WORLD
CLASSIFICATION
|
Rank
|
Country
|
Lower
or single House
|
Upper
House or Senate
|
Elections
|
Seats*
|
Women
|
%
W
|
Elections
|
Seats*
|
Women
|
%
W
|
1
|
Rwanda
|
9
2008
|
80
|
45
|
56.3%
|
9
2011
|
26
|
10
|
38.5%
|
2
|
Andorra
|
4
2011
|
28
|
14
|
50.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
3
|
Cuba
|
2
2013
|
612
|
299
|
48.9%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
4
|
Sweden
|
9
2010
|
349
|
156
|
44.7%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
5
|
Seychelles
|
9
2011
|
32
|
14
|
43.8%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
6
|
Senegal
|
7
2012
|
150
|
64
|
42.7%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
7
|
Finland
|
4
2011
|
200
|
85
|
42.5%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
8
|
South Africa 1
|
4
2009
|
400
|
169
|
42.3%
|
4
2009
|
53
|
17
|
32.1%
|
9
|
Nicaragua
|
11
2011
|
92
|
37
|
40.2%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
10
|
Iceland
|
4
2013
|
63
|
25
|
39.7%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
11
|
Norway
|
9
2009
|
169
|
67
|
39.6%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
12
|
Mozambique
|
10
2009
|
250
|
98
|
39.2%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
13
|
Denmark
|
9
2011
|
179
|
70
|
39.1%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
14
|
Ecuador
|
2
2013
|
137
|
53
|
38.7%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Netherlands
|
9
2012
|
150
|
58
|
38.7%
|
5
2011
|
75
|
27
|
36.0%
|
15
|
Costa Rica
|
2
2010
|
57
|
22
|
38.6%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
16
|
Timor-Leste
|
7
2012
|
65
|
25
|
38.5%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
17
|
Belgium
|
6
2010
|
150
|
57
|
38.0%
|
6
2010
|
71
|
29
|
40.8%
|
18
|
Argentina
|
10
2011
|
257
|
96
|
37.4%
|
10
2011
|
72
|
28
|
38.9%
|
19
|
Mexico
|
7
2012
|
500
|
184
|
36.8%
|
7
2012
|
128
|
42
|
32.8%
|
20
|
Spain
|
11
2011
|
350
|
126
|
36.0%
|
11
2011
|
266
|
91
|
34.2%
|
"
|
United Republic of Tanzania
|
10
2010
|
350
|
126
|
36.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
21
|
Uganda
|
2
2011
|
386
|
135
|
35.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
22
|
Angola
|
8
2012
|
220
|
75
|
34.1%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
The F.Y.R. of Macedonia
|
6
2011
|
123
|
42
|
34.1%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
23
|
Grenada
|
2
2013
|
15
|
5
|
33.3%
|
3
2013
|
13
|
2
|
15.4%
|
24
|
Nepal
|
4
2008
|
594
|
197
|
33.2%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Serbia
|
5
2012
|
250
|
83
|
33.2%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
25
|
Germany
|
9
2009
|
620
|
204
|
32.9%
|
N.A.
|
69
|
19
|
27.5%
|
26
|
New Zealand
|
11
2011
|
121
|
39
|
32.2%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Slovenia
|
12
2011
|
90
|
29
|
32.2%
|
11
2012
|
40
|
3
|
7.5%
|
27
|
Algeria
|
5
2012
|
462
|
146
|
31.6%
|
12
2012
|
142
|
10
|
7.0%
|
28
|
Italy
|
2
2013
|
630
|
198
|
31.4%
|
2
2013
|
317
|
92
|
29.0%
|
29
|
Guyana
|
11
2011
|
67
|
21
|
31.3%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
30
|
Burundi
|
7
2010
|
105
|
32
|
30.5%
|
7
2010
|
41
|
19
|
46.3%
|
31
|
Switzerland
|
10
2011
|
200
|
58
|
29.0%
|
10
2011
|
46
|
9
|
19.6%
|
32
|
Portugal
|
6
2011
|
230
|
66
|
28.7%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
33
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
5
2010
|
42
|
12
|
28.6%
|
6
2010
|
31
|
7
|
22.6%
|
34
|
Austria
|
9
2008
|
183
|
51
|
27.9%
|
N.A.
