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Percentage of women

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Country Chamber Percentage of women Structure Chamber type
Afghanistan
House of the People (Suspended) Not applicable Bicameral Lower chamber
Afghanistan
House of Elders (Suspended) Not applicable Bicameral Upper chamber
Albania Parliament No information available Unicameral -
Algeria National People's Assembly 7.9% Bicameral Lower chamber
Algeria Council of the Nation 2.5% Bicameral Upper chamber
Andorra General Council 50.0% Unicameral -
Angola National Assembly 39.1% Unicameral -
Antigua and Barbuda House of Representatives 5.6% Bicameral Lower chamber
Antigua and Barbuda Senate 41.2% Bicameral Upper chamber
Argentina Chamber of Deputies 42.4% Bicameral Lower chamber
Argentina Senate 45.8% Bicameral Upper chamber
Armenia National Assembly 38.3% Unicameral -
Australia House of Representatives 45.7% Bicameral Lower chamber
Australia Senate 56.6% Bicameral Upper chamber
Austria National Council 36.1% Bicameral Lower chamber
Austria Federal Council 46.7% Bicameral Upper chamber
Azerbaijan National Assembly 20.8% Unicameral -
Bahamas House of Assembly 17.9% Bicameral Lower chamber
Bahamas Senate 31.3% Bicameral Upper chamber
Bahrain Council of Representatives 20.0% Bicameral Lower chamber
Bahrain Shura Council 25.0% Bicameral Upper chamber
Bangladesh
Parliament (Suspended) No information available Unicameral -
Barbados House of Assembly 26.7% Bicameral Lower chamber
Barbados Senate 33.3% Bicameral Upper chamber
Belarus House of Representatives 33.9% Bicameral Lower chamber
Belarus Council of the Republic 30.5% Bicameral Upper chamber
Belgium House of Representatives 41.3% Bicameral Lower chamber
Belgium Senate 47.5% Bicameral Upper chamber
Belize House of Representatives 12.5% Bicameral Lower chamber
Belize Senate 35.7% Bicameral Upper chamber
Benin National Assembly 26.6% Unicameral -
Bhutan National Assembly 4.3% Bicameral Lower chamber
Bhutan National Council 12.0% Bicameral Upper chamber
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Chamber of Deputies 46.2% Bicameral Lower chamber
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Chamber of Senators 55.6% Bicameral Upper chamber
Bosnia and Herzegovina House of Representatives 19.0% Bicameral Lower chamber
Bosnia and Herzegovina House of Peoples 6.7% Bicameral Upper chamber
Botswana National Assembly 8.7% Unicameral -
Brazil Chamber of Deputies 18.1% Bicameral Lower chamber
Brazil Federal Senate 19.8% Bicameral Upper chamber
Brunei Darussalam Legislative Council 11.8% Unicameral -
Bulgaria National Assembly 21.3% Unicameral -
Burkina Faso Transitional Legislative Assembly 18.3% Unicameral -
Burundi National Assembly 39.6% Bicameral Lower chamber
Burundi Senate 41.0% Bicameral Upper chamber
Cabo Verde National Assembly 44.4% Unicameral -
Cambodia National Assembly 13.6% Bicameral Lower chamber
Cambodia Senate 19.4% Bicameral Upper chamber
Cameroon National Assembly 33.9% Bicameral Lower chamber
Cameroon Senate 33.0% Bicameral Upper chamber
Canada House of Commons 30.3% Bicameral Lower chamber
Canada Senate 54.8% Bicameral Upper chamber
Central African Republic National Assembly 11.4% Unicameral -
Chad National Assembly 33.5% Bicameral Lower chamber
Chad Senate 36.2% Bicameral Upper chamber
Chile Chamber of Deputies 35.1% Bicameral Lower chamber
Chile Senate 26.0% Bicameral Upper chamber
China National People's Congress 26.5% Unicameral -
Colombia House of Representatives 29.4% Bicameral Lower chamber
Colombia Senate 31.4% Bicameral Upper chamber
Comoros Assembly of the Union 15.2% Unicameral -
Congo National Assembly 14.6% Bicameral Lower chamber
Congo Senate 31.9% Bicameral Upper chamber
Costa Rica Legislative Assembly 49.1% Unicameral -
Côte d'Ivoire National Assembly 13.4% Bicameral Lower chamber
