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Situation as of 1st February 2019  
World and regional averages The data in the table below has been compiled by the Inter-Parliamentary Union on the basis of information provided by National Parliaments by 1st February 2019. 193 countries are classified by descending order of the percentage of women in the lower or single House. Comparative data on the world and regional averages as well as data concerning the two regional parliamentary assemblies elected by direct suffrage can be found on separate pages. You can use the PARLINE database to view detailed results of parliamentary elections by country. Regional parliamentary assemblies
From March 2019, monthly rankings of the percentage of women in parliament are now being published on New Parline, the IPU’s open data platform: https://data.ipu.org/women-ranking

Consult the archive of statistical data on the percentage of women in national parliaments.
WORLD CLASSIFICATION
Rank Country Lower or single House Upper House or Senate
Elections Seats* Women % W Elections Seats* Women % W
1 Rwanda 03.09.2018 80 49 61.3% 26.09.2011 26 10 38.5%
2 Cuba 11.03.2018 605 322 53.2% --- --- --- ---
3 Bolivia 12.10.2014 130 69 53.1% 12.10.2014 36 17 47.2%
4 Mexico 01.07.2018 500 241 48.2% 01.07.2018 128 63 49.2%
5 Sweden 09.09.2018 349 165 47.3% --- --- --- ---
6 Grenada 13.03.2018 15 7 46.7% 27.04.2018 13 4 30.8%
7 Namibia 29.11.2014 104 48 46.2% 08.12.2015 42 10 23.8%
8 Costa Rica 04.02.2018 57 26 45.6% --- --- --- ---
9 Nicaragua 06.11.2016 92 41 44.6% --- --- --- ---
10 South Africa 1 07.05.2014 393 168 42.7% 21.05.2014 54 19 35.2%
11 Senegal 30.07.2017 165 69 41.8% --- --- --- ---
12 Finland 19.04.2015 200 83 41.5% --- --- --- ---
13 Spain 26.06.2016 350 144 41.1% 26.06.2016 266 98 36.8%
14 Norway 11.09.2017 169 69 40.8% --- --- --- ---
15 New Zealand 23.09.2017 120 48 40.0% --- --- --- ---
" Timor-Leste 12.05.2018 65 26 40.0% --- --- --- ---
17 France 11.06.2017 577 229 39.7% 24.09.2017 348 112 32.2%
18 Mozambique 15.10.2014 250 99 39.6% --- --- --- ---
19 Argentina 22.10.2017 255 99 38.8% 22.10.2017 72 30 41.7%
" Ethiopia 24.05.2015 547 212 38.8% 05.10.2015 153 49 32.0%
21 North Macedonia 11.12.2016 120 46 38.3% --- --- --- ---
22 Iceland 28.10.2017 63 24 38.1% --- --- --- ---
23 Belgium 25.05.2014 150 57 38.0% 03.07.2014 60 26 43.3%
" Ecuador 19.02.2017 137 52 38.0% --- --- --- ---
25 Serbia 24.04.2016 247 93 37.7% --- --- --- ---
26 Denmark 18.06.2015 179 67 37.4% --- --- --- ---
27 Austria 15.10.2017 183 68 37.2% N.A. 61 22 36.1%
28 United Republic of Tanzania 25.10.2015 393 145 36.9% --- --- --- ---
29 Burundi 29.06.2015 121 44 36.4% 24.07.2015 39 18 46.2%
30 Tunisia 26.10.2014 217 78 35.9% --- --- --- ---
31 Italy 04.03.2018 630 225 35.7% 04.03.2018 320 110 34.4%
" Portugal 04.10.2015 230 82 35.7% --- --- --- ---
33 Uganda 18.02.2016 459 160 34.9% --- --- --- ---
34 Belarus 11.09.2016 110 38 34.5% 30.08.2012 56 17 30.4%
35 Monaco 14.02.2018 24 8 33.3% --- --- --- ---
36 Nepal 26.11.2017 275 90 32.7% 07.02.2018 59 22 37.3%
