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South Africa
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#16out of 184 countries
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Historical trend

46.841.335.930.425.0199720112025South Africa · 2025: 44.86%South Africa

Analytical takeaways

  • South Africa records 44.86% for Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) in 2025, ranking #16 globally out of 184 countries.
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) increased from 25.00% in 1997 to 44.86% in 2025, a gain of 19.86%.
  • 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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