Côte d'Ivoire Senate 24.5% Bicameral Upper chamber
Croatia Croatian Parliament 33.1% Unicameral -
Cuba National Assembly of the People's Power 55.7% Unicameral -
Cyprus House of Representatives 14.3% Unicameral -
Czechia Chamber of Deputies 25.5% Bicameral Lower chamber
Czechia Senate 21.3% Bicameral Upper chamber
Democratic People's Republic of Korea Supreme People's Assembly 17.6% Unicameral -
Democratic Republic of the Congo National Assembly 13.0% Bicameral Lower chamber
Democratic Republic of the Congo Senate 15.8% Bicameral Upper chamber
Denmark The Danish Parliament 43.6% Unicameral -
Djibouti National Assembly 26.2% Unicameral -
Dominica House of Assembly 40.6% Unicameral -
Dominican Republic Chamber of Deputies 36.8% Bicameral Lower chamber
Dominican Republic Senate 12.5% Bicameral Upper chamber
Ecuador National Assembly 45.0% Unicameral -
Egypt House of Representatives 27.7% Bicameral Lower chamber
Egypt Senate 13.7% Bicameral Upper chamber
El Salvador Legislative Assembly 31.7% Unicameral -
Equatorial Guinea Chamber of Deputies 31.0% Bicameral Lower chamber
Equatorial Guinea Senate 25.0% Bicameral Upper chamber
Eritrea National Assembly Not applicable Unicameral -
Estonia The Estonian Parliament 28.7% Unicameral -
Eswatini House of Assembly 21.6% Bicameral Lower chamber
Eswatini Senate 46.7% Bicameral Upper chamber
Ethiopia House of Peoples' Representatives 41.9% Bicameral Lower chamber
Ethiopia House of the Federation 29.7% Bicameral Upper chamber
Fiji Parliament 9.1% Unicameral -
Finland Parliament 45.5% Unicameral -
France National Assembly 36.2% Bicameral Lower chamber
France Senate 37.1% Bicameral Upper chamber
Gabon Transitional National Assembly 25.5% Bicameral Lower chamber
Gabon Transitional Senate 20.3% Bicameral Upper chamber
Gambia (The) National Assembly 8.6% Unicameral -
Georgia Parliament 13.9% Unicameral -
Germany German Bundestag 32.4% Bicameral Lower chamber
Germany Federal Council 34.8% Bicameral Upper chamber
Ghana Parliament 14.5% Unicameral -
Greece Hellenic Parliament 23.3% Unicameral -
Grenada House of Representatives 31.3% Bicameral Lower chamber
Grenada Senate 30.8% Bicameral Upper chamber
Guatemala Congress of the Republic 20.0% Unicameral -
Guinea Transitional National Council 29.6% Unicameral -
Guinea-Bissau People's National Assembly 9.8% Unicameral -
Guyana National Assembly 39.4% Unicameral -
Haiti Chamber of Deputies Not applicable Bicameral Lower chamber
Haiti Senate Not applicable Bicameral Upper chamber
Honduras National Congress 27.3% Unicameral -
Hungary National Assembly 15.2% Unicameral -
Iceland Parliament 46.0% Unicameral -
India House of the People 13.8% Bicameral Lower chamber
India Council of States 16.7% Bicameral Upper chamber
Indonesia House of Representatives 21.9% Unicameral -
Iran (Islamic Republic of) Islamic Parliament of Iran 4.9% Unicameral -
Iraq Council of Representatives of Iraq 28.9% Unicameral -
Ireland House of Representatives 25.3% Bicameral Lower chamber
Ireland Senate 45.0% Bicameral Upper chamber
Israel Parliament 24.2% Unicameral -
Italy Chamber of Deputies 32.8% Bicameral Lower chamber
Italy Senate 36.3% Bicameral Upper chamber
Jamaica House of Representatives 28.6% Bicameral Lower chamber
Jamaica Senate 40.0% Bicameral Upper chamber
Japan House of Representatives 15.7% Bicameral Lower chamber
Japan House of Councillors 25.5% Bicameral Upper chamber
Jordan House of Representatives 19.6% Bicameral Lower chamber
Jordan Senate 14.5% Bicameral Upper chamber
Kazakhstan House of Representatives 18.4% Bicameral Lower chamber
Kazakhstan Senate 20.0% Bicameral Upper chamber
Kenya National Assembly 23.3% Bicameral Lower chamber
Kenya Senate 31.3% Bicameral Upper chamber
Kiribati House of Assembly 11.1% Unicameral -
Kuwait
National Assembly (Suspended) Not applicable Unicameral -
Kyrgyzstan Supreme Council 22.2% Unicameral -
Lao People's Democratic Republic National Assembly 22.0% Unicameral -
