Rankings · politics

Countries by women in parliament (since 1900)

Share of seats in the lower chamber held by women (V-Dem). 166 countries ranked for 2025 (%).

2Cuba55.7%

		Value
1	Rwanda	63.8%	+0.0%	=
2	Cuba	55.7%	+13.9%	▲ 1
3	Nicaragua	55%	+36.8%	▲ 10
4	Bolivia	50.8%	-4.3%	▼ 2
5	Mexico	50.2%	+18.4%	▲ 2
6	United Arab Emirates	50%	+122.2%	▲ 67
7	Costa Rica	49.1%	+47.4%	▲ 25
8	Australia	46%	+72.3%	▲ 46
9	Iceland	46%	+11.4%	▲ 2
10	Finland	45.5%	+9.6%	▼ 1
11	New Zealand	45.5%	+44.9%	▲ 27
12	Ecuador	45%	+8.2%	▼ 4
13	Sweden	45%	+3.2%	▼ 8
14	South Africa	44.7%	+9.6%	▼ 2
15	Cabo Verde	44.4%	+113.5%	▲ 64
16	Spain	44.3%	+10.7%	▼ 2
17	Denmark	43.6%	+16.6%	▲ 3
18	Netherlands	42.7%	+14.5%	▲ 3
19	Namibia	42.3%	+2.2%	▼ 9
20	Taiwan	42%	+25.0%	▲ 11
21	Ethiopia	41.9%	+8.0%	▼ 3
22	Peru	41.5%	+86.1%	▲ 52
23	Argentina	41.3%	+15.4%	▲ 4
24	Belgium	41.3%	+5.1%	▼ 7
25	Senegal	41.2%	-3.5%	▼ 19
26	United Kingdom	40.5%	+37.8%	▲ 22
27	Norway	40.2%	+1.5%	▼ 11
28	Moldova	40%	+83.5%	▲ 49
29	Burundi	39.6%	+8.8%	▼ 3
30	North Macedonia	39.2%	+17.7%	▲ 3
31	Angola	39.1%	+6.3%	▼ 9
32	Switzerland	39%	+20.0%	▲ 2
33	Armenia	38.3%	+257.9%	▲ 109
34	Mozambique	38.3%	-3.3%	▼ 19
35	Uzbekistan	38%	+137.5%	▲ 76
36	United Republic of Tanzania	37.8%	+3.3%	▼ 12
37	Dominican Republic	37.4%	+79.8%	▲ 43
38	Republic of Serbia	37.2%	+9.4%	▼ 8
39	Guyana	36.9%	+21.4%	▲ 7
40	France	36.2%	+38.2%	▲ 17
41	Portugal	35.7%	+0.0%	▼ 13
42	Slovenia	35.6%	-3.0%	▼ 19
43	Austria	35.5%	+16.0%	▲ 1
44	Timor-Leste	35.4%	-8.1%	▼ 25
45	Chile	35.1%	+122.2%	▲ 67
46	Albania	35%	+69.1%	▲ 35
47	Luxembourg	35%	+23.7%	▲ 2
48	Uganda	34.1%	-2.6%	▼ 19
49	Belarus	33.9%	+24.2%	▲ 3
50	Cameroon	33.9%	+9.0%	▼ 10
51	Czechia	33.5%	+67.5%	▲ 36
52	Nepal	33.5%	+13.2%	▼ 5
53	Chad	33.5%	+124.8%	▲ 64
54	Croatia	33.1%	+117.8%	▲ 60
55	Kosovo	33%	+6.5%	▼ 12
56	Italy	32.8%	+5.8%	▼ 15
57	Germany	32.4%	-11.2%	▼ 32
58	South Sudan	32.4%	+22.3%	▼ 2
59	Singapore	32.3%	+35.1%	▲ 10
60	El Salvador	31.7%	-1.2%	▼ 25
61	Suriname	31.4%	+23.1%	▲ 1
62	Vietnam	31.4%	+29.2%	▲ 5
63	Poland	31.3%	+14.2%	▼ 12
64	Uruguay	31.3%	+41.0%	▲ 11
65	Venezuela	31.2%	+116.7%	▲ 54
66	Equatorial Guinea	31%	+29.2%	▲ 2
67	Latvia	31%	+72.2%	▲ 31
68	Canada	30.3%	+16.5%	▼ 9
69	Jamaica	30.2%	+137.8%	▲ 60
70	Mali	30.1%	+242.0%	▲ 83
71	Zimbabwe	30.1%	-4.4%	▼ 34
72	Guinea	29.6%	+35.2%	▲ 4
73	Sierra Leone	29.5%	+137.9%	▲ 59
74	Colombia	29.4%	+47.7%	▲ 14
75	Malta	29.1%	+103.5%	▲ 45
76	Iraq	28.9%	+14.2%	▼ 13
77	United States	28.9%	+49.0%	▲ 15
78	Estonia	28.7%	+20.6%	▼ 8
79	Tajikistan	28.6%	+49.7%	▲ 15
80	Lithuania	28.4%	+21.4%	▼ 8
81	Philippines	28.3%	+4.0%	▼ 28
