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Women in parliament

Tier A· Official

Share of seats held by women in the (single or lower) house of the national parliament.

100 = all seats held by women, 0 = none (≈50 = parity)

Mixed reference years (2018–2025). This metric uses each country's most recent available year, so countries are not all measured in the same year — cross-country comparison is weakened. Each row shows its own reference year.

How this score is built

Proportion of seats held by women in the single or lower house of national parliament — World Bank indicator SG.GEN.PARL.ZS (Inter-Parliamentary Union). Unlike the perception-based governance indices, this is an objective count, and it comes from a different source (IPU) — a genuinely independent signal.

Direction is higher_better (women are historically under-represented, so more representation scores higher); the ideal is parity (~50%) rather than 100%, but no country approaches the upper end. The value is a 0–100 percentage (native_rescale). Most recent year per country.

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100 = all seats held by women, 0 = none (≈50 = parity)

Full ranking

193 countries with data. Rank 1 = best. Click a column to sort; click a country for its full provenance.

Rank ↑CountryScoreRaw value
1stRwandaRWA
63.7564
63.75 % of seats
2ndCubaCUB
55.7456
55.7447 % of seats
3rdNicaraguaNIC
54.9555
54.9451 % of seats
4thBoliviaBOL
50.7751
50.7692 % of seats
5thMexicoMEX
50.250
50.2 % of seats
6thAndorraAND
5050
50 % of seats
6thUnited Arab EmiratesARE
5050
50 % of seats
8thCosta RicaCRI
49.1249
49.1228 % of seats
9thIcelandISL
46.0346
46.0317 % of seats
10thAustraliaAUS
4646
46 % of seats
11thMonacoMCO
45.8346
45.8333 % of seats
12thNew ZealandNZL
45.5346
45.5285 % of seats
13thFinlandFIN
45.546
45.5 % of seats
14thEcuadorECU
45.0345
45.0331 % of seats
15thSwedenSWE
44.9945
44.9857 % of seats
16thSouth AfricaZAF
44.8645
44.8622 % of seats
17thCape VerdeCPV
44.4444
44.4444 % of seats
18thSpainESP
44.2944
44.2857 % of seats
19thDenmarkDNK
43.5844
43.5754 % of seats
20thNetherlandsNLD
43.3343
43.3333 % of seats
21stNamibiaNAM
42.3142
42.3077 % of seats
22ndEthiopiaETH
41.9142
41.9087 % of seats
23rdPeruPER
41.5442
41.5385 % of seats
24thBelgiumBEL
41.3341
41.3333 % of seats
25thArgentinaARG
41.2541
41.2451 % of seats
26thSenegalSEN
41.2141
41.2121 % of seats
27thDominicaDMA
40.6341
40.625 % of seats
28thUnited KingdomGBR
40.4640
40.4615 % of seats
29thNorwayNOR
40.2440
40.2367 % of seats
30thBurundiBDI
39.6440
39.6396 % of seats
31stMoldovaMDA
39.640
39.604 % of seats
32ndTanzaniaTZA
39.5340
39.5349 % of seats
33rdNorth MacedoniaMKD
39.1739
39.1667 % of seats
34thAngolaAGO
39.0939
39.0909 % of seats
35thSwitzerlandCHE
3939
39 % of seats
36thArmeniaARM
38.3238
38.3178 % of seats
37thMozambiqueMOZ
38.3138
38.3065 % of seats
38thUzbekistanUZB
3838
38 % of seats
39thDominican RepublicDOM
37.3737
37.3684 % of seats
40thSerbiaSRB
37.237
37.2 % of seats
41stFranceFRA
36.1736
36.1739 % of seats
42ndGuyanaGUY
36.1136
36.1111 % of seats
43rdPortugalPRT
35.6536
35.6522 % of seats
44thSloveniaSVN
35.5636
35.5556 % of seats
45thAustriaAUT
