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Sao Tome and Principe
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#147out of 184 countries
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Historical trend

23.618.212.77.31.8199720112025Sao Tome and Principe · 2025: 14.55%Sao Tome and Principe

Analytical takeaways

  • Sao Tome and Principe records 14.55% for Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) in 2025, ranking #147 globally out of 184 countries.
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) increased from 7.27% in 1997 to 14.55% in 2025, a gain of 7.27%.
  • 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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