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Women's share of parliamentary seats

Share of seats in the national parliament held by women.

20 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
1OmanVery High93.3%2BahrainVery High88.6%3QatarVery High86.7%4United Arab EmiratesVery High83.4%5Saudi ArabiaVery High75.7%6JordanHigh73.8%7Palestine, State ofMedium70.6%8LebanonHigh64.1%9KuwaitVery High62.7%10EgyptHigh62.5%11LibyaHigh62.2%12AlgeriaHigh47%13TunisiaHigh38.9%14MoroccoHigh33%15IraqMedium24.5%16Syrian Arab RepublicMedium24.1%17SudanLow22.5%18YemenLow20.7%19DjiboutiLow16.7%20SomaliaLow4.4%