82	Egypt	27.7%	–	–
83	Honduras	27.3%	+5.8%	▼ 23
84	Montenegro	27.2%	+57.2%	▲ 16
85	Barbados	26.7%	+59.9%	▲ 19
86	Benin	26.6%	+269.4%	▲ 71
87	China	26.5%	+12.3%	▼ 16
88	Seychelles	26.5%	-39.5%	▼ 84
89	Djibouti	26.2%	+106.3%	▲ 39
90	Turkmenistan	25.6%	-0.8%	▼ 29
91	Mongolia	25.4%	+70.5%	▲ 25
92	Ireland	25.3%	+55.2%	▲ 14
93	Bulgaria	25%	+22.5%	▼ 9
94	Lesotho	25%	+0.0%	▼ 28
95	Morocco	24.3%	+42.9%	▲ 7
96	Israel	24.2%	-9.4%	▼ 41
97	Paraguay	23.8%	+58.7%	▲ 18
98	Trinidad and Tobago	23.8%	-23.2%	▼ 56
99	Kenya	23.4%	+18.8%	▼ 8
100	Mauritania	23.3%	-7.5%	▼ 36
101	Slovakia	23.3%	+24.6%	▼ 6
102	Greece	22.9%	+16.2%	▼ 12
103	Romania	22.4%	+63.5%	▲ 22
104	Kyrgyzstan	22.2%	+15.6%	▼ 11
105	Laos	22%	-12.0%	▼ 40
106	Indonesia	21.9%	+28.1%	▼ 5
107	Panama	21.7%	+18.6%	▼ 11
108	Gabon	21.6%	+52.1%	▲ 13
109	Eswatini	21.6%	+248.4%	▲ 49
110	Malawi	21.4%	+28.1%	▼ 5
111	Ukraine	21.2%	+75.2%	▲ 22
112	Azerbaijan	20.8%	+23.8%	▼ 9
113	South Korea	20.3%	+24.5%	▼ 6
114	Bahrain	20%	+166.7%	▲ 41
115	Guatemala	20%	+43.9%	▲ 7
116	Saudi Arabia	19.9%	+0.0%	▼ 27
117	Turkey	19.9%	+33.6%	▲ 1
118	Jordan	19.6%	+63.3%	▲ 17
119	Niger	19.6%	+47.4%	▲ 8
120	Thailand	19.6%	+221.3%	▲ 39
121	Bosnia and Herzegovina	19.1%	-10.7%	▼ 43
122	Somalia	19%	+37.7%	▲ 1
123	Kazakhstan	18.4%	-29.8%	▼ 65
124	Burkina Faso	18.3%	+92.6%	▲ 23
125	Comoros	18.2%	+506.7%	▲ 41
126	Brazil	18.1%	+82.8%	▲ 19
127	Mauritius	17.9%	+54.3%	▲ 10
128	North Korea	17.6%	+8.0%	▼ 20
129	Pakistan	17%	-17.5%	▼ 47
130	Georgia	16.8%	+48.7%	▲ 9
131	Libya	16.5%	+3.1%	▼ 21
132	Russia	16.4%	+20.6%	▼ 6
133	Hong Kong S.A.R.	16%	+1.9%	▼ 20
134	Tunisia	15.8%	-49.5%	▼ 95
135	Japan	15.7%	+65.3%	▲ 14
136	Hungary	15.6%	+54.5%	▲ 8
137	Togo	15%	-14.8%	▼ 38
138	Zambia	15%	+18.1%	▼ 8
139	Cyprus	14.7%	+17.6%	▼ 8
140	Republic of the Congo	14.6%	+97.3%	▲ 16
141	Ghana	14.6%	+33.9%	=
142	São Tomé and Principe	14.6%	-19.8%	▼ 45
143	Madagascar	14.1%	-31.2%	▼ 60
144	India	13.8%	+15.0%	▼ 10
145	Cambodia	13.6%	-33.0%	▼ 60
146	Malaysia	13.5%	+29.8%	▼ 3
147	Ivory Coast	13.4%	+45.7%	▲ 4
148	Democratic Republic of the Congo	12.8%	+43.8%	▲ 4
149	Central African Republic	11.4%	+0.0%	▼ 11
150	Liberia	11%	+0.0%	▼ 10
151	Sri Lanka	9.8%	+69.0%	▲ 10
152	Fiji	9.1%	-43.1%	▼ 43
153	Botswana	9%	-5.3%	▼ 5
154	Gambia	8.6%	-8.5%	▼ 4
155	Algeria	7.9%	-75.0%	▼ 119
156	Lebanon	6.3%	+103.2%	▲ 9
157	Qatar	6.1%	–	▲ 14
158	Solomon Islands	6%	+200.0%	▲ 11
159	Iran	4.9%	+58.1%	▲ 5
160	Bhutan	4.3%	-49.4%	▼ 6
161	Nigeria	4.2%	-25.0%	▲ 1
162	Maldives	3.2%	-45.8%	▼ 2
163	Papua New Guinea	2.7%	+0.0%	▲ 4
164	Vanuatu	1.9%	–	▲ 8
165	Oman	0%	-100.0%	▲ 5
166	Yemen	0%	–	▲ 7

