Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) - Social Development - World Development Indicators

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Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber held by women.

Rank	Country	Value
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) - Social Development - World Development Indicators (2009)
1	Rwanda	56.30
2	Sweden	47
3	South Africa	44.50
4	Cuba	43.20
5	Iceland	42.90
6	Argentina	41.60
7	Finland	41.50
8	Netherlands	41.30
9	Denmark	38
10	Angola	37.30
11	Costa Rica	36.80
12	Spain	36.30
13	Andorra	35.70
14	Belgium	35.30
15	Mozambique	34.80
16	New Zealand	33.60
17	Nepal	33.20
18	Germany	32.80
19	Ecuador	32.30
20	Belarus	31.80
21	Uganda	30.70
22	Burundi	30.50
23	Tanzania	30.40
24	Guyana	30
25	Timor-Leste	29.20
26	Switzerland	28.50
27	Macedonia	28.30
28	Mexico	28.20
29	Austria	27.90
30	Afghanistan	27.70
31	Peru	27.50
32	Namibia	26.90
33	Trinidad and Tobago	26.80
34	Australia	26.70
35	Vietnam	25.80
36	Moldova	25.70
37	Kyrgyzstan	25.60
38	Suriname	25.50
39	Iraq	25.50
40	Euro area	25.38
41	Laos	25.20
42	Monaco	25
43	Lesotho	25
44	Singapore	24.50
45	Liechtenstein	24
46	High income: OECD	23.92
47	Seychelles	23.50
48	Honduras	23.40
49	Latin America & Caribbean	23.20
50	Tunisia	22.80
51	United Arab Emirates	22.50
52	Pakistan	22.50
53	High income	22.22
54	Mauritania	22.10
55	Canada	22.10
56	Eritrea	22
57	Senegal	22
58	Ethiopia	21.90
59	Serbia	21.60
60	Italy	21.30
61	China	21.30
62	Croatia	20.90
63	Estonia	20.80
64	Malawi	20.80
65	Bulgaria	20.80
66	Philippines	20.50
67	Poland	20.20
68	South Asia	20.10
69	Latvia	20
70	Luxembourg	20
71	Upper middle income	19.88
72	Dominican Republic	19.70
73	United Kingdom	19.50
74	Slovakia	19.30
75	El Salvador	19
76	Dominica	18.80
77	Least developed countries: UN classification	18.78
78	Venezuela	18.60
79	Bangladesh	18.60
80	Low income	18.52
81	Nicaragua	18.50
82	Sub-Saharan Africa	18.41
83	East Asia & Pacific	18.36
84	France	18.20
85	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	18.20
86	Indonesia	18.20
87	Sudan	18.10
88	Cape Verde	18.10
89	Lithuania	17.70
90	Low & middle income	17.65
91	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	17.56
92	Tajikistan	17.50
93	Uzbekistan	17.50
94	Israel	17.50
95	Middle income	17.27
96	Mauritius	17.10
97	Bolivia	16.90
98	Turkmenistan	16.80
99	United States	16.80
100	Gabon	16.70
101	Albania	16.40
102	Cambodia	16.30
103	Lower middle income	15.54
104	Czech Republic	15.50
105	Europe & Central Asia	15.32
106	Burkina Faso	15.30
107	Zimbabwe	15.20
108	Zambia	15.20
109	Chile	15
110	San Marino	15
111	Greece	14.70
112	Cyprus	14.30
113	Russia	14
114	Cameroon	13.90
115	Djibouti	13.80
116	North Korea	13.70
117	South Korea	13.70
118	Swaziland	13.60
119	Jamaica	13.30
120	Slovenia	13.30
121	Ireland	13.30
122	Grenada	13.30
123	Sierra Leone	13.20
124	Liberia	12.50
125	Paraguay	12.50
126	Syria	12.40
127	Niger	12.40
128	Bahamas	12.20
129	Uruguay	12.10
130	Guatemala	12
131	Bosnia and Herzegovina	11.90
132	Thailand	11.70
133	Azerbaijan	11.40
134	Romania	11.40
135	Japan	11.30
136	Togo	11.10
137	Hungary	11.10
138	Botswana	11.10
139	St. Lucia	11.10
140	Benin	10.80
141	Malaysia	10.80
142	India	10.70
143	Antigua and Barbuda	10.50
144	Central African Republic	10.50
145	Morocco	10.50
146	Mali	10.20
147	Equatorial Guinea	10
148	Guinea-Bissau	10
149	Barbados	10
150	Kenya	9.80
151	Gambia	9.40
152	Turkey	9.40
153	Brazil	9
154	Ivory Coast	8.90
155	Malta	8.70
156	Middle East & North Africa	8.70
157	Bhutan	8.50
158	Panama	8.50
159	Colombia	8.40
160	Armenia	8.40
161	Democratic Republic of the Congo	8.40
162	Ghana	8.30
163	Samoa	8.20
164	Ukraine	8.20
165	Libya	7.70
166	Algeria	7.70
167	Kuwait	7.70
168	Sao Tome and Principe	7.30
169	Republic of the Congo	7.30
170	Nigeria	7
171	St. Kitts and Nevis	6.70
172	Maldives	6.50
173	Jordan	6.40
174	Montenegro	6.20
175	Somalia	6.10
176	Sri Lanka	5.80
177	Chad	5.20
178	Georgia	5.10
179	Kiribati	4.30
180	Haiti	4.10
181	Mongolia	4
182	Vanuatu	3.80
183	Lebanon	3.10
184	Tonga	3.10
185	Comoros	3
186	Marshall Islands	3
187	Iran	2.80
188	Bahrain	2.50
189	Egypt	1.80
190	Papua New Guinea	0.90
191	Yemen	0.30
192	Solomon Islands	0
193	Saudi Arabia	0
194	Qatar	0
195	Belize	0
196	Palau	0
197	Oman	0
198	Micronesia	0

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Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) - Social Development - World Development Indicators

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