List of legislatures by female members
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (October 2022) |
This is a list of legislatures by number and percentage of female members.[1]
List of number and percentage of women in national legislatures
| Country | Lower House | Upper House | ||||||
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| Last Election | Seats | Women | % W | Last Election | Seats* | Women | % W | |
 Rwanda
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2018 | 80 | 49 | 61.3 | 2019 | 26 | 9 | 34.6 |
 Cuba
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2018 | 586 | 313 | 53.4 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Nicaragua
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2021 | 91 | 47 | 51.7 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Mexico
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2021 | 500 | 250 | 50 | 2018 | 128 | 63 | 49.2 |
 United Arab Emirates
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2019 | 40 | 20 | 50 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 New Zealand
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2020 | 120 | 59 | 49.2 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Iceland
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2021 | 63 | 30 | 47.6 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Costa Rica
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2022 | 57 | 27 | 47.4 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Grenada
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2018 | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | 2018 | 13 | 2 | 15.4 |
 Andorra
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2019 | 28 | 13 | 46.4 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Bolivia
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2020 | 130 | 60 | 46.2 | 2020 | 36 | 20 | 55.6 |
 South Africa
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2019 | 396 | 183 | 46.2 | 2019 | 54 | 20 | 37 |
 Sweden
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2018 | 349 | 161 | 46.1 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Finland
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2019 | 200 | 91 | 45.5 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Norway
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2021 | 169 | 76 | 45 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Argentina
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2021 | 257 | 115 | 44.8 | 2021 | 72 | 31 | 43.1 |
 Namibia
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2019 | 104 | 46 | 44.2 | 2020 | 42 | 6 | 14.3 |
 Senegal
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2022 | 165 | 73 | 44.2 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Spain
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2019 | 349 | 150 | 43 | 2019 | 265 | 104 | 39.3 |
 Belgium
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2019 | 150 | 64 | 42.7 | 2019 | 60 | 29 | 48.3 |
 Switzerland
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2019 | 200 | 85 | 42.5 | 2019 | 46 | 13 | 28.3 |
 Mozambique
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2019 | 250 | 106 | 42.4 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 North Macedonia
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2020 | 120 | 50 | 41.7 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Ethiopia
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2021 | 470 | 195 | 41.5 | 2021 | 144 | 44 | 30.6 |
 Austria
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2019 | 183 | 75 | 41 | – | 61 | 25 | 41 |
 Netherlands
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2021 | 150 | 61 | 40.7 | 2019 | 75 | 24 | 32 |
 Moldova
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2021 | 101 | 41 | 40.6 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Belarus
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2019 | 110 | 44 | 40 | 2019 | 60 | 15 | 25 |
 Peru
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2021 | 130 | 52 | 40 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Slovenia
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2022 | 90 | 36 | 40 | 2017 | 40 | 4 | 10 |
 Timor-Leste
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2018 | 65 | 26 | 40 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Denmark
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2019 | 179 | 71 | 39.7 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Cabo Verde
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2021 | 72 | 28 | 38.9 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Ecuador
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2021 | 137 | 53 | 38.7 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Serbia
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2022 | 249 | 96 | 38.6 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Australia
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2022 | 151 | 58 | 38.4 | 2022 | 76 | 43 | 56.6 |
 Burundi
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2020 | 123 | 47 | 38.2 | 2020 | 39 | 16 | 41 |
 France
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2022 | 577 | 215 | 37.3 | 2020 | 348 | 122 | 35.1 |
 Portugal
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2022 | 230 | 85 | 37 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Tanzania
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2022 | 388 | 143 | 36.9 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Italy
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2018 | 630 | 229 | 36.4 | 2018 | 320 | 112 | 35 |
 Albania
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2021 | 140 | 50 | 35.7 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Guyana
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2020 | 70 | 25 | 35.7 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Armenia
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2021 | 107 | 38 | 35.5 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Chile
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2021 | 155 | 55 | 35.5 | 2021 | 50 | 12 | 24 |
 Germany
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2021 | 736 | 257 | 34.9 | – | 71 | 24 | 33.8 |
 United Kingdom
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2019 | 650 | 225 | 34.6 | – | 776 | 222 | 28.6 |
 Dominica
