WUNRN
Situation as of 28 February 2009 |
The data in the tables below has been compiled by the Inter-Parliamentary Union on the basis of information provided by National Parliaments by 28 February 2009. The percentages do not take into account the case of parliaments for which no data was available at that date. Comparative data on the percentage of women in each National Parliament 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. |
||
New: you can now consult an archive of statistical data on women in National Parliaments. |
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
Single House |
Upper House |
Both Houses |
Nordic countries |
41.4% |
--- |
--- |
|
21.8% |
20.2% |
21.5% |
|
21.3% |
19.4% |
20.9% |
|
19.3% |
19.4% |
19.3% |
Sub-Saharan |
18.1% |
21.4% |
18.5% |
|
18.0% |
16.5% |
17.8% |
Pacific |
13.0% |
32,6% |
15.2% |
Arab States |
9.7% |
7.0% |
9.1% |
Regions are classified by descending order of the percentage of women in the lower or single House |
================================================================
To contact the list administrator, or to leave the list, send an email to: wunrn_listserve-request@lists.wunrn.com.
Thank you.