TPEOThe People of the Earth Organization

Women in national parliament

Which countries have the most women in parliament?

Rwanda leads with 63.8 %; 193 countries have data.

No data for 18 of 211 countries

#CountryValue · %Year
1Rwanda63.82025
2Cuba55.72025
3Nicaragua54.92025
4Bolivia50.82025
5Mexico50.22025
6Andorra50.02025
7United Arab Emirates50.02025
8Costa Rica49.12025
9Iceland46.02025
10Australia46.02025
11Monaco45.82025
12New Zealand45.52025
13Finland45.52025
14Ecuador45.02025
15Sweden45.02025
16South Africa44.92025
17Cabo Verde44.42025
18Spain44.32025
19Denmark43.62025
20Netherlands43.32025
21Namibia42.32025
22Ethiopia41.92025
23Peru41.52025
24Belgium41.32025
25Argentina41.22025
26Senegal41.22025
27Dominica40.62025
28United Kingdom40.52025
29Norway40.22025
30Burundi39.62025
31Moldova39.62025
32Tanzania39.52025
33North Macedonia39.22025
34Angola39.12025
35Switzerland39.02025
36Armenia38.32025
37Mozambique38.32025
38Uzbekistan38.02025
39Dominican Republic37.42025
40Serbia37.22025
41France36.22025
42Guyana36.12025
43Portugal35.72025
44Slovenia35.62025
45Austria35.52025
46Timor-Leste35.42025
47Albania35.02025
48Luxembourg35.02025
49San Marino35.02025
50Uganda34.12025
51Belarus33.92025
52Cameroon33.92025
53Chile33.52025
54Chad33.52025
55Czechia33.52025
56Kyrgyz Republic33.32025
57Croatia33.12025
58Nepal33.12024
59Italy32.82025
60Germany32.42025
61South Sudan32.42025
62Singapore32.32025
63Venezuela, RB32.12025
64Liechtenstein32.02025
65El Salvador31.72025
66Viet Nam31.42025
67Suriname31.42025
68Uruguay31.32025
69Poland31.32025
70Grenada31.22025
71St. Kitts and Nevis31.22025
72Equatorial Guinea31.02025
73Latvia31.02025
74Sudan30.52018
75Canada30.32025
76Jamaica30.22025
77Zimbabwe30.12025
78Mali30.12025
79Honduras29.72025
80Guinea29.62025
81Sierra Leone29.52025
82Colombia29.42025
83Malta29.12025
84United States28.92025
85Estonia28.72025
86Tajikistan28.62025
87Lithuania28.42025
88Philippines28.32025
89Montenegro27.22025
90Afghanistan27.02021
91Egypt, Arab Rep.26.82025
92Barbados26.72025
93Benin26.62025
94China26.52025
95Seychelles26.52025
96Djibouti26.22025
97Turkmenistan25.62025
98Iraq25.52025
99Mongolia25.42025
100Ireland25.32025
101Bulgaria25.02025
102Lesotho25.02025
103Palau25.02025
104Morocco24.32025
105Israel24.22025
106Trinidad and Tobago23.82025
107Paraguay23.82025
108Kenya23.42025
109Slovak Republic23.32025
110Mauritania23.32025
111Greece22.92025
112Romania22.42025
113Eritrea22.02019
114Lao PDR22.02025
115Indonesia21.92025
116Panama21.72025
117Eswatini21.62025
118Gabon21.62025
119Micronesia, Fed. Sts.21.42025
120Malawi21.42025
121Ukraine21.22025
122Bangladesh20.92023
123Azerbaijan20.82025
124Korea, Rep.20.32025
125Bahrain20.02025
126Guatemala20.02025
127Turkiye19.92025
128Saudi Arabia19.92025
129Thailand19.62025
130Niger19.62025
131Jordan19.62025
132Bosnia and Herzegovina19.02025
133Somalia, Fed. Rep.19.02025
134Bahamas, The18.42025
135Kazakhstan18.42025
136Burkina Faso18.32025
137Comoros18.22025
138Brazil18.12025
139Mauritius17.92025
140Korea, Dem. People's Rep.17.62025
141Pakistan17.02025
142Georgia16.82025
143Libya16.52025
144Russian Federation16.42025
145Tunisia15.82025
146Japan15.72025
147Hungary15.62025
148Myanmar15.32021
149Togo15.02025
150Zambia15.02025
151Congo, Rep.14.62025
152Ghana14.52025
153Sao Tome and Principe14.52025
154Cyprus14.32025
155Madagascar14.12025
156India13.82025
157Cambodia13.62025
158Malaysia13.52025
159Cote d'Ivoire13.42025
160St. Vincent and the Grenadines13.32025
161Congo, Dem. Rep.12.82025
162Belize12.52025
163Marshall Islands12.12025
164Brunei Darussalam11.42025
165Central African Republic11.42025
166Kiribati11.12025
167Liberia11.02025
168St. Lucia10.52025
169Naoero10.52025
170Guinea-Bissau9.82024
171Samoa9.82025
172Sri Lanka9.82025
173Fiji9.12025
174Botswana9.02025
175Gambia, The8.62025
176Algeria7.92025
177Lebanon6.22025
178Qatar6.12025
179Solomon Islands6.02025
180Antigua and Barbuda5.62025
181Syrian Arab Republic4.92025
182Iran, Islamic Rep.4.92025
183Bhutan4.32025
184Nigeria4.22025
185Tonga3.82025
186Maldives3.22025
187Kuwait3.12023
188Papua New Guinea2.72025
189Haiti2.52019
190Vanuatu1.92025
191Oman0.02025
192Tuvalu0.02025
193Yemen, Rep.0.02025

By region

Europe & Central Asia

Andorra

50.0%

52 countries

Sub-Saharan Africa

Rwanda

63.8%

48 countries

Latin America & Caribbean

Cuba

55.7%

33 countries

East Asia & Pacific

Australia

46.0%

30 countries

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

United Arab Emirates

50.0%

22 countries

South Asia

Nepal

33.1%

6 countries

North America

Canada

30.3%

2 countries

What changed

Fell the most

  1. Tuvalu-8 pts1997 to 2025
  2. Syrian Arab Republic-5 pts1997 to 2025
  3. Maldives-3 pts1997 to 2025
  4. Korea, Dem. People's Rep.-2 pts1997 to 2025
  5. Oman-2 pts2004 to 2025

Rose the most

  1. United Arab Emirates+50 pts1997 to 2025
  2. Rwanda+47 pts1997 to 2025
  3. Nicaragua+44 pts1997 to 2025
  4. Andorra+43 pts1997 to 2025
  5. Ecuador+41 pts1997 to 2025

Every number carries its source and year. Where a country is missing, it is missing — we do not interpolate.
Source: World Bank Open Data · 2018–2025