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2019 | 32 | 11 | 34.4 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Cameroon
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2020 | 180 | 61 | 33.9 | 2018 | 100 | 26 | 26 |
 Uganda
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2021 | 556 | 188 | 33.8 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Angola
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2022 | 220 | 74 | 33.6 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Nepal
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2017 | 271 | 91 | 33.6 | 2022 | 59 | 22 | 37.3 |
 Luxembourg
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2018 | 60 | 20 | 33.3 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Monaco
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2018 | 24 | 8 | 33.3 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 San Marino
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2019 | 60 | 20 | 33.3 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Uzbekistan
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2019 | 144 | 48 | 33.3 | 2020 | 100 | 23 | 23 |
 South Sudan
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2021 | 550 | 178 | 32.4 | 2021 | 84 | 27 | 32.1 |
 Croatia
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2020 | 151 | 48 | 31.8 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Chad
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2021 | 93 | 29 | 31.2 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Zimbabwe
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2018 | 265 | 81 | 30.6 | 2018 | 77 | 34 | 44.2 |
 Canada
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2021 | 338 | 103 | 30.5 | – | 92 | 45 | 48.9 |
 Vietnam
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2021 | 499 | 151 | 30.3 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Israel
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2021 | 120 | 36 | 30 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Guinea
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2022 | 81 | 24 | 29.6 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Suriname
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2020 | 51 | 15 | 29.4 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Singapore
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2020 | 103 | 30 | 29.1 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Colombia
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2022 | 187 | 54 | 28.9 | 2022 | 108 | 32 | 29.6 |
 Iraq
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2021 | 329 | 95 | 28.9 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Jamaica
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2020 | 63 | 18 | 28.6 | 2020 | 21 | 8 | 38.1 |
 Lithuania
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2020 | 141 | 40 | 28.4 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 United States
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2020 | 430 | 125 | 28.4 | 2020 | 100 | 25 | 25 |
 Poland
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2019 | 460 | 130 | 28.3 | 2019 | 100 | 24 | 24 |
 Liechtenstein
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2021 | 25 | 7 | 28 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Dominican Republic
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2020 | 190 | 53 | 27.9 | 2020 | 32 | 4 | 12.5 |
 Malta
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2022 | 79 | 22 | 27.9 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Egypt
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2020 | 592 | 164 | 27.7 | 2020 | 300 | 40 | 13.3 |
 El Salvador
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2021 | 84 | 23 | 27.4 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Kazakhstan
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2021 | 106 | 29 | 27.4 | 2020 | 48 | 9 | 18.8 |
 Honduras
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2021 | 128 | 35 | 27.3 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Philippines
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2022 | 311 | 85 | 27.3 | 2022 | 24 | 7 | 29.2 |
 Montenegro
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2020 | 81 | 22 | 27.2 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Latvia
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2018 | 100 | 27 | 27 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Tajikistan
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2020 | 63 | 17 | 27 | 2020 | 31 | 8 | 25.8 |
 Barbados
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2022 | 30 | 8 | 26.7 | 2022 | 19 | 8 | 42.1 |
 Mali
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2020 | 121 | 32 | 26.5 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Tunisia
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2019 | 217 | 57 | 26.3 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina
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2018 | 42 | 11 | 26.2 | 2019 | 15 | 3 | 20 |
 Djibouti
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2018 | 65 | 17 | 26.2 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Trinidad and Tobago
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2020 | 42 | 11 | 26.2 | 2020 | 32 | 13 | 40.6 |
 Niger
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2020 | 166 | 43 | 25.9 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Turkmenistan
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2018 | 116 | 30 | 25.9 | 2021 | 55 | 14 | 25.5 |
 Estonia
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2019 | 101 | 26 | 25.7 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Czech Republic
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2021 | 200 | 51 | 25.5 | 2020 | 81 | 12 | 14.8 |
 Uruguay
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2019 | 99 | 25 | 25.3 | 2019 | 31 | 10 | 32.3 |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
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2020 | 16 | 4 | 25 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 China
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2018 | 2975 | 742 | 24.9 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Lesotho
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2017 | 115 | 28 | 24.4 | 2017 | 33 | 7 | 21.2 |
 Morocco
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2021 | 395 | 95 | 24.1 | 2021 | 120 | 15 | 12.5 |
 Sao Tome and Principe