35.5236
35.5191 % of seats
46thTimor-LesteTLS
35.3835
35.3846 % of seats
47thAlbaniaALB
3535
35 % of seats
47thLuxembourgLUX
3535
35 % of seats
47thSan MarinoSMR
3535
35 % of seats
50thUgandaUGA
34.0534
34.0541 % of seats
51stBelarusBLR
33.9434
33.945 % of seats
52ndCameroonCMR
33.8934
33.8889 % of seats
53rdChileCHL
33.5534
33.5484 % of seats
54thChadTCD
33.5134
33.5106 % of seats
55thCzechiaCZE
33.534
33.5 % of seats
56thKyrgyzstanKGZ
33.3333
33.3333 % of seats
57thCroatiaHRV
33.1133
33.1126 % of seats
58thNepalNPL
33.0933
33.0882 % of seats
59thItalyITA
32.7533
32.75 % of seats
60thGermanyDEU
32.3832
32.381 % of seats
61stSouth SudanSSD
32.3632
32.3636 % of seats
62ndSingaporeSGP
32.3232
32.3232 % of seats
63rdVenezuelaVEN
32.1332
32.13 % of seats
64thLiechtensteinLIE
3232
32 % of seats
65thEl SalvadorSLV
31.6732
31.6667 % of seats
66thVietnamVNM
31.3831
31.3808 % of seats
67thSurinameSUR
31.3731
31.3725 % of seats
68thUruguayURY
31.3131
31.3131 % of seats
69thPolandPOL
31.331
31.3043 % of seats
70thGrenadaGRD
31.2531
31.25 % of seats
70thSaint Kitts and NevisKNA
31.2531
31.25 % of seats
72ndEquatorial GuineaGNQ
3131
31 % of seats
72ndLatviaLVA
3131
31 % of seats
74thSudanSDN
30.5231
30.5164 % of seats
75thCanadaCAN
30.3230
30.3207 % of seats
76thJamaicaJAM
30.1630
30.1587 % of seats
77thZimbabweZWE
30.1130
30.1075 % of seats
78thMaliMLI
30.0830
30.0752 % of seats
79thHondurasHND
29.6930
29.6875 % of seats
80thGuineaGIN
29.6330
29.6296 % of seats
81stSierra LeoneSLE
29.5330
29.5302 % of seats
82ndColombiaCOL
29.4129
29.4118 % of seats
83rdMaltaMLT
29.1129
29.1139 % of seats
84thUnited StatesUSA
28.9429
28.9352 % of seats
85thEstoniaEST
28.7129
28.7129 % of seats
86thTajikistanTJK
28.5729
28.5714 % of seats
87thLithuaniaLTU
28.3728
28.3688 % of seats
88thPhilippinesPHL
28.3428
28.3439 % of seats
89thMontenegroMNE
27.1627
27.1605 % of seats
90thAfghanistanAFG
27.0227
27.0161 % of seats
91stEgyptEGY
26.8527
26.8456 % of seats
92ndBarbadosBRB
26.6727
26.6667 % of seats
93rdBeninBEN
26.6127
26.6055 % of seats
94thChinaCHN
26.5427
26.5368 % of seats
95thSeychellesSYC
26.4726
26.4706 % of seats
96thDjiboutiDJI
26.1526
26.1538 % of seats
97thTurkmenistanTKM
25.626
25.6 % of seats
98thIraqIRQ
25.5326
25.5319 % of seats
99thMongoliaMNG
25.425
25.3968 % of seats
100thIrelandIRL
25.2925
25.2874 % of seats
101stBulgariaBGR
2525
25 % of seats
101stLesothoLSO
2525
25 % of seats
101stPalauPLW
2525
25 % of seats
104thMoroccoMAR
24.324
24.3038 % of seats
105thIsraelISR
24.1724
24.1667 % of seats
106thTrinidad and TobagoTTO
23.8124
23.8095 % of seats
107thParaguayPRY
23.7524
23.75 % of seats
108thKenyaKEN
23.3923
23.3918 % of seats
109thSlovakiaSVK
23.3323
23.3333 % of seats
110thMauritaniaMRT
23.323
23.2955 % of seats
111thGreeceGRC
22.923
22.8956 % of seats
112thRomaniaROU
22.3622
22.3565 % of seats
113thEritreaERI
2222
22 % of seats
114thLaosLAO
21.9522
21.9512 % of seats
115thIndonesiaIDN
21.922
21.8966 % of seats
116thPanamaPAN
21.7422
21.7391 % of seats
117thEswatiniSWZ
21.6222
21.6216 % of seats
118thGabonGAB
21.5822
21.5827 % of seats
119thMalawiMWI
21.4321
21.4286 % of seats
119thMicronesiaFSM
21.4321
21.4286 % of seats
121stUkraineUKR