|
61
|
19
|
31.1%
|
35
|
Ethiopia
|
5
2010
|
547
|
152
|
27.8%
|
5
2010
|
135
|
22
|
16.3%
|
36
|
Afghanistan
|
9
2010
|
249
|
69
|
27.7%
|
1
2011
|
102
|
28
|
27.5%
|
37
|
France
|
6
2012
|
577
|
155
|
26.9%
|
9
2011
|
347
|
77
|
22.2%
|
38
|
Lesotho
|
5
2012
|
120
|
32
|
26.7%
|
6
2012
|
33
|
9
|
27.3%
|
"
|
Tunisia
|
10
2011
|
217
|
58
|
26.7%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
39
|
Belarus
|
9
2012
|
109
|
29
|
26.6%
|
8
2012
|
57
|
20
|
35.1%
|
40
|
South Sudan
|
8
2011
|
332
|
88
|
26.5%
|
8
2011
|
50
|
5
|
10.0%
|
41
|
El Salvador
|
3
2012
|
84
|
22
|
26.2%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
42
|
Bolivia
|
12
2009
|
130
|
33
|
25.4%
|
12
2009
|
36
|
17
|
47.2%
|
43
|
Iraq
|
3
2010
|
325
|
82
|
25.2%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
44
|
Lao People's Democratic Republic
|
4
2011
|
132
|
33
|
25.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
45
|
Australia
|
8
2010
|
150
|
37
|
24.7%
|
8
2010
|
76
|
29
|
38.2%
|
"
|
Canada
|
5
2011
|
308
|
76
|
24.7%
|
N.A.
|
103
|
39
|
37.9%
|
46
|
Bulgaria
|
5
2013
|
240
|
59
|
24.6%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Sudan
|
4
2010
|
354
|
87
|
24.6%
|
5
2010
|
28
|
5
|
17.9%
|
47
|
Namibia
|
11
2009
|
78
|
19
|
24.4%
|
11
2010
|
26
|
7
|
26.9%
|
"
|
Viet Nam
|
5
2011
|
500
|
122
|
24.4%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
48
|
Kazakhstan
|
1
2012
|
107
|
26
|
24.3%
|
8
2011
|
47
|
2
|
4.3%
|
49
|
Singapore
|
5
2011
|
99
|
24
|
24.2%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
50
|
Lithuania
|
10
2012
|
141
|
34
|
24.1%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
51
|
Croatia
|
12
2011
|
151
|
36
|
23.8%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
52
|
Poland
|
10
2011
|
460
|
109
|
23.7%
|
10
2011
|
100
|
13
|
13.0%
|
53
|
China
|
3
2013
|
2987
|
699
|
23.4%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
54
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
10
2010
|
120
|
28
|
23.3%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
55
|
Latvia
|
9
2011
|
100
|
23
|
23.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
56
|
United Kingdom
|
5
2010
|
650
|
146
|
22.5%
|
N.A.
