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Women in National Parliaments
Situation as of 31 August 2007

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 31 August 2007. 189 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
New: you can now consult an archive of statistical data on 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 09 2003 80 39 48.8 09 2003 26 9 34.6
2 Sweden 09 2006 349 165 47.3 --- --- --- ---
3 Finland 03 2007 200 84 42.0 --- --- --- ---
4 Costa Rica 02 2006 57 22 38.6 --- --- --- ---
5 Norway 09 2005 169 64 37.9 --- --- --- ---
6 Denmark 02 2005 179 66 36.9 --- --- --- ---
7 Netherlands 11 2006 150 55 36.7 05 2007 75 26 34.7
8 Cuba 01 2003 609 219 36.0 --- --- --- ---
" Spain 03 2004 350 126 36.0 03 2004 259 60 23.2
9 Argentina 10 2005 257 90 35.0 10 2005 72 31 43.1
10 Mozambique 12 2004 250 87 34.8 --- --- --- ---
11 Belgium 06 2007 150 52 34.7 06 2007 71 27 38.0
12 South Africa 1 04 2004 400 131 32.8 04 2004 54 18 33.3
13 Austria 10 2006 183 59 32.2 N.A. 62 17 27.4
" New Zealand 09 2005 121 39 32.2 --- --- --- ---
14 Iceland 05 2007 63 20 31.7 --- --- --- ---
15 Germany 09 2005 614 194 31.6 N.A. 69 15 21.7
16 Burundi 07 2005 118 36 30.5 07 2005 49 17 34.7
17 United Rep. of Tanzania 12 2005 319 97 30.4 --- --- --- ---
18 Uganda 02 2006 332 99 29.8 --- --- --- ---
19 Peru 04 2006 120 35 29.2 --- --- --- ---
20 Belarus 10 2004 110 32 29.1 11 2004 58 18 31.0
21 Guyana 08 2006 69 20 29.0 --- --- --- ---
22 Andorra 04 2005 28 8 28.6 --- --- --- ---
23 The F.Y.R. of Macedonia 07 2006 120 34 28.3 --- --- --- ---
24 Timor-Leste 06 2007 65 18 27.7 --- --- --- ---
25 Afghanistan 09 2005 249 68 27.3 09 2005 102 23 22.5
26 Namibia 11 2004 78 21 26.9 11 2004 26 7 26.9
27 Grenada 11 2003 15 4 26.7 11 2003 13 4 30.8
28 Viet Nam 05 2007 493 127 25.8 --- --- --- ---
29 Iraq 12 2005 275 70 25.5 --- --- --- ---
" Suriname 05 2005 51 13 25.5 --- --- --- ---
30 Lao People's Democratic Rep. 04 2006 115 29 25.2 --- --- --- ---
31 Ecuador 10 2006 100 25 25.0 --- --- --- ---
" Switzerland 10 2003 200 50 25.0 10 2003 46 11 23.9
32 Lithuania 10 2004 141 35 24.8 --- --- --- ---
33 Australia 10 2004 150 37 24.7 10 2004 76 27 35.5
34 Singapore 05 2006 94 23 24.5 --- --- --- ---
35 Liechtenstein 03 2005 25 6 24.0 --- --- --- ---
36 Lesotho 02 2007 119 28 23.5 03 2007 33 10 30.3
" Seychelles 05 2007 34 8 23.5 --- --- --- ---
37 Honduras 11 2005 128 30 23.4 --- --- --- ---
38 Luxembourg 06 2004 60 14 23.3 --- --- --- ---
39 Tunisia 10 2004 189 43 22.8 07 2005 112 15 13.4
40 Mexico 07 2006 500 113 22.6 07 2006 128 22 17.2
41 Philippines 05 2007 236 53 22.5 05 2007 22 4 18.2
" United Arab Emirates 12 2006 40 9 22.5 --- --- --- ---
42 Bulgaria 06 2005 240 53 22.1 --- --- --- ---
43 Eritrea 02 1994 150 33 22.0 --- --- --- ---
" Senegal 06 2007 150 33 22.0 08 2007 100 ? ?