37 Switzerland 18.10.2015 200 65 32.5% 23.10.2011 46 7 15.2%
38 Andorra 01.03.2015 28 9 32.1% --- --- --- ---
39 United Kingdom 08.06.2017 650 208 32.0% N.A. 789 208 26.4%
40 Guyana 11.05.2015 69 22 31.9% --- --- --- ---
" Zimbabwe 30.07.2018 270 86 31.9% 30.07.2018 80 35 43.8%
42 Netherlands 15.03.2017 150 47 31.3% 26.05.2015 75 27 36.0%
43 Cameroon 30.09.2013 180 56 31.1% 25.03.2018 100 26 26.0%
44 El Salvador 04.03.2018 84 26 31.0% --- --- --- ---
" Latvia 06.10.2018 100 31 31.0% --- --- --- ---
" Trinidad and Tobago 07.09.2015 42 13 31.0% 23.09.2015 31 11 35.5%
47 Germany 24.09.2017 709 219 30.9% N.A. 69 27 39.1%
48 Angola 23.08.2017 220 66 30.0% --- --- --- ---
" Australia 02.07.2016 150 45 30.0% 02.07.2016 76 30 39.5%
" Peru 10.04.2016 130 39 30.0% --- --- --- ---
51 Philippines 09.05.2016 292 86 29.5% 09.05.2016 24 6 25.0%
52 Suriname 24.05.2015 51 15 29.4% --- --- --- ---
53 Albania 25.06.2017 140 41 29.3% --- --- --- ---
54 Israel 17.03.2015 120 35 29.2% --- --- --- ---
55 Poland 25.10.2015 460 134 29.1% 25.10.2015 100 14 14.0%
56 Estonia 01.03.2015 101 29 28.7% --- --- --- ---
57 South Sudan 04.08.2016 383 109 28.5% 05.08.2011 50 6 12.0%
58 Sudan 13.04.2015 481 133 27.7% 01.06.2015 71 19 26.8%
59 Lao People's Democratic Republic 20.03.2016 149 41 27.5% --- --- --- ---
60 Kazakhstan 20.03.2016 107 29 27.1% 28.06.2017 47 5 10.6%
61 Canada 19.10.2015 334 90 26.9% N.A. 105 49 46.7%
62 Dominican Republic 15.05.2016 190 51 26.8% 15.05.2016 32 3 9.4%
63 Viet Nam 22.05.2016 494 132 26.7% --- --- --- ---
64 Djibouti 23.02.2018 65 17 26.2% --- --- --- ---
65 Algeria 04.05.2017 462 119 25.8% 29.12.2018 132 9 6.8%
" Bulgaria 26.03.2017 240 62 25.8% --- --- --- ---
67 Iraq 12.05.2018 329 83 25.2% --- --- --- ---
68 Dominica 08.12.2014 32 8 25.0% --- --- --- ---
" Luxembourg 14.10.2018 60 15 25.0% --- --- --- ---
" San Marino 20.11.2016 60 15 25.0% --- --- --- ---
" Turkmenistan 25.03.2018 124 31 25.0% --- --- --- ---
72 China 05.03.2018 2975 742 24.9% --- --- --- ---
73 Slovenia 03.06.2018 90 22 24.4% 22.11.2017 40 4 10.0%
" Somalia 23.10.2016 275 67 24.4% 23.10.2016 54 13 24.1%
75 Armenia 02.04.2017 132 32 24.2% --- --- --- ---
76 Afghanistan 20.10.2018 250 59 23.6% 10.01.2015 68 16 23.5%
" Cabo Verde 20.03.2016 72 17 23.6% --- --- --- ---
" United States of America 06.11.2018 433 102 23.6% 06.11.2018 100 25 25.0%
78 Montenegro 16.10.2016 81 19 23.5% --- --- --- ---
79 Lesotho 03.06.2017 120 28 23.3% 11.07.2017 32 7 21.9%
80 Singapore 11.09.2015 100 23 23.0% --- --- --- ---
81 Guinea 28.09.2013 114 26 22.8% --- --- --- ---
" Republic of Moldova 30.11.2014 101 23 22.8% --- --- --- ---
83 Chile 19.11.2017 155 35 22.6% 19.11.2017 43 10 23.3%
84 Czech Republic 20.10.2017 200 45 22.5% 05.10.2018 81 13 16.0%
" United Arab Emirates 03.10.2015 40 9 22.5% --- --- --- ---
86 Ireland 26.02.2016 158 35 22.2% 25.04.2016 60 18 30.0%
" Uruguay 26.10.2014 99 22 22.2% 26.10.2014 31 8 25.8%
" Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 06.12.2015 167 37 22.2% --- --- --- ---
89 Eritrea 01.02.1994 150 33 22.0% --- --- --- ---
90 Kenya 08.07.2017 349 76 21.8% 08.07.2017 68 21 30.9%