|
760
|
172
|
22.6%
|
57
|
Malawi
|
5
2009
|
193
|
43
|
22.3%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
58
|
Mauritania
|
11
2006
|
95
|
21
|
22.1%
|
11
2009
|
56
|
8
|
14.3%
|
59
|
Czech Republic
|
5
2010
|
200
|
44
|
22.0%
|
10
2012
|
81
|
14
|
17.3%
|
"
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
5
2013
|
100
|
22
|
22.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Eritrea
|
2
1994
|
150
|
33
|
22.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Uzbekistan
|
12
2009
|
150
|
33
|
22.0%
|
1
2010
|
100
|
15
|
15.0%
|
60
|
Israel
|
1
2013
|
120
|
26
|
21.7%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Luxembourg
|
6
2009
|
60
|
13
|
21.7%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
61
|
Peru
|
4
2011
|
130
|
28
|
21.5%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
62
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
10
2010
|
42
|
9
|
21.4%
|
6
2011
|
15
|
2
|
13.3%
|
63
|
Greece
|
6
2012
|
300
|
63
|
21.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
64
|
Cape Verde
|
2
2011
|
72
|
15
|
20.8%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Dominican Republic
|
5
2010
|
183
|
38
|
20.8%
|
5
2010
|
32
|
3
|
9.4%
|
"
|
Estonia
|
3
2011
|
101
|
21
|
20.8%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Monaco
|
2
2013
|
24
|
5
|
20.8%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
65
|
Cambodia
|
7
2008
|
123
|
25
|
20.3%
|
1
2012
|
61
|
9
|
14.8%
|
66
|
Liechtenstein
|
2
2013
|
25
|
5
|
20.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
67
|
Saudi Arabia
|
1
2013
|
151
|
30
|
19.9%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
68
|
Republic of Moldova
|
11
2010
|
101
|
20
|
19.8%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
69
|
Bangladesh
|
12
2008
|
350
|
69
|
19.7%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
70
|
Honduras
|
11
2009
|
128
|
25
|
19.5%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Pakistan
|
5
2013
|
334
|
65
|
19.5%
|
3
2012
|
104
|
17
|
16.3%
|
71
|
Tajikistan
|
2
2010
|
63
|
12
|
19.0%
|
3
2010
|
34
|
5
|
14.7%
|
72
|
Mauritius
|
5
2010
|
69
|
13
|
18.8%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
73
|
Slovakia
|
3
2012
|
150
|
28
|
18.7%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
74
|
Indonesia
|
4
2009
|
560
|
104
|
18.6%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Kenya
|
3
2013
|
350
|
65
|
18.6%
|
3
2013
|
68
|
18
|
26.5%
|
75
|
San Marino
|
11
2012
|
60
|
11
|
18.3%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
76
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
8
2010
|
55
|
10
|
18.2%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
77
|
United States of America
|
11
2012
|
434
|
77
|
17.7%
|
11
2012
|
100
|
20
|
20.0%
|
78
|
Madagascar
|
10
2010
|
366
|
64
|
17.5%
|
10
2010
|
164
|
20
|
12.2%
|
"
|
Paraguay
|
4
2013
|
80
|
14
|
17.5%
|
4
2013
|
45
|
9
|
20.0%
|
"
|
United Arab Emirates
|
9
2011
|
40
|
7
|
17.5%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
79
|
Montenegro
|
10
2012
|
81
|
14
|
17.3%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
80
|
Morocco
|
11
2011
|
395
|
67
|
17.0%
|
10
2009
|
270
|
6
|
2.2%
|
"
|
Venezuela
|
9
2010
|
165
|
28
|
17.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
81
|
Turkmenistan
|
12
2008
|
125
|
21
|
16.8%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
82
|
Barbados
|
2
2013
|
30
|
5
|
16.7%
|
3
2013
|
21
|
6
|
28.6%
|
"
|
Saint Lucia
|
11
2011
|
18
|
3
|
16.7%
|
1
2012
|
11
|
2
|
18.2%
|
83
|
Libya
|
7
2012
|
200
|
33
|
16.5%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
84
|
Azerbaijan
|
11
2010
|
125
|
20
|
16.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
85
|
Gabon
|
12
2011
|
114
|
18
|
15.8%
|
1
2009
|
102
|
18
|
17.6%
|
"
|
Thailand
|
7
2011
|
500
|
79
|
15.8%
|
4
2011
|
149
|
23
|
15.4%
|
86
|
Burkina Faso
|
12
2012
|
127
|
20
|
15.7%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Republic of Korea
|
4
2012
|
300
|
47
|
15.7%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
87
|
Democratic People's Republic of
Korea
|
3
2009
|
687
|
107
|
15.6%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
88
|
Ireland
|
2
2011
|
166
|
25
|
15.1%
|
4
2011
|
60
|
18
|
30.0%
|
89
|
Zimbabwe
|
3
2008
|
214
|
32
|
15.0%
|
3
2008
|
99
|
24
|
24.2%
|
90
|
Chad
|
2
2011
|
188
|
28
|
14.9%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Mongolia
|
6
2012
|
74
|
11
|
14.9%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
91
|
Malta
|
3
2013
|
70
|
10
|
14.3%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
92
|
Chile
|
12
2009
|
120
|
17
|
14.2%
|
12
2009
|
38
|
5
|
13.2%
|
"
|
Turkey
|
6
2011
|
550
|
78
|
14.2%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
93
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
11
2008
|
100
|
14
|
14.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
94
|
Cameroon
|
7
2007
|
180
|
25
|
13.9%
|
4
2013
|
100
|
20
|
20.0%
|
95
|
Somalia
|
8
2012
|
275
|
38
|
13.8%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
96
|
Russian Federation
|
12
2011
|
450
|
61
|
13.6%
|
N.A.