44 Ethiopia 05 2005 529 116 21.9 10 2005 112 21 18.8
45 Estonia 03 2007 101 22 21.8 --- --- --- ---
" Republic of Moldova 03 2005 101 22 21.8 --- --- --- ---
46 Croatia 11 2003 152 33 21.7 --- --- --- ---
47 Pakistan 10 2002 342 73 21.3 03 2006 100 17 17.0
" Portugal 02 2005 230 49 21.3 --- --- --- ---
48 Canada 01 2006 308 64 20.8 N.A. 100 35 35.0
" Monaco 02 2003 24 5 20.8 --- --- --- ---
49 Poland 09 2005 460 94 20.4 09 2005 100 13 13.0
" Serbia 01 2007 250 51 20.4 --- --- --- ---
50 China 02 2003 2980 604 20.3 --- --- --- ---
51 Dem. People's Rep. of Korea 08 2003 687 138 20.1 --- --- --- ---
52 Dominican Republic 05 2006 178 35 19.7 05 2006 32 1 3.1
" United Kingdom 05 2005 646 127 19.7 N.A. 751 142 18.9
53 Trinidad and Tobago 10 2002 36 7 19.4 10 2002 31 10 32.3
54 Guinea 06 2002 114 22 19.3 --- --- --- ---
" Slovakia 06 2006 150 29 19.3 --- --- --- ---
55 Latvia 10 2006 100 19 19.0 --- --- --- ---
56 Venezuela 12 2005 167 31 18.6 --- --- --- ---
57 France 06 2007 577 107 18.5 09 2004 331 56 16.9
" Nicaragua 11 2006 92 17 18.5 --- --- --- ---
58 Saint Vincent & the Grenadines 12 2005 22 4 18.2 --- --- --- ---
59 Sudan 08 2005 436 79 18.1 08 2005 50 2 4.0
60 Equatorial Guinea 04 2004 100 18 18.0 --- --- --- ---
61 Mauritania 11 2006 95 17 17.9 01 2007 56 10 17.9
62 Tajikistan 02 2005 63 11 17.5 03 2005 34 8 23.5
" Uzbekistan 12 2004 120 21 17.5 01 2005 100 15 15.0
63 Italy 04 2006 630 109 17.3 04 2006 322 44 13.7
" Nepal 01 2007 329 57 17.3 --- --- --- ---
64 Mauritius 07 2005 70 12 17.1 --- --- --- ---
65 Bolivia 12 2005 130 22 16.9 12 2005 27 1 3.7
66 El Salvador 03 2006 84 14 16.7 --- --- --- ---
" Panama 05 2004 78 13 16.7 --- --- --- ---
" Zimbabwe 03 2005 150 25 16.7 11 2005 66 23 34.8
67 United States of America 11 2006 435 71 16.3 11 2006 100 16 16.0
68 Turkmenistan 12 2004 50 8 16.0 --- --- --- ---
69 Kazakhstan 08 2007 107 17 15.9 08 2005 47 2 4.3
70 Czech Republic 06 2006 200 31 15.5 10 2006 81 12 14.8
71 Burkina Faso 05 2007 111 17 15.3 --- --- --- ---
" Cape Verde 01 2006 72 11 15.3 --- --- --- ---
72 Bangladesh 2 10 2001 345 52 15.1 --- --- --- ---
73 Angola 09 1992 220 33 15.0 --- --- --- ---
" Chile 12 2005 120 18 15.0 12 2005 38 2 5.3
74 Zambia 09 2006 157 23 14.6 --- --- --- ---
75 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 2006 42 6 14.3 03 2007 15 2 13.3
" Cyprus 05 2006 56 8 14.3 --- --- --- ---
" Sierra Leone 08 2007 112 16 14.3 --- --- --- ---
76 Israel 03 2006 120 17 14.2 --- --- --- ---
77 Guinea-Bissau 03 2004 100 14 14.0 --- --- --- ---
78 Malawi 04 2004 191 26 13.6 --- --- --- ---
79 Republic of Korea 04 2004 299 40 13.4 --- --- --- ---
