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Zambia
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#144out of 184 countries
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Historical trend

18.015.913.811.79.7199720112025Zambia · 2025: 14.97%Zambia

Analytical takeaways

  • Zambia records 14.97% for Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) in 2025, ranking #144 globally out of 184 countries.
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) increased from 9.68% in 1997 to 14.97% in 2025, a gain of 5.29%.
  • 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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