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Women's share of parliamentary seats

Share of seats in the national parliament held by women.

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

AllLowMediumHighVery High
All regionsArab StatesEast Asia and the PacificEurope and Central AsiaLatin America and the CaribbeanSouth AsiaSub-Saharan Africa
1Congo (Democratic Republic of the)Low40.8%2GambiaLow35.5%3PakistanLow27.8%4Guinea-BissauLow27.3%5South SudanLow26.5%6LiberiaLow24%7SudanLow22.5%8YemenLow20.7%9DjiboutiLow16.7%10MadagascarLow15.9%11SenegalLow15.4%12Sierra LeoneLow14.7%13Central African RepublicLow14.6%14MalawiLow13.4%15MozambiqueLow13.2%16BurundiLow8.6%17MaliLow8.2%18GuineaLow8.1%19EthiopiaLow7.4%20Burkina FasoLow7.3%21BeninLow7.2%22AfghanistanLow7%23NigerLow6.1%24SomaliaLow4.4%25ChadLow3.7%