80 Barbados 05 2003 30 4 13.3 05 2003 21 5 23.8
" Ireland 05 2007 166 22 13.3 07 2007 49 9 18.4
81 Greece 03 2004 300 39 13.0 --- --- --- ---
82 Dominica 05 2005 31 4 12.9 --- --- --- ---
83 Gabon 12 2006 120 15 12.5 02 2003 91 14 15.4
" Liberia 10 2005 64 8 12.5 10 2005 30 5 16.7
84 Niger 11 2004 113 14 12.4 --- --- --- ---
85 Bahamas 05 2007 41 5 12.2 05 2007 15 8 53.3
" Slovenia 10 2004 90 11 12.2 12.2002 40 3 7.5
86 Maldives 01 2005 50 6 12.0 --- --- --- ---
" Syrian Arab Republic 04 2007 250 30 12.0 --- --- --- ---
87 Jamaica 10 2002 60 7 11.7 10 2002 21 4 19.0
" San Marino 06 2006 60 7 11.7 --- --- --- ---
88 Azerbaijan 11 2005 124 14 11.3 --- --- --- ---
" Indonesia 04 2004 550 62 11.3 --- --- --- ---
89 Romania 11 2004 331 37 11.2 11 2004 137 13 9.5
90 Botswana 10 2004 63 7 11.1 --- --- --- ---
" Uruguay 10 2004 99 11 11.1 10 2004 31 3 9.7
91 Ghana 12 2004 230 25 10.9 --- --- --- ---
92 Djibouti 01 2003 65 7 10.8 --- --- --- ---
" Morocco 09 2002 325 35 10.8 09 2006 270 3 1.1
" Swaziland 10 2003 65 7 10.8 10 2003 30 9 30.0
93 Antigua and Barbuda 03 2004 19 2 10.5 03 2004 17 3 17.6
" Central African Republic 05 2005 105 11 10.5 --- --- --- ---
94 Hungary 04 2006 386 40 10.4 --- --- --- ---
95 Mali 07 2007 147 15 10.2 --- --- --- ---
96 Paraguay 04 2003 80 8 10.0 04 2003 45 4 8.9
97 Cambodia 07 2003 123 12 9.8 01 2006 61 9 14.8
" Russian Federation 12 2003 447 44 9.8 N.A. 178 6 3.4
98 Gambia 01 2007 53 5 9.4 --- --- --- ---
" Georgia 03 2004 235 22 9.4 --- --- --- ---
" Japan 09 2005 480 45 9.4 07 2007 242 42 17.4
99 Armenia 05 2007 130 12 9.2 --- --- --- ---
" Malta 04 2003 65 6 9.2 --- --- --- ---
100 Malaysia 03 2004 219 20 9.1 03 2004 70 18 25.7
" Turkey 07 2007 549 50 9.1 --- --- --- ---
101 Brazil 10 2006 513 45 8.8 10 2006 81 10 12.3
102 Thailand 10 2006 242 21 8.7 --- --- --- ---
" Ukraine 03 2006 450 39 8.7 --- --- --- ---
103 Montenegro 09 2006 81 7 8.6 --- --- --- ---
" Togo 10 2002 81 7 8.6 --- --- --- ---
104 Cote d'Ivoire 12 2000 223 19 8.5 --- --- --- ---
105 Benin 03 2007 83 7 8.4 --- --- --- ---
" Colombia 03 2006 166 14 8.4 03 2006 102 12 11.8
" Dem. Republic of the Congo 07 2006 500 42 8.4 01 2007 108 5 4.6
106 India 04 2004 545 45 8.3 07.2006 242 26 10.7
107 Guatemala 11 2003 158 13 8.2 --- --- --- ---
" Somalia 08 2004 256 21 8.2 --- --- --- ---
108 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 03 2006 468 36 7.7 --- --- --- ---
109 Congo 06 2007 135 10 7.4 10 2005 60 8 13.3
110 Kenya 12 2002 219 16 7.3 --- --- --- ---
" Sao Tome and Principe 03 2006 55 4 7.3 --- --- --- ---
111 Algeria 05 2007 389 28 7.2 12 2006 129 4 3.1
112 Albania 07 2005 140 10 7.1 --- --- --- ---
