Within the “Sub-Saharan Africa” group, Rwanda leads Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) in 2025 at 63.75%, while Nigeria sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 4.21%. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.
| # | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rwanda | 63.75% |
| 2 | South Africa | 44.86% |
| 3 | Cabo Verde | 44.44% |
| 4 | Namibia | 42.31% |
| 5 | Ethiopia | 41.91% |
| 6 | Senegal | 41.21% |
| 7 | Burundi | 39.64% |
| 8 | Tanzania | 39.53% |
| 9 | Angola | 39.09% |
| 10 | Mozambique | 38.31% |
| 11 | Uganda | 34.05% |
| 12 | Cameroon | 33.89% |
| 13 | Chad | 33.51% |
| 14 | South Sudan | 32.36% |
| 15 | Equatorial Guinea | 31.00% |
| 16 | Zimbabwe | 30.11% |
| 17 | Mali | 30.08% |
| 18 | Guinea | 29.63% |
| 19 | Sierra Leone | 29.53% |
| 20 | Benin | 26.61% |
| 21 | Seychelles | 26.47% |
| 22 | Lesotho | 25.00% |
| 23 | Kenya | 23.39% |
| 24 | Mauritania | 23.30% |
| 25 | Eswatini | 21.62% |
| 26 | Gabon | 21.58% |
| 27 | Malawi | 21.43% |
| 28 | Niger | 19.59% |
| 29 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 18.98% |
| 30 | Burkina Faso | 18.31% |
| 31 | Comoros | 18.18% |
| 32 | Mauritius | 17.91% |
| 33 | Togo | 15.04% |
| 34 | Zambia | 14.97% |
| 35 | Congo, Rep. | 14.57% |
| 36 | Ghana | 14.55% |
| 37 | Sao Tome and Principe | 14.55% |
| 38 | Madagascar | 14.11% |
| 39 | Cote d'Ivoire | 13.39% |
| 40 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 12.80% |
| 41 | Central African Republic | 11.43% |
| 42 | Liberia | 10.96% |
| 43 | Botswana | 8.96% |
| 44 | Gambia, The | 8.62% |
| 45 | Nigeria | 4.21% |