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Timor-Leste
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#46out of 184 countries
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Historical trend

40.036.332.629.025.3200220142025Timor-Leste · 2025: 35.38%Timor-Leste

Analytical takeaways

  • Timor-Leste records 35.38% for Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) in 2025, ranking #46 globally out of 184 countries.
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) increased from 26.14% in 2002 to 35.38% in 2025, a gain of 9.25%.
  • 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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