Politics

Women in parliament

Share of seats held by women in national parliaments (lower or single house).

Year

Highest · 2025

Rwanda

63.8%

Coverage · 2025

184

countries

Method

Sorted from highest to lowest

Ranking 2025

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#	Country	Value
1	Rwanda	63.8%
2	Cuba	55.7%
3	Nicaragua	54.9%
4	Bolivia	50.8%
5	Mexico	50.2%
6	Andorra	50.0%
6	United Arab Emirates	50.0%
8	Costa Rica	49.1%
9	Iceland	46.0%
10	Australia	46.0%
11	Monaco	45.8%
12	New Zealand	45.5%
13	Finland	45.5%
14	Ecuador	45.0%
15	Sweden	45.0%
16	South Africa	44.9%
17	Cabo Verde	44.4%
18	Spain	44.3%
19	Denmark	43.6%
20	Netherlands	43.3%
21	Namibia	42.3%
22	Ethiopia	41.9%
23	Peru	41.5%
24	Belgium	41.3%
25	Argentina	41.2%
26	Senegal	41.2%
27	Dominica	40.6%
28	United Kingdom	40.5%
29	Norway	40.2%
30	Burundi	39.6%
31	Moldova	39.6%
32	Tanzania	39.5%
33	North Macedonia	39.2%
34	Angola	39.1%
35	Switzerland	39.0%
36	Armenia	38.3%
37	Mozambique	38.3%
38	Uzbekistan	38.0%
39	Dominican Republic	37.4%
40	Serbia	37.2%
41	France	36.2%
42	Guyana	36.1%
43	Portugal	35.7%
44	Slovenia	35.6%
45	Austria	35.5%
46	Timor-Leste	35.4%
47	Albania	35.0%
47	Luxembourg	35.0%
47	San Marino	35.0%
50	Uganda	34.1%
51	Belarus	33.9%
52	Cameroon	33.9%
53	Chile	33.5%
54	Chad	33.5%
55	Czechia	33.5%
56	Kyrgyzstan	33.3%
57	Croatia	33.1%
58	Italy	32.8%
59	Germany	32.4%
60	South Sudan	32.4%
61	Singapore	32.3%
62	Venezuela	32.1%
63	Liechtenstein	32.0%
64	El Salvador	31.7%
65	Vietnam	31.4%
66	Suriname	31.4%
67	Uruguay	31.3%
68	Poland	31.3%
69	Grenada	31.3%
69	Saint Kitts and Nevis	31.3%
71	Equatorial Guinea	31.0%
71	Latvia	31.0%
73	Canada	30.3%
74	Jamaica	30.2%
75	Zimbabwe	30.1%
76	Mali	30.1%
77	Honduras	29.7%
78	Guinea	29.6%
79	Sierra Leone	29.5%
80	Colombia	29.4%
81	Malta	29.1%
82	United States	28.9%
83	Estonia	28.7%
84	Tajikistan	28.6%
85	Lithuania	28.4%
86	Philippines	28.3%
87	Montenegro	27.2%
88	Egypt	26.8%
89	Barbados	26.7%
90	Benin	26.6%
91	China	26.5%
92	Seychelles	26.5%
93	Djibouti	26.2%
94	Turkmenistan	25.6%
95	Iraq	25.5%
96	Mongolia	25.4%
97	Ireland	25.3%
98	Bulgaria	25.0%
98	Lesotho	25.0%
98	Palau	25.0%
101	Morocco	24.3%
102	Israel	24.2%
103	Trinidad and Tobago	23.8%
104	Paraguay	23.8%
105	Kenya	23.4%
106	Slovakia	23.3%
107	Mauritania	23.3%
108	Greece	22.9%
109	Romania	22.4%
110	Laos	22.0%
111	Indonesia	21.9%
112	Panama	21.7%
113	Eswatini	21.6%
114	Gabon	21.6%
115	Malawi	21.4%
115	Micronesia	21.4%
117	Ukraine	21.2%
118	Azerbaijan	20.8%
119	South Korea	20.3%
120	Bahrain	20.0%
120	Guatemala	20.0%
122	Turkey	19.9%
123	Saudi Arabia	19.9%
124	Thailand	19.6%
125	Niger	19.6%
126	Jordan	19.6%
127	Bosnia and Herzegovina	19.0%
128	Somalia	19.0%
129	Bahamas	18.4%
130	Kazakhstan	18.4%
131	Burkina Faso	18.3%
132	Comoros	18.2%
133	Brazil	18.1%
134	Mauritius	17.9%
135	North Korea	17.6%
136	Pakistan	17.0%
137	Georgia	16.8%
138	Libya	16.5%
139	Russia	16.4%
140	Tunisia	15.8%
141	Japan	15.7%
142	Hungary	15.6%
143	Togo	15.0%
144	Zambia	15.0%
145	Congo	14.6%
146	Ghana	14.5%
146	São Tomé and Príncipe	14.5%
148	Cyprus	14.3%
149	Madagascar	14.1%
150	India	13.8%
151	Cambodia	13.6%
152	Malaysia	13.5%
153	Côte d'Ivoire	13.4%
154	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	13.3%
155	DR Congo	12.8%
156	Belize	12.5%
157	Marshall Islands	12.1%
158	Brunei	11.4%
158	Central African Republic	11.4%
160	Kiribati	11.1%
161	Liberia	11.0%
162	Nauru	10.5%
162	Saint Lucia	10.5%
164	Samoa	9.8%
165	Sri Lanka	9.8%
166	Fiji	9.1%
167	Botswana	9.0%
168	Gambia	8.6%
169	Algeria	7.9%
170	Lebanon	6.3%
171	Qatar	6.1%
172	Solomon Islands	6.0%
173	Antigua and Barbuda	5.6%
174	Syria	4.9%
175	Iran	4.9%
176	Bhutan	4.3%
177	Nigeria	4.2%
178	Tonga	3.8%
179	Maldives	3.2%
180	Papua New Guinea	2.7%
181	Vanuatu	1.9%
182	Oman	0.0%
182	Tuvalu	0.0%
182	Yemen	0.0%

Source: World Bank — Women in parliament · Unit: % of seats · Year: 2025 · 184 entries