|
163
|
13
|
8.0%
|
"
|
Swaziland
|
9
2008
|
66
|
9
|
13.6%
|
10
2008
|
30
|
12
|
40.0%
|
97
|
Guatemala
|
9
2011
|
158
|
21
|
13.3%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Niger
|
1
2011
|
113
|
15
|
13.3%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Romania
|
12
2012
|
412
|
55
|
13.3%
|
12
2012
|
176
|
13
|
7.4%
|
98
|
Bahamas
|
5
2012
|
38
|
5
|
13.2%
|
5
2012
|
16
|
4
|
25.0%
|
99
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
12
2010
|
23
|
3
|
13.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
100
|
Djibouti
|
2
2013
|
55
|
7
|
12.7%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Jamaica
|
12
2011
|
63
|
8
|
12.7%
|
9
2007
|
21
|
5
|
23.8%
|
101
|
Dominica
|
12
2009
|
32
|
4
|
12.5%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
102
|
Sierra Leone
|
11
2012
|
121
|
15
|
12.4%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
103
|
Jordan
|
1
2013
|
148
|
18
|
12.2%
|
10
2011
|
60
|
7
|
11.7%
|
104
|
Colombia
|
3
2010
|
165
|
20
|
12.1%
|
3
2010
|
100
|
16
|
16.0%
|
"
|
Uruguay
|
10
2009
|
99
|
12
|
12.1%
|
10
2009
|
31
|
4
|
12.9%
|
105
|
Georgia
|
10
2012
|
150
|
18
|
12.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Syrian Arab Republic
|
5
2012
|
250
|
30
|
12.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
106
|
Suriname
|
5
2010
|
51
|
6
|
11.8%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
107
|
Zambia
|
9
2011
|
157
|
18
|
11.5%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
108
|
Togo
|
10
2007
|
81
|
9
|
11.1%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
109
|
India
|
4
2009
|
545
|
60
|
11.0%
|
1
2012
|
245
|
26
|
10.6%
|
"
|
Liberia
|
10
2011
|
73
|
8
|
11.0%
|
10
2011
|
30
|
4
|
13.3%
|
110
|
Ghana
|
12
2012
|
275
|
30
|
10.9%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
111
|
Armenia
|
5
2012
|
131
|
14
|
10.7%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Cyprus
|
5
2011
|
56
|
6
|
10.7%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
112
|
Antigua and Barbuda
|
3
2009
|
19
|
2
|
10.5%
|
4
2009
|
17
|
5
|
29.4%
|
113
|
Cote d'Ivoire
|
12
2011
|
249
|
26
|
10.4%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Malaysia
|
5
2013
|
222
|
23
|
10.4%
|
N.A.