91 Bosnia and Herzegovina 07.10.2018 42 9 21.4% 29.01.2015 15 2 13.3%
92 Lithuania 09.10.2016 141 30 21.3% --- --- --- ---
93 Seychelles 08.09.2016 33 7 21.2% --- --- --- ---
94 Honduras 26.11.2017 128 27 21.1% --- --- --- ---
95 Bangladesh 30.12.2018 348 72 20.7% --- --- --- ---
" Romania 11.12.2016 329 68 20.7% 11.12.2016 136 19 14.0%
97 Croatia 11.09.2016 151 31 20.5% --- --- --- ---
" Morocco 07.10.2016 395 81 20.5% 02.10.2015 120 14 11.7%
99 Mauritania 01.09.2018 153 31 20.3% --- --- --- ---
100 Pakistan 25.08.2018 341 69 20.2% 03.03.2018 104 20 19.2%
101 Barbados 24.05.2018 30 6 20.0% 05.06.2018 21 8 38.1%
" Cambodia 29.07.2018 125 25 20.0% 25.02.2018 62 11 17.7%
" Equatorial Guinea 12.11.2017 100 20 20.0% 12.11.2017 72 11 15.3%
" Slovakia 05.03.2016 150 30 20.0% --- --- --- ---
105 Saudi Arabia 02.12.2016 151 30 19.9% --- --- --- ---
106 Fiji 14.11.2018 51 10 19.6% --- --- --- ---
107 Kyrgyzstan 04.10.2015 120 23 19.2% --- --- --- ---
" Madagascar 20.12.2013 151 29 19.2% 29.12.2015 63 13 20.6%
109 Guatemala 06.09.2015 158 30 19.0% --- --- --- ---
" Tajikistan 01.03.2015 63 12 19.0% 27.03.2015 32 7 21.9%
111 Colombia 11.03.2018 171 32 18.7% 11.03.2018 105 22 21.0%
" Greece 20.09.2015 300 56 18.7% --- --- --- ---
113 Panama 04.05.2014 71 13 18.3% --- --- --- ---
114 Indonesia 09.04.2014 560 102 18.2% --- --- --- ---
115 Zambia 11.08.2016 167 30 18.0% --- --- --- ---
116 Cyprus 22.05.2016 56 10 17.9% --- --- --- ---
" Gabon 06.10.2018 134 24 17.9% 13.12.2014 102 18 17.6%
118 Jamaica 22.02.2016 63 11 17.5% 10.03.2016 21 5 23.8%
119 Turkey 24.06.2018 596 104 17.4% --- --- --- ---
120 Mongolia 29.06.2016 76 13 17.1% --- --- --- ---
" Republic of Korea 13.04.2016 298 51 17.1% --- --- --- ---
122 Niger 21.02.2016 171 29 17.0% --- --- --- ---
123 Azerbaijan 01.11.2015 119 20 16.8% --- --- --- ---
124 Malawi 20.05.2014 192 32 16.7% --- --- --- ---
" Saint Lucia 06.06.2016 18 3 16.7% 05.01.2012 11 3 27.3%
126 Togo 20.12.2018 91 15 16.5% --- --- --- ---
127 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 09.03.2014 687 112 16.3% --- --- --- ---
128 Libya 25.06.2014 188 30 16.0% --- --- --- ---
" Uzbekistan 21.12.2014 150 24 16.0% 13.01.2015 100 17 17.0%
130 Russian Federation 18.09.2016 450 71 15.8% N.A. 170 31 18.2%
131 Jordan 20.09.2016 130 20 15.4% 27.09.2016 65 10 15.4%
132 Bahrain 01.12.2018 40 6 15.0% 09.12.2018 40 9 22.5%
" Brazil 07.10.2018 513 77 15.0% 07.10.2018 81 12 14.8%
" Paraguay 22.04.2018 80 12 15.0% 22.04.2018 45 9 20.0%
135 Bhutan 18.10.2018 47 7 14.9% 20.04.2018 25 4 16.0%
" Chad 13.02.2011 168 25 14.9% --- --- --- ---
" Egypt 17.10.2015 596 89 14.9% --- --- --- ---
138 Georgia 08.10.2016 149 22 14.8% --- --- --- ---
139 Sao Tome and Principe 07.10.2018 55 8 14.5% --- --- --- ---
140 Malaysia 09.05.2018 222 32 14.4% N.A. 67 13 19.4%
141 Guinea-Bissau 13.04.2014 102 14 13.7% --- --- --- ---
142 Burkina Faso 29.11.2015 127 17 13.4% --- --- --- ---
143 Saint Kitts and Nevis 16.02.2015 15 2 13.3% --- --- --- ---
144 Syrian Arab Republic 13.04.2016 250 33 13.2% --- --- --- ---
145 Ghana 07.12.2016 275 36 13.1% --- --- --- ---
