Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) - Millennium Development Goals Indicators



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Target 3.A: Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education no later than 2015
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) - Millennium Development Goals Indicators (2009)

Rank

Country

Value

1Rwanda56.30
2Sweden47
3South Africa44.50
4Cuba43.20
5Iceland42.90
6Argentina41.60
7Finland41.50
8Netherlands41.30
9Norway39.60
10Denmark38
11Angola37.30
12Costa Rica36.80
13Spain36.30
14Andorra35.70
15Belgium35.30
16Mozambique34.80
17New Zealand33.60
18Nepal33.20
19Germany32.80
20Ecuador32.30
21Belarus31.80
22Uganda30.70
23Burundi30.50
24Tanzania30.40
25Guyana30
26Timor-Leste29.20
27Switzerland28.50
28Macedonia28.30
29Mexico28.20
30Austria27.90
31Afghanistan27.70
32Peru27.50
33Namibia26.90
34Trinidad and Tobago26.80
35Australia26.70
36Vietnam25.80
37Moldova25.70
38Kyrgyzstan25.60
39Suriname25.50
40Iraq25.50
41Euro area25.38
42Laos25.20
43Lesotho25
44Monaco25
45Singapore24.50
46High income: OECD24.04
47Liechtenstein24
48Seychelles23.50
49Honduras23.40
50Latin America & Caribbean (developing only)23.14
51Tunisia22.80
52United Arab Emirates22.50
53Pakistan22.50
54High income22.43
55Canada22.10
56Mauritania22.10
57Senegal22
58Eritrea22
59Ethiopia21.90
60Serbia21.60
61Italy21.30
62China21.30
63Croatia20.90
64Bulgaria20.80
65Malawi20.80
66Estonia20.80
67Philippines20.50
68Poland20.20
69South Asia20.10
70Luxembourg20
71Latvia20
72Dominican Republic19.70
73United Kingdom19.50
74Slovakia19.30
75Upper middle income19.03
76El Salvador19
77Dominica18.80
78Least developed countries: UN classification18.78
79Bangladesh18.60
80Venezuela18.60
81Low income18.59
82Nicaragua18.50
83Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)18.41
84East Asia & Pacific (developing only)18.32
85France18.20
86St. Vincent and the Grenadines18.20
87Indonesia18.20
88Sudan18.10
89Cape Verde18.10
90Lithuania17.70
91Low & middle income17.58
92Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)17.56
93Israel17.50
94Tajikistan17.50
95Uzbekistan17.50
96Middle income17.21
97Mauritius17.10
98Bolivia16.90
99Turkmenistan16.80
100United States16.80
101Gabon16.70
102Albania16.40
103Cambodia16.30
104Lower middle income16.05
105Czech Republic15.50
106Burkina Faso15.30
107Zambia15.20
108Zimbabwe15.20
109Chile15
110San Marino15
111Greece14.70
112Europe & Central Asia (developing only)14.60
113Cyprus14.30
114Russia14
115Cameroon13.90
116Djibouti13.80
117North Korea13.70
118South Korea13.70
119Swaziland13.60
120Ireland13.30
121Slovenia13.30
122Jamaica13.30
123Grenada13.30
124Sierra Leone13.20
125Paraguay12.50
126Liberia12.50
127Niger12.40
128Syria12.40
129Bahamas12.20
130Uruguay12.10
131Guatemala12
132Bosnia and Herzegovina11.90
133Thailand11.70
134Azerbaijan11.40
135Romania11.40
136Japan11.30
137Botswana11.10
138Togo11.10
139Hungary11.10
140St. Lucia11.10
141Malaysia10.80
142Benin10.80
143India10.70
144Central African Republic10.50
145Morocco10.50
146Antigua and Barbuda10.50
147Mali10.20
148Barbados10
149Guinea-Bissau10
150Equatorial Guinea10
151Kenya9.80
152Gambia9.40
153Turkey9.40
154Brazil9
155Ivory Coast8.90
156Middle East & North Africa (developing only)8.70
157Malta8.70
158Bhutan8.50
159Panama8.50
160Colombia8.40
161Democratic Republic of the Congo8.40
162Armenia8.40
163Ghana8.30
164Ukraine8.20
165Western Samoa8.20
166Libya7.70
167Kuwait7.70
168Algeria7.70
169Republic of the Congo7.30
170Sao Tome and Principe7.30
171Nigeria7
172St. Kitts and Nevis6.70
173Maldives6.50
174Jordan6.40
175Montenegro6.20
176Somalia6.10
177Sri Lanka5.80
178Chad5.20
179Georgia5.10
180Kiribati4.30
181Haiti4.10
182Mongolia4
183Vanuatu3.80
184Tonga3.10
185Lebanon3.10
186Comoros3
187Marshall Islands3
188Iran2.80
189Bahrain2.50
190Egypt1.80
191Papua New Guinea0.90
192Yemen0.30
193Oman0
194Belize0
195Palau0
196Qatar0
197Tuvalu0
198Saudi Arabia0
199Micronesia0
200Solomon Islands0
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