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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
101 Morocco 24.30%
102 Israel 24.17%
103 Trinidad and Tobago 23.81%
104 Paraguay 23.75%
105 Kenya 23.39%
106 Slovak Republic 23.33%
107 Mauritania 23.30%
108 Greece 22.90%
109 Romania 22.36%
110 Lao PDR 21.95%
111 Indonesia 21.90%
112 Panama 21.74%
113 Eswatini 21.62%
114 Gabon 21.58%
115 Malawi 21.43%
116 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 21.43%
117 Ukraine 21.20%
118 Azerbaijan 20.80%
119 Korea, Rep. 20.33%
120 Bahrain 20.00%
121 Guatemala 20.00%
122 Turkiye 19.90%
123 Saudi Arabia 19.87%
124 Thailand 19.60%
125 Niger 19.59%
126 Jordan 19.57%
127 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.05%
128 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 18.98%
129 Bahamas, The 18.42%
130 Kazakhstan 18.37%
131 Burkina Faso 18.31%
132 Comoros 18.18%
133 Brazil 18.13%
134 Mauritius 17.91%
135 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 17.61%
136 Pakistan 17.04%
137 Georgia 16.83%
138 Libya 16.47%
139 Russian Federation 16.44%
140 Tunisia 15.79%
141 Japan 15.70%
142 Hungary 15.58%
143 Togo 15.04%
144 Zambia 14.97%
145 Congo, Rep. 14.57%
146 Ghana 14.55%
147 Sao Tome and Principe 14.55%
148 Cyprus 14.29%
149 Madagascar 14.11%
150 India 13.79%
Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.

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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