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Women's share of parliamentary seats

Share of seats in the national parliament held by women.

19 countries with a value for 2023. Ranked highest to lowest — rank #1 is the best outcome on this measure.

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All regions Arab States East Asia and the Pacific Europe and Central Asia Latin America and the Caribbean South Asia Sub-Saharan Africa

1Congo (Democratic Republic of the)Low40.8%2GambiaLow35.5%3Guinea-BissauLow27.3%4South SudanLow26.5%5LiberiaLow24%6MadagascarLow15.9%7SenegalLow15.4%8Sierra LeoneLow14.7%9Central African RepublicLow14.6%10MalawiLow13.4%11MozambiqueLow13.2%12BurundiLow8.6%13MaliLow8.2%14GuineaLow8.1%15EthiopiaLow7.4%16Burkina FasoLow7.3%17BeninLow7.2%18NigerLow6.1%19ChadLow3.7%