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2018 | 55 | 13 | 23.6 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Ireland
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2020 | 160 | 37 | 23.1 | 2020 | 59 | 23 | 39 |
 Kenya
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2022 | 350 | 81 | 23.1 | 2022 | 68 | 21 | 30.9 |
 Malawi
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2019 | 192 | 44 | 22.9 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Seychelles
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2020 | 35 | 8 | 22.9 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Bulgaria
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2021 | 240 | 54 | 22.5 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Panama
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2019 | 71 | 16 | 22.5 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Equatorial Guinea
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2017 | 100 | 22 | 22 | 2017 | 72 | 12 | 16.7 |
 Laos
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2021 | 164 | 36 | 22 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Indonesia
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2019 | 575 | 126 | 21.9 | No data
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 Slovakia
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2020 | 150 | 32 | 21.3 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Greece
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2019 | 300 | 63 | 21 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Bangladesh
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2018 | 350 | 73 | 20.9 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Cambodia
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2018 | 125 | 26 | 20.8 | 2018 | 62 | 10 | 16.1 |
 Kyrgyzstan
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2021 | 88 | 18 | 20.5 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Pakistan
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2018 | 342 | 70 | 20.5 | 2021 | 100 | 19 | 19 |
 Mauritania
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2018 | 153 | 31 | 20.3 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Ukraine
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2019 | 423 | 86 | 20.3 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Mauritius
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2019 | 70 | 14 | 20 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Saudi Arabia
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2020 | 151 | 30 | 19.9 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Burkina Faso
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2022 | 71 | 14 | 19.7 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Somalia
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2021 | 274 | 54 | 19.7 | 2021 | 54 | 14 | 25.9 |
 Fiji
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2018 | 51 | 10 | 19.6 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Guatemala
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2019 | 160 | 31 | 19.4 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Georgia
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2020 | 147 | 28 | 19.1 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Romania
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2020 | 330 | 63 | 19.1 | 2020 | 136 | 25 | 18.4 |
 Togo
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2018 | 91 | 17 | 18.7 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 South Korea
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2020 | 295 | 55 | 18.6 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Brazil
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2022 | 513 | 95 | 18.5 | 2018 | 81 | 15 | 18.5 |
 Madagascar
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2019 | 151 | 28 | 18.5 | 2020 | 18 | 2 | 11.1 |
 Azerbaijan
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2020 | 120 | 22 | 18.3 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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2020 | 22 | 4 | 18.2 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Bahamas
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2021 | 39 | 7 | 18 | 2021 | 16 | 4 | 25 |
 North Korea
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2019 | 687 | 121 | 17.6 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Paraguay
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2018 | 80 | 14 | 17.5 | 2018 | 45 | 7 | 15.6 |
 Bhutan
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2018 | 46 | 8 | 17.4 | 2018 | 24 | 3 | 12.5 |
 Turkey
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2018 | 582 | 101 | 17.4 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Mongolia
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2020 | 76 | 13 | 17.1 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Comoros
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2020 | 24 | 4 | 16.7 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Libya
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2014 | 170 | 28 | 16.5 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Russian Federation
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2021 | 450 | 73 | 16.2 | – | 169 | 37 | 21.9 |
 Thailand
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2019 | 489 | 77 | 15.8 | 2019 | 248 | 26 | 10.5 |
 Gabon
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2018 | 143 | 22 | 15.4 | 2021 | 67 | 16 | 23.9 |
 Zambia
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2021 | 166 | 25 | 15.1 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Bahrain
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2018 | 40 | 6 | 15 | 2018 | 40 | 9 | 22.5 |
 Malaysia
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2018 | 220 | 33 | 15 | – | 55 | 10 | 18.2 |
 India
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2019 | 542 | 81 | 14.9 | 2022 | 237 | 33 | 13.9 |
 Congo
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2022 | 151 | 22 | 14.6 | 2017 | 69 | 13 | 18.8 |
 Ghana
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2020 | 275 | 40 | 14.6 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Cyprus
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2021 | 56 | 8 | 14.3 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Côte d'Ivoire
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2021 | 254 | 36 | 14.2 | 2018 | 99 | 19 | 19.2 |
