Lower middle income
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)

Within the “Lower middle income” group, Nicaragua leads Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) in 2025 at 54.95%, while Vanuatu sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 1.92%. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.013.727.541.254.9NicaraguaNicaragua: 54.95%54.9BoliviaBolivia: 50.77%50.8NamibiaNamibia: 42.31%42.3SenegalSenegal: 41.21%41.2TanzaniaTanzania: 39.53%39.5AngolaAngola: 39.09%39.1UzbekistanUzbekistan: 38.00%38.0Timor-LesteTimor-Leste: 35.38%35.4CameroonCameroon: 33.89%33.9Kyrgyz RepublicKyrgyz Republic: 33.33%33.3Venezuela, RBVenezuela, RB: 32.13%32.1ZimbabweZimbabwe: 30.11%30.1

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Nicaragua 54.95%
2 Bolivia 50.77%
3 Namibia 42.31%
4 Senegal 41.21%
5 Tanzania 39.53%
6 Angola 39.09%
7 Uzbekistan 38.00%
8 Timor-Leste 35.38%
9 Cameroon 33.89%
10 Kyrgyz Republic 33.33%
11 Venezuela, RB 32.13%
12 Zimbabwe 30.11%
13 Honduras 29.69%
14 Guinea 29.63%
15 Tajikistan 28.57%
16 Egypt, Arab Rep. 26.85%
17 Benin 26.61%
18 Djibouti 26.15%
19 Lesotho 25.00%
20 Morocco 24.30%
21 Kenya 23.39%
22 Mauritania 23.30%
23 Lao PDR 21.95%
24 Eswatini 21.62%
25 Comoros 18.18%
26 Pakistan 17.04%
27 Tunisia 15.79%
28 Togo 15.04%
29 Zambia 14.97%
30 Congo, Rep. 14.57%
31 Ghana 14.55%
32 Sao Tome and Principe 14.55%
33 India 13.79%
34 Cambodia 13.60%
35 Cote d'Ivoire 13.39%
36 Kiribati 11.11%
37 Lebanon 6.25%
38 Solomon Islands 6.00%
39 Bhutan 4.26%
40 Nigeria 4.21%
41 Papua New Guinea 2.70%
42 Vanuatu 1.92%

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Lower middle income group for Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) in 2025, Nicaragua leads with a gap of 4.18% to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 42 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Vanuatu at 1.92%.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.