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South Sudan
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#60out of 184 countries
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Historical trend

32.430.929.428.026.5201120182025South Sudan · 2025: 32.36%South Sudan

Analytical takeaways

  • South Sudan records 32.36% for Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) in 2025, ranking #60 globally out of 184 countries.
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) increased from 26.51% in 2011 to 32.36% in 2025, a gain of 5.86%.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

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