 Hungary
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2022 | 199 | 28 | 14.1 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Guinea-Bissau
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2019 | 102 | 14 | 13.7 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Eswatini
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2018 | 74 | 10 | 13.5 | 2018 | 30 | 12 | 40 |
 Samoa
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2021 | 54 | 7 | 13 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Central African Republic
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2020 | 140 | 18 | 12.9 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Democratic Republic of the Congo
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2018 | 500 | 64 | 12.8 | 2019 | 109 | 26 | 23.9 |
 Belize
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2020 | 32 | 4 | 12.5 | 2020 | 14 | 5 | 35.7 |
 Jordan
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2020 | 130 | 16 | 12.3 | 2020 | 65 | 7 | 10.8 |
 Sierra Leone
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2018 | 146 | 18 | 12.3 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Syrian Arab Republic
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2020 | 250 | 28 | 11.2 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Antigua and Barbuda
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2018 | 18 | 2 | 11.1 | 2018 | 17 | 9 | 52.9 |
 Botswana
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2019 | 63 | 7 | 11.1 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Saint Lucia
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2021 | 18 | 2 | 11.1 | 2021 | 11 | 5 | 45.5 |
 Liberia
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2017 | 73 | 8 | 11 | 2020 | 30 | 2 | 6.7 |
 Nauru
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2019 | 19 | 2 | 10.5 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Japan
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2021 | 464 | 46 | 9.9 | 2022 | 248 | 64 | 25.8 |
 Brunei
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2017 | 33 | 3 | 9.1 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Gambia
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2022 | 58 | 5 | 8.6 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Algeria
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2021 | 407 | 33 | 8.1 | 2022 | 164 | 7 | 4.3 |
 Solomon Islands
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2019 | 50 | 4 | 8 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Benin
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2019 | 81 | 6 | 7.4 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Micronesia
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2021 | 14 | 1 | 7.1 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Kiribati
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2020 | 45 | 3 | 6.7 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Lebanon
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2022 | 128 | 8 | 6.3 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Palau
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2020 | 16 | 1 | 6.3 | 2020 | 13 | 1 | 7.7 |
 Tuvalu
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2019 | 16 | 1 | 6.3 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Marshall Islands
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2019 | 33 | 2 | 6.1 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Iran
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2020 | 286 | 16 | 5.6 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Sri Lanka
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2020 | 225 | 12 | 5.3 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Maldives
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2019 | 87 | 4 | 4.6 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Qatar
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2021 | 45 | 2 | 4.4 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Tonga
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2021 | 27 | 1 | 3.7 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Nigeria
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2019 | 360 | 13 | 3.6 | 2019 | 109 | 8 | 7.3 |
 Oman
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2019 | 86 | 2 | 2.3 | 2019 | 85 | 15 | 17.7 |
 Papua New Guinea
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2022 | 110 | 2 | 1.8 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Kuwait
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2020 | 62 | 1 | 1.6 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Vanuatu
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2022 | 52 | 1 | 1.9 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Yemen
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2003 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 2001 | 90 | 1 | 1.1 |
 Eritrea
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1994 | – | – | – | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Haiti
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2015 | – | – | – | 2016 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
 Venezuela
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2015 | – | – | – | Unicameral (no upper house)
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 Afghanistan
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Appointed[2] | Aprx. 30[2] | 0[3] | 0 | Unicameral (no upper house)[2]
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 Myanmar
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No data
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No data
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 Sudan
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No data
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No data
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| Source[1] | ||||||||
References
- ^ a b "Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments". Parline: the IPU’s Open Data Platform. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ a b c Sayed, Adbul (8 September 2021). "Analysis: How Are the Taliban Organized?". Voice of America. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ Gannon, Kathy (7 September 2021). "Taliban form all-male Afghan government of old guard members". Associated Press. Kabul. Retrieved 29 October 2022.