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Rankings · politics

Countries by women in parliament (since 1900)

Share of seats in the lower chamber held by women (V-Dem). 166 countries ranked for 2025 (%).

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1Rwanda63.8%

2Cuba55.7%

3Nicaragua55%

		Value
1	Rwanda	63.8%	+0.0%	=
2	Cuba	55.7%	+13.9%	▲ 1
3	Nicaragua	55%	+36.8%	▲ 10
4	Bolivia	50.8%	-4.3%	▼ 2
5	Mexico	50.2%	+18.4%	▲ 2
6	United Arab Emirates	50%	+122.2%	▲ 67
7	Costa Rica	49.1%	+47.4%	▲ 25
8	Australia	46%	+72.3%	▲ 46
9	Iceland	46%	+11.4%	▲ 2
10	Finland	45.5%	+9.6%	▼ 1
11	New Zealand	45.5%	+44.9%	▲ 27
12	Ecuador	45%	+8.2%	▼ 4
13	Sweden	45%	+3.2%	▼ 8
14	South Africa	44.7%	+9.6%	▼ 2
15	Cabo Verde	44.4%	+113.5%	▲ 64
16	Spain	44.3%	+10.7%	▼ 2
17	Denmark	43.6%	+16.6%	▲ 3
18	Netherlands	42.7%	+14.5%	▲ 3
19	Namibia	42.3%	+2.2%	▼ 9
20	Taiwan	42%	+25.0%	▲ 11
21	Ethiopia	41.9%	+8.0%	▼ 3
22	Peru	41.5%	+86.1%	▲ 52
23	Argentina	41.3%	+15.4%	▲ 4
24	Belgium	41.3%	+5.1%	▼ 7
25	Senegal	41.2%	-3.5%	▼ 19
26	United Kingdom	40.5%	+37.8%	▲ 22
27	Norway	40.2%	+1.5%	▼ 11
28	Moldova	40%	+83.5%	▲ 49
29	Burundi	39.6%	+8.8%	▼ 3
30	North Macedonia	39.2%	+17.7%	▲ 3
31	Angola	39.1%	+6.3%	▼ 9
32	Switzerland	39%	+20.0%	▲ 2
33	Armenia	38.3%	+257.9%	▲ 109
34	Mozambique	38.3%	-3.3%	▼ 19
35	Uzbekistan	38%	+137.5%	▲ 76
36	United Republic of Tanzania	37.8%	+3.3%	▼ 12
37	Dominican Republic	37.4%	+79.8%	▲ 43
38	Republic of Serbia	37.2%	+9.4%	▼ 8
39	Guyana	36.9%	+21.4%	▲ 7
40	France	36.2%	+38.2%	▲ 17
41	Portugal	35.7%	+0.0%	▼ 13
42	Slovenia	35.6%	-3.0%	▼ 19
43	Austria	35.5%	+16.0%	▲ 1
44	Timor-Leste	35.4%	-8.1%	▼ 25
45	Chile	35.1%	+122.2%	▲ 67
46	Albania	35%	+69.1%	▲ 35
47	Luxembourg	35%	+23.7%	▲ 2
48	Uganda	34.1%	-2.6%	▼ 19
49	Belarus	33.9%	+24.2%	▲ 3
