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Uruguay
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#67out of 184 countries
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Historical trend

31.325.319.213.17.1199720112025Uruguay · 2025: 31.31%Uruguay

Analytical takeaways

  • Uruguay records 31.31% for Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) in 2025, ranking #67 globally out of 184 countries.
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) increased from 7.07% in 1997 to 31.31% in 2025, a gain of 24.24%.
  • 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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