199720112025Russian Federation · 2025: 16.44%Russian Federation

Analytical takeaways

  • Russian Federation records 16.44% for Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) in 2025, ranking #139 globally out of 184 countries.
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) increased from 10.22% in 1997 to 16.44% in 2025, a gain of 6.22%.
  • 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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