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
1 Rwanda 63.75%
2 Cuba 55.74%
3 Nicaragua 54.95%
4 Bolivia 50.77%
5 Mexico 50.20%
6 Andorra 50.00%
7 United Arab Emirates 50.00%
8 Costa Rica 49.12%
9 Iceland 46.03%
10 Australia 46.00%
11 Monaco 45.83%
12 New Zealand 45.53%
13 Finland 45.50%
14 Ecuador 45.03%
15 Sweden 44.99%
16 South Africa 44.86%
17 Cabo Verde 44.44%
18 Spain 44.29%
19 Denmark 43.58%
20 Netherlands 43.33%
21 Namibia 42.31%
22 Ethiopia 41.91%
23 Peru 41.54%
24 Belgium 41.33%
25 Argentina 41.25%
26 Senegal 41.21%
27 Dominica 40.63%
28 United Kingdom 40.46%
29 Norway 40.24%
30 Burundi 39.64%
31 Moldova 39.60%
32 Tanzania 39.53%
33 North Macedonia 39.17%
34 Angola 39.09%
35 Switzerland 39.00%
36 Armenia 38.32%
37 Mozambique 38.31%
38 Uzbekistan 38.00%
39 Dominican Republic 37.37%
40 Serbia 37.20%
41 France 36.17%
42 Guyana 36.11%
43 Portugal 35.65%
44 Slovenia 35.56%
45 Austria 35.52%
46 Timor-Leste 35.38%
47 Albania 35.00%
48 Luxembourg 35.00%
49 San Marino 35.00%
50 Uganda 34.05%
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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