146 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 09.12.2015 23 3 13.0% --- --- --- ---
147 Bahamas 24.05.2017 39 5 12.8% 24.05.2017 16 7 43.8%
148 Hungary 08.04.2018 199 25 12.6% --- --- --- ---
" India 07.04.2014 524 66 12.6% 16.01.2018 244 28 11.5%
150 Palau 01.11.2016 16 2 12.5% 01.11.2016 13 2 15.4%
151 Liberia 10.10.2017 73 9 12.3% 20.12.2014 30 3 10.0%
" Sierra Leone 07.03.2018 146 18 12.3% --- --- --- ---
153 Liechtenstein 05.02.2017 25 3 12.0% --- --- --- ---
154 Malta 03.06.2017 67 8 11.9% --- --- --- ---
155 Mauritius 10.12.2014 69 8 11.6% --- --- --- ---
" Ukraine 26.10.2014 423 49 11.6% --- --- --- ---
157 Congo 16.07.2017 151 17 11.3% 31.08.2017 69 13 18.8%
" Myanmar 08.11.2015 433 49 11.3% 08.11.2015 224 27 12.1%
159 Antigua and Barbuda 21.03.2018 18 2 11.1% 26.03.2018 17 9 52.9%
160 Cote d'Ivoire 18.12.2016 255 28 11.0% 25.03.2018 66 8 12.1%
161 Nauru 09.07.2016 19 2 10.5% --- --- --- ---
162 Democratic Republic of the Congo 30.12.2018 485 50 10.3% 19.01.2007 108 5 4.6%
" Gambia 06.04.2017 58 6 10.3% --- --- --- ---
164 Japan 22.10.2017 463 47 10.2% 10.07.2016 241 50 20.7%
165 Samoa 04.03.2016 50 5 10.0% --- --- --- ---
166 Qatar 01.07.2013 41 4 9.8% --- --- --- ---
167 Botswana 24.10.2014 63 6 9.5% --- --- --- ---
168 Belize 04.11.2015 32 3 9.4% 13.11.2015 13 2 15.4%
169 Brunei Darussalam 13.01.2017 33 3 9.1% --- --- --- ---
" Marshall Islands 16.11.2015 33 3 9.1% --- --- --- ---
171 Mali 24.11.2013 147 13 8.8% --- --- --- ---
172 Central African Republic 14.02.2016 140 12 8.6% --- --- --- ---
173 Tonga 16.11.2017 27 2 7.4% --- --- --- ---
174 Benin 26.04.2015 83 6 7.2% --- --- --- ---
" Eswatini 21.09.2018 69 5 7.2% 23.10.2018 30 7 23.3%
176 Tuvalu 31.03.2015 15 1 6.7% --- --- --- ---
177 Kiribati 30.12.2015 46 3 6.5% --- --- --- ---
178 Comoros 25.01.2015 33 2 6.1% --- --- --- ---
179 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 26.02.2016 289 17 5.9% --- --- --- ---
180 Nigeria 28.03.2015 359 20 5.6% 28.03.2015 109 7 6.4%
181 Thailand 07.08.2014 240 13 5.4% --- --- --- ---
182 Sri Lanka 17.08.2015 225 12 5.3% --- --- --- ---
183 Lebanon 06.05.2018 128 6 4.7% --- --- --- ---
" Maldives 22.03.2014 85 4 4.7% --- --- --- ---
185 Kuwait 26.11.2016 65 3 4.6% --- --- --- ---
186 Haiti 09.08.2015 118 3 2.5% 20.11.2016 28 1 3.6%
187 Solomon Islands 19.11.2014 49 1 2.0% --- --- --- ---
188 Oman 25.10.2015 85 1 1.2% 07.11.2015 85 14 16.5%
189 Yemen 27.04.2003 301 1 0.3% 28.04.2001 111 3 2.7%
190 Micronesia (Federated States of) 07.03.2017 14 0 0.0% --- --- --- ---
" Papua New Guinea 24.06.2017 106 0 0.0% --- --- --- ---
" Vanuatu 22.01.2016 52 0 0.0% --- --- --- ---
* Figures correspond to the number of seats currently filled in Parliament

1 - South Africa: The figures on the distribution of seats in the Upper House do not include the 36 special rotating delegates appointed on an ad hoc basis, and all percentages given are therefore calculated on the basis of the 54 permanent seats.

Updated on the 29 May to include data on lower chamber of Afganistan, following the confirmation of the results of the October 2018 elections