50	Cameroon	33.9%	+9.0%	▼ 10
51	Czechia	33.5%	+67.5%	▲ 36
52	Nepal	33.5%	+13.2%	▼ 5
53	Chad	33.5%	+124.8%	▲ 64
54	Croatia	33.1%	+117.8%	▲ 60
55	Kosovo	33%	+6.5%	▼ 12
56	Italy	32.8%	+5.8%	▼ 15
57	Germany	32.4%	-11.2%	▼ 32
58	South Sudan	32.4%	+22.3%	▼ 2
59	Singapore	32.3%	+35.1%	▲ 10
60	El Salvador	31.7%	-1.2%	▼ 25
61	Suriname	31.4%	+23.1%	▲ 1
62	Vietnam	31.4%	+29.2%	▲ 5
63	Poland	31.3%	+14.2%	▼ 12
64	Uruguay	31.3%	+41.0%	▲ 11
65	Venezuela	31.2%	+116.7%	▲ 54
66	Equatorial Guinea	31%	+29.2%	▲ 2
67	Latvia	31%	+72.2%	▲ 31
68	Canada	30.3%	+16.5%	▼ 9
69	Jamaica	30.2%	+137.8%	▲ 60
70	Mali	30.1%	+242.0%	▲ 83
71	Zimbabwe	30.1%	-4.4%	▼ 34
72	Guinea	29.6%	+35.2%	▲ 4
73	Sierra Leone	29.5%	+137.9%	▲ 59
74	Colombia	29.4%	+47.7%	▲ 14
75	Malta	29.1%	+103.5%	▲ 45
76	Iraq	28.9%	+14.2%	▼ 13
77	United States	28.9%	+49.0%	▲ 15
78	Estonia	28.7%	+20.6%	▼ 8
79	Tajikistan	28.6%	+49.7%	▲ 15
80	Lithuania	28.4%	+21.4%	▼ 8
81	Philippines	28.3%	+4.0%	▼ 28
82	Egypt	27.7%	–	–
83	Honduras	27.3%	+5.8%	▼ 23
84	Montenegro	27.2%	+57.2%	▲ 16
85	Barbados	26.7%	+59.9%	▲ 19
86	Benin	26.6%	+269.4%	▲ 71
87	China	26.5%	+12.3%	▼ 16
88	Seychelles	26.5%	-39.5%	▼ 84
89	Djibouti	26.2%	+106.3%	▲ 39
90	Turkmenistan	25.6%	-0.8%	▼ 29
91	Mongolia	25.4%	+70.5%	▲ 25
92	Ireland	25.3%	+55.2%	▲ 14
93	Bulgaria	25%	+22.5%	▼ 9
94	Lesotho	25%	+0.0%	▼ 28
95	Morocco	24.3%	+42.9%	▲ 7
96	Israel	24.2%	-9.4%	▼ 41
97	Paraguay	23.8%	+58.7%	▲ 18
98	Trinidad and Tobago	23.8%	-23.2%	▼ 56
99	Kenya	23.4%	+18.8%	▼ 8
100	Mauritania	23.3%	-7.5%	▼ 36
101	Slovakia	23.3%	+24.6%	▼ 6
102	Greece	22.9%	+16.2%	▼ 12
103	Romania	22.4%	+63.5%	▲ 22
104	Kyrgyzstan	22.2%	+15.6%	▼ 11
105	Laos	22%	-12.0%	▼ 40
106	Indonesia	21.9%	+28.1%	▼ 5
107	Panama	21.7%	+18.6%	▼ 11
108	Gabon	21.6%	+52.1%	▲ 13
109	Eswatini	21.6%	+248.4%	▲ 49
110	Malawi	21.4%	+28.1%	▼ 5