|
51
|
15
|
29.4%
|
114
|
Mali
|
7
2007
|
147
|
15
|
10.2%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
115
|
Bahrain
|
10
2010
|
40
|
4
|
10.0%
|
11
2010
|
40
|
11
|
27.5%
|
116
|
Ukraine
|
10
2012
|
445
|
42
|
9.4%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
117
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
11
2011
|
492
|
44
|
8.9%
|
1
2007
|
108
|
6
|
5.6%
|
118
|
Hungary
|
4
2010
|
386
|
34
|
8.8%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
119
|
Kiribati
|
10
2011
|
46
|
4
|
8.7%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
120
|
Brazil
|
10
2010
|
513
|
44
|
8.6%
|
10
2010
|
81
|
13
|
16.0%
|
121
|
Bhutan
|
3
2008
|
47
|
4
|
8.5%
|
4
2013
|
25
|
2
|
8.0%
|
"
|
Panama
|
5
2009
|
71
|
6
|
8.5%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
122
|
Benin
|
4
2011
|
83
|
7
|
8.4%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
123
|
Japan
|
12
2012
|
480
|
39
|
8.1%
|
7
2010
|
237
|
44
|
18.6%
|
124
|
Botswana
|
10
2009
|
63
|
5
|
7.9%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
125
|
Gambia
|
3
2012
|
53
|
4
|
7.5%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
126
|
Congo
|
7
2012
|
136
|
10
|
7.4%
|
10
2011
|
72
|
10
|
13.9%
|
127
|
Nigeria
|
4
2011
|
360
|
24
|
6.7%
|
4
2011
|
109
|
7
|
6.4%
|
"
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
1
2010
|
15
|
1
|
6.7%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Tuvalu
|
9
2010
|
15
|
1
|
6.7%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
128
|
Maldives
|
5
2009
|
77
|
5
|
6.5%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
129
|
Kuwait
|
12
2012
|
65
|
4
|
6.2%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
130
|
Myanmar
|
11
2010
|
431
|
26
|
6.0%
|
11
2010
|
224
|
4
|
1.8%
|
131
|
Sri Lanka
|
4
2010
|
225
|
13
|
5.8%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
132
|
Nauru
|
6
2013
|
19
|
1
|
5.3%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
133
|
Haiti
|
11
2010
|
95
|
4
|
4.2%
|
11
2010
|
20
|
0
|
0.0%
|
134
|
Samoa
|
3
2011
|
49
|
2
|
4.1%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
135
|
Tonga
|
11
2010
|
28
|
1
|
3.6%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
136
|
Belize
|
3
2012
|
32
|
1
|
3.1%
|
3
2012
|
13
|
5
|
38.5%
|
"
|
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
|
5
2012
|
290
|
9
|
3.1%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Lebanon
|
6
2009
|
128
|
4
|
3.1%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
137
|
Comoros
|
12
2009
|
33
|
1
|
3.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Marshall Islands
|
11
2011
|
33
|
1
|
3.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
138
|
Papua New Guinea
|
6
2012
|
111
|
3
|
2.7%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
139
|
Egypt
|
11
2011
|
508
|
10
|
2.0%
|
1
2012
|
270
|
12
|
4.4%
|
"
|
Solomon Islands
|
8
2010
|
50
|
1
|
2.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
140
|
Oman
|
10
2011
|
84
|
1
|
1.2%
|
10
2011
|
83
|
15
|
18.1%
|
141
|
Yemen
|
4
2003
|
301
|
1
|
0.3%
|
4
2001
|
111
|
2
|
1.8%
|
142
|
Micronesia (Federated States of)
|
3
2013
|
14
|
0
|
0.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Palau
|
11
2012
|
16
|
0
|
0.0%
|
11
2012
|
13
|
3
|
23.1%
|
"
|
Qatar
|
7
2010
|
35
|
0
|
0.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Vanuatu
|
10
2012
|
52
|
0
|
0.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
?
|
Albania
|
6
2013
|
140
|
?
|
?
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
?
|
Philippines
|
5
2013
|
291
|
?
|
?
|
5
2013
|
24
|
6
|
25.0%
|
|
* 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.
|