113 Nigeria 04 2007 358 25 7.0 04 2007 109 9 8.3
114 Madagascar 12 2002 160 11 6.9 03 2001 90 10 11.1
115 Belize 03 2003 30 2 6.7 03 2003 12 3 25.0
" Saint Kitts and Nevis 10 2004 15 1 6.7 --- --- --- ---
116 Mongolia 06 2004 76 5 6.6 --- --- --- ---
117 Chad 04 2002 155 10 6.5 --- --- --- ---
118 Samoa 03 2006 49 3 6.1 --- --- --- ---
119 Saint-Lucia 3 12 2006 18 1 5.6 01 2007 11 2 18.2
120 Jordan 06 2003 110 6 5.5 11 2005 55 7 12.7
121 Sri Lanka 04 2004 225 11 4.9 --- --- --- ---
122 Lebanon 05 2005 128 6 4.7 --- --- --- ---
123 Haiti 02 2006 98 4 4.1 02 2006 30 4 13.3
" Iran (Islamic Rep. of) 02 2004 290 12 4.1 --- --- --- ---
124 Vanuatu 07 2004 52 2 3.8 --- --- --- ---
125 Tonga 03 2005 30 1 3.3 --- --- --- ---
126 Kuwait 4 06 2006 65 2 3.1 --- --- --- ---
127 Comoros 04 2004 33 1 3.0 --- --- --- ---
" Marshall Islands 11 2003 33 1 3.0 --- --- --- ---
128 Bhutan N.A. 150 4 2.7 --- --- --- ---
129 Bahrain 11 2006 40 1 2.5 12 2006 40 10 25.0
130 Oman 10 2003 83 2 2.4 N.A. 58 9 15.5
131 Egypt 11 2005 442 9 2.0 06 2007 264 ? ?
132 Papua New Guinea 06 2007 109 1 0.9 --- --- --- ---
133 Yemen 04 2003 301 1 0.3 04 2001 111 2 1.8
134 Kyrgyzstan 02 2005 72 0 0.0 --- --- --- ---
" Micronesia (Fed. States of) 03 2005 14 0 0.0 --- --- --- ---
" Palau 11 2004 16 0 0.0 11 2004 9 0 0.0
" Qatar 06 2005 35 0 0.0 --- --- --- ---
" Saudi Arabia 04 2005 150 0 0.0 --- --- --- ---
" Solomon Islands 04 2006 50 0 0.0 --- --- --- ---
" Tuvalu 08 2006 15 0 0.0 --- --- --- ---
? Cameroon 07 2007 180 ? ? --- --- --- ---
? Kiribati 08 2007 46 ? ? --- --- --- ---
? Nauru 08 2007 18 ? ? --- --- --- ---
* Figures correspond to the number of seats currently filled in Parliament

1 - South Africa: The figures on the distribution of seats 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.

2 - Bangladesh: In 2004, the number of seats in parliament was raised from 300 to 345, with the addition of 45 reserved seats for women. These reserved seats were filled in September and October 2005, being allocated to political parties in proportion to their share of the national vote received in the 2001 election.

3 - Sainte-Lucia: No woman was elected in the 2006 elections. However one woman was appointed Speaker of the House and therefore became a member of the House.

4 - Kuwait: No woman candidate was elected in the 2006 elections. One woman was appointed to the 16-member cabinet sworn in in July 2006. A new cabinet sworn in in March 2007 included two women. As cabinet ministers also sit in parliament, there are two women out of a total of 65 members.





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