111	Ukraine	21.2%	+75.2%	▲ 22
112	Azerbaijan	20.8%	+23.8%	▼ 9
113	South Korea	20.3%	+24.5%	▼ 6
114	Bahrain	20%	+166.7%	▲ 41
115	Guatemala	20%	+43.9%	▲ 7
116	Saudi Arabia	19.9%	+0.0%	▼ 27
117	Turkey	19.9%	+33.6%	▲ 1
118	Jordan	19.6%	+63.3%	▲ 17
119	Niger	19.6%	+47.4%	▲ 8
120	Thailand	19.6%	+221.3%	▲ 39
121	Bosnia and Herzegovina	19.1%	-10.7%	▼ 43
122	Somalia	19%	+37.7%	▲ 1
123	Kazakhstan	18.4%	-29.8%	▼ 65
124	Burkina Faso	18.3%	+92.6%	▲ 23
125	Comoros	18.2%	+506.7%	▲ 41
126	Brazil	18.1%	+82.8%	▲ 19
127	Mauritius	17.9%	+54.3%	▲ 10
128	North Korea	17.6%	+8.0%	▼ 20
129	Pakistan	17%	-17.5%	▼ 47
130	Georgia	16.8%	+48.7%	▲ 9
131	Libya	16.5%	+3.1%	▼ 21
132	Russia	16.4%	+20.6%	▼ 6
133	Hong Kong S.A.R.	16%	+1.9%	▼ 20
134	Tunisia	15.8%	-49.5%	▼ 95
135	Japan	15.7%	+65.3%	▲ 14
136	Hungary	15.6%	+54.5%	▲ 8
137	Togo	15%	-14.8%	▼ 38
138	Zambia	15%	+18.1%	▼ 8
139	Cyprus	14.7%	+17.6%	▼ 8
140	Republic of the Congo	14.6%	+97.3%	▲ 16
141	Ghana	14.6%	+33.9%	=
142	São Tomé and Principe	14.6%	-19.8%	▼ 45
143	Madagascar	14.1%	-31.2%	▼ 60
144	India	13.8%	+15.0%	▼ 10
145	Cambodia	13.6%	-33.0%	▼ 60
146	Malaysia	13.5%	+29.8%	▼ 3
147	Ivory Coast	13.4%	+45.7%	▲ 4
148	Democratic Republic of the Congo	12.8%	+43.8%	▲ 4
149	Central African Republic	11.4%	+0.0%	▼ 11
150	Liberia	11%	+0.0%	▼ 10
151	Sri Lanka	9.8%	+69.0%	▲ 10
152	Fiji	9.1%	-43.1%	▼ 43
153	Botswana	9%	-5.3%	▼ 5
154	Gambia	8.6%	-8.5%	▼ 4
155	Algeria	7.9%	-75.0%	▼ 119
156	Lebanon	6.3%	+103.2%	▲ 9
157	Qatar	6.1%	–	▲ 14
158	Solomon Islands	6%	+200.0%	▲ 11
159	Iran	4.9%	+58.1%	▲ 5
160	Bhutan	4.3%	-49.4%	▼ 6
161	Nigeria	4.2%	-25.0%	▲ 1
162	Maldives	3.2%	-45.8%	▼ 2
163	Papua New Guinea	2.7%	+0.0%	▲ 4
164	Vanuatu	1.9%	–	▲ 8
165	Oman	0%	-100.0%	▲ 5
166	Yemen	0%	–	▲ 7

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