Indicators / Women's share of parliamentary seats
Women's share of parliamentary seats
Share of seats in the national parliament held by women.
185 countries with a value for 2023. Ranked highest to lowest — rank #1 is the best outcome on this measure.
1KazakhstanVery High100%2UzbekistanHigh100%3IcelandVery High99.9%4Russian FederationVery High99.3%5BelarusVery High99.3%6ArmeniaVery High99.1%7United KingdomVery High99.1%8SlovakiaVery High99.1%9CzechiaVery High99%10AustriaVery High98.8%11EstoniaVery High98.7%12SloveniaVery High98.3%13HungaryVery High98.3%14GeorgiaVery High98.2%15JapanVery High98.2%16TurkmenistanHigh98.1%17SwitzerlandVery High98%18Moldova (Republic of)High98%19AzerbaijanHigh98%20United StatesVery High97.9%21LatviaVery High97.2%22LithuaniaVery High96.9%23Marshall IslandsHigh96.3%24PalauHigh96.2%25BahamasVery High96.2%26CanadaVery High96.1%27NorwayVery High95.9%28BarbadosVery High95.9%29BulgariaVery High95.7%30SwedenVery High94.9%31SamoaHigh94.4%32MongoliaHigh94.2%33TongaHigh94.2%34TajikistanMedium93.7%35GermanyVery High93.6%36CroatiaVery High93.5%37OmanVery High93.3%38AustraliaVery High92.3%39FinlandVery High91.6%40SerbiaVery High91.2%41KyrgyzstanHigh91.2%42NetherlandsVery High91.1%43RomaniaVery High91%44DenmarkVery High91%45IsraelVery High90.7%46FranceVery High90.5%47AlbaniaVery High90.5%48IrelandVery High90.4%49MontenegroVery High90.1%50LuxembourgVery High90.1%51ZimbabweMedium88.8%52BahrainVery High88.6%53BelgiumVery High88.3%54Antigua and BarbudaVery High88%55FijiHigh87.9%56PolandVery High87.5%57San MarinoVery High87.2%58QatarVery High86.7%59Bosnia and HerzegovinaVery High86.2%60Brunei DarussalamVery High86%61ChileVery High86%62Korea (Republic of)Very High85%63MaltaVery High85%64CyprusVery High84.1%65Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of)Other Countries or Territories84.1%66United Arab EmiratesVery High83.4%67New ZealandVery High82.9%68SingaporeVery High82.9%69AndorraVery High81.7%70SpainVery High81.5%71Sri LankaHigh81.1%72JamaicaHigh79.8%73ItalyVery High79.8%74MalaysiaVery High79%75CubaHigh78.5%76Hong Kong, China (SAR)Very High77.9%77Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)High77%78South AfricaHigh77%79Saudi ArabiaVery High75.7%80ArgentinaVery High74.3%81GreeceVery High73.8%82JordanHigh73.8%83NamibiaMedium73.3%84Trinidad and TobagoVery High73%85GabonHigh71.6%86BotswanaHigh71.4%87Palestine, State ofMedium70.6%88BrazilHigh70%89North MacedoniaVery High68.3%90ChinaHigh68.3%91PanamaVery High67.7%92PeruHigh65.9%93MexicoHigh65.3%94PortugalVery High64.1%95LebanonHigh64.1%96PhilippinesHigh63.6%97UruguayVery High63.2%98KuwaitVery High62.7%99EgyptHigh62.5%100Dominican RepublicHigh62.3%101LibyaHigh62.2%102ColombiaHigh62.2%103TürkiyeVery High62%104Viet NamHigh61.5%105TuvaluMedium61.1%106NicaraguaHigh60.5%107KenyaMedium60.5%108MauritiusVery High60.4%109GuyanaHigh59.4%110Iran (Islamic Republic of)High59.1%111DominicaHigh57.9%112BelizeHigh57.5%113ParaguayHigh57.5%114Bolivia (Plurinational State of)High57.4%115GrenadaHigh55.4%116EcuadorHigh54.2%117IndonesiaHigh53.5%118Costa RicaVery High52.1%119ThailandHigh51.9%120Saint LuciaHigh50.2%121MaldivesHigh48.6%122AlgeriaHigh47%123VanuatuMedium46.6%124El SalvadorMedium46.4%125Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesHigh46.3%126Eswatini (Kingdom of)Medium45.8%127GhanaMedium45.6%128SurinameHigh45.5%129IndiaMedium43.5%130BangladeshMedium43.2%131Sao Tome and PrincipeMedium42.6%132NigeriaMedium42.4%133Congo (Democratic Republic of the)Low40.8%134TunisiaHigh38.9%135MyanmarMedium38.5%136Solomon IslandsMedium38.2%137GambiaLow35.5%138ZambiaMedium35.5%139LesothoMedium35.3%140Timor-LesteMedium35.3%141MoroccoHigh33%142CongoMedium32.5%143Cabo VerdeMedium30.2%144HondurasMedium30%145GuatemalaMedium29.9%146AngolaMedium29%147PakistanLow27.8%148Papua New GuineaMedium27.4%149ComorosMedium27.3%150Guinea-BissauLow27.3%151HaitiMedium27%152BhutanMedium26.7%153NepalMedium26.6%154South SudanLow26.5%155CameroonMedium25%156UgandaMedium24.6%157IraqMedium24.5%158Syrian Arab RepublicMedium24.1%159LiberiaLow24%160SudanLow22.5%161YemenLow20.7%162RwandaMedium20.5%163Côte d'IvoireMedium20%164Lao People's Democratic RepublicMedium19.3%165DjiboutiLow16.7%166MauritaniaMedium16.7%167CambodiaMedium16.4%168MadagascarLow15.9%169SenegalLow15.4%170Sierra LeoneLow14.7%171Central African RepublicLow14.6%172TogoMedium14.3%173MalawiLow13.4%174MozambiqueLow13.2%175Tanzania (United Republic of)Medium12.6%176BurundiLow8.6%177MaliLow8.2%178GuineaLow8.1%179EthiopiaLow7.4%180Burkina FasoLow7.3%181BeninLow7.2%182AfghanistanLow7%183NigerLow6.1%184SomaliaLow4.4%185ChadLow3.7%