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

For 2025, Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) is led by Rwanda at 63.75%. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber held by women.

Countries ranked 184
Snapshot year 2025
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0.015.931.947.863.8RwandaRwanda: 63.75%63.8CubaCuba: 55.74%55.7NicaraguaNicaragua: 54.95%54.9BoliviaBolivia: 50.77%50.8MexicoMexico: 50.20%50.2AndorraAndorra: 50.00%50.0United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates: 50.00%50.0Costa RicaCosta Rica: 49.12%49.1IcelandIceland: 46.03%46.0AustraliaAustralia: 46.00%46.0MonacoMonaco: 45.83%45.8New ZealandNew Zealand: 45.53%45.5
Rank Country Value
51 Belarus 33.94%
52 Cameroon 33.89%
53 Chile 33.55%
54 Chad 33.51%
55 Czechia 33.50%
56 Kyrgyz Republic 33.33%
57 Croatia 33.11%
58 Italy 32.75%
59 Germany 32.38%
60 South Sudan 32.36%
61 Singapore 32.32%
62 Venezuela, RB 32.13%
63 Liechtenstein 32.00%
64 El Salvador 31.67%
65 Viet Nam 31.38%
66 Suriname 31.37%
67 Uruguay 31.31%
68 Poland 31.30%
69 Grenada 31.25%
70 St. Kitts and Nevis 31.25%
71 Equatorial Guinea 31.00%
72 Latvia 31.00%
73 Canada 30.32%
74 Jamaica 30.16%
75 Zimbabwe 30.11%
76 Mali 30.08%
77 Honduras 29.69%
78 Guinea 29.63%
79 Sierra Leone 29.53%
80 Colombia 29.41%
81 Malta 29.11%
82 United States 28.94%
83 Estonia 28.71%
84 Tajikistan 28.57%
85 Lithuania 28.37%
86 Philippines 28.34%
87 Montenegro 27.16%
88 Egypt, Arab Rep. 26.85%
89 Barbados 26.67%
90 Benin 26.61%
91 China 26.54%
92 Seychelles 26.47%
93 Djibouti 26.15%
94 Turkmenistan 25.60%
95 Iraq 25.53%
96 Mongolia 25.40%
97 Ireland 25.29%
98 Bulgaria 25.00%
99 Lesotho 25.00%
100 Palau 25.00%
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Analytical takeaways

  • Rwanda sits at the top of the Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) distribution in 2025 at 63.75%, with a lead of 8.01% over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Seychelles at 26.47%, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits Yemen, Rep. (0.00%), and the page currently covers 184 countries.

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