21.221
21.197 % of seats
122ndBangladeshBGD
20.8621
20.8571 % of seats
123rdAzerbaijanAZE
20.821
20.8 % of seats
124thSouth KoreaKOR
20.3320
20.3333 % of seats
125thBahrainBHR
2020
20 % of seats
125thGuatemalaGTM
2020
20 % of seats
127thTürkiyeTUR
19.920
19.8988 % of seats
128thSaudi ArabiaSAU
19.8720
19.8675 % of seats
129thThailandTHA
19.620
19.596 % of seats
130thNigerNER
19.5920
19.5876 % of seats
131stJordanJOR
19.5720
19.5652 % of seats
132ndBosnia and HerzegovinaBIH
19.0519
19.0476 % of seats
133rdSomaliaSOM
18.9819
18.9781 % of seats
134thBahamasBHS
18.4218
18.4211 % of seats
135thKazakhstanKAZ
18.3718
18.3673 % of seats
136thBurkina FasoBFA
18.3118
18.3099 % of seats
137thComorosCOM
18.1818
18.1818 % of seats
138thBrazilBRA
18.1318
18.1287 % of seats
139thMauritiusMUS
17.9118
17.9104 % of seats
140thNorth KoreaPRK
17.6118
17.6128 % of seats
141stPakistanPAK
17.0417
17.0418 % of seats
142ndGeorgiaGEO
16.8317
16.8317 % of seats
143rdLibyaLBY
16.4716
16.4706 % of seats
144thRussiaRUS
16.4416
16.4444 % of seats
145thTunisiaTUN
15.7916
15.7895 % of seats
146thJapanJPN
15.716
15.6989 % of seats
147thHungaryHUN
15.5816
15.5779 % of seats
148thMyanmarMMR
15.2915
15.2941 % of seats
149thTogoTGO
15.0415
15.0442 % of seats
150thZambiaZMB
14.9715
14.9701 % of seats
151stCongoCOG
14.5715
14.5695 % of seats
152ndGhanaGHA
14.5515
14.5455 % of seats
152ndSão Tomé and PríncipeSTP
14.5515
14.5455 % of seats
154thCyprusCYP
14.2914
14.2857 % of seats
155thMadagascarMDG
14.1114
14.1104 % of seats
156thIndiaIND
13.7914
13.7868 % of seats
157thCambodiaKHM
13.614
13.6 % of seats
158thMalaysiaMYS
13.5114
13.5135 % of seats
159thIvory CoastCIV
13.3913
13.3858 % of seats
160thSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCT
13.3313
13.3333 % of seats
161stDR CongoCOD
12.813
12.8 % of seats
162ndBelizeBLZ
12.513
12.5 % of seats
163rdMarshall IslandsMHL
12.1212
12.1212 % of seats
164thBruneiBRN
11.4311
11.4286 % of seats
164thCentral African RepublicCAF
11.4311
11.4286 % of seats
166thKiribatiKIR
11.1111
11.1111 % of seats
167thLiberiaLBR
10.9611
10.9589 % of seats
168thNauruNRU
10.5311
10.5263 % of seats
168thSaint LuciaLCA
10.5311
10.5263 % of seats
170thGuinea-BissauGNB
9.810
9.80392 % of seats
170thSamoaWSM
9.810
9.80392 % of seats
172ndSri LankaLKA
9.7810
9.77778 % of seats
173rdFijiFJI
9.099
9.09091 % of seats
174thBotswanaBWA
8.969
8.95522 % of seats
175thGambiaGMB
8.629
8.62069 % of seats
176thAlgeriaDZA
7.868
7.86241 % of seats
177thLebanonLBN
6.256
6.25 % of seats
178thQatarQAT
6.126
6.12245 % of seats
179thSolomon IslandsSLB
66
6 % of seats
180thAntigua and BarbudaATG
5.566
5.55556 % of seats
181stSyriaSYR
4.925
4.91803 % of seats
182ndIranIRN
4.915
4.91228 % of seats
183rdBhutanBTN
4.264
4.25532 % of seats
184thNigeriaNGA
4.214
4.21348 % of seats
185thTongaTON
3.854
3.84615 % of seats
186thMaldivesMDV
3.233
3.22581 % of seats
187thKuwaitKWT
3.083
3.07692 % of seats
188thPapua New GuineaPNG
2.73
2.7027 % of seats
189thHaitiHTI
2.543
2.54237 % of seats
190thVanuatuVUT
1.922
1.92308 % of seats
191stOmanOMN
00
0 % of seats
191stTuvaluTUV
00
0 % of seats
191stYemenYEM
00
0 % of seats
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