Latvia Parliament 31.0% Unicameral -
Lebanon National Assembly 6.3% Unicameral -
Lesotho National Assembly 25.0% Bicameral Lower chamber
Lesotho Senate 21.2% Bicameral Upper chamber
Liberia House of Representatives 11.0% Bicameral Lower chamber
Liberia The Liberian Senate 10.0% Bicameral Upper chamber
Libya House of Representatives 16.5% Unicameral -
Liechtenstein Diet 32.0% Unicameral -
Lithuania Parliament 28.4% Unicameral -
Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies 35.0% Unicameral -
Madagascar National Assembly 14.1% Bicameral Lower chamber
Madagascar Senate 11.1% Bicameral Upper chamber
Malawi National Assembly 20.7% Unicameral -
Malaysia House of Representatives 13.5% Bicameral Lower chamber
Malaysia Senate 16.1% Bicameral Upper chamber
Maldives People's Majlis 3.2% Unicameral -
Mali Transitional National Council 30.4% Unicameral -
Malta House of Representatives 29.1% Unicameral -
Marshall Islands Parliament 12.1% Unicameral -
Mauritania National Assembly 23.3% Unicameral -
Mauritania
Senate (Suspended) 14.3% Unicameral -
Mauritius National Assembly 17.9% Unicameral -
Mexico Chamber of Deputies 50.2% Bicameral Lower chamber
Mexico Senate 50.0% Bicameral Upper chamber
Micronesia (Federated States of) Congress 21.4% Unicameral -
Monaco National Council 45.8% Unicameral -
Mongolia State Great Hural 25.4% Unicameral -
Montenegro Parliament 27.2% Unicameral -
Morocco House of Representatives 24.3% Bicameral Lower chamber
Morocco House of Councillors 11.7% Bicameral Upper chamber
Mozambique Assembly of the Republic 39.2% Unicameral -
Myanmar
House of Representatives (Suspended) Not applicable Bicameral Lower chamber
Myanmar
House of Nationalities (Suspended) Not applicable Bicameral Upper chamber
Namibia National Assembly 40.6% Bicameral Lower chamber
Namibia National Council 14.3% Bicameral Upper chamber
Nauru Parliament 10.5% Unicameral -
Nepal House of Representatives 33.5% Bicameral Lower chamber
Nepal National Assembly 37.3% Bicameral Upper chamber
Netherlands House of Representatives 39.3% Bicameral Lower chamber
Netherlands Senate 40.0% Bicameral Upper chamber
New Zealand House of Representatives 46.3% Unicameral -
Nicaragua National Assembly 54.9% Unicameral -
Niger Advisory Council for the Refoundation 19.6% Unicameral -
Nigeria House of Representatives 3.9% Bicameral Lower chamber
Nigeria Senate 2.8% Bicameral Upper chamber
North Macedonia Assembly of the Republic 39.2% Unicameral -
Norway Parliament 44.4% Unicameral -
Oman Shura Council 0.0% Bicameral Lower chamber
Oman State Council 20.9% Bicameral Upper chamber
Pakistan National Assembly 17.0% Bicameral Lower chamber
Pakistan Senate 18.8% Bicameral Upper chamber
Palau House of Delegates 25.0% Bicameral Lower chamber
Palau Senate 13.3% Bicameral Upper chamber
Panama National Assembly 21.7% Unicameral -
Papua New Guinea National Parliament 2.7% Unicameral -
Paraguay Chamber of Deputies 23.8% Bicameral Lower chamber
Paraguay Senate 22.2% Bicameral Upper chamber
Peru Congress of the Republic 41.5% Unicameral -
Philippines House of Representatives No information available Bicameral Lower chamber
Philippines Senate 20.8% Bicameral Upper chamber
Poland Sejm 31.3% Bicameral Lower chamber
Poland Senate 19.0% Bicameral Upper chamber
Portugal Assembly of the Republic 33.5% Unicameral -
Qatar Shura Council 4.4% Unicameral -
Republic of Korea National Assembly 20.3% Unicameral -
Republic of Moldova Parliament 40.0% Unicameral -
Romania Chamber of Deputies 22.4% Bicameral Lower chamber
Romania Senate 20.1% Bicameral Upper chamber
Russian Federation State Duma 16.4% Bicameral Lower chamber
Russian Federation Council of the Federation 18.5% Bicameral Upper chamber
Rwanda Chamber of Deputies 63.8% Bicameral Lower chamber
Rwanda Senate 53.8% Bicameral Upper chamber
Saint Kitts and Nevis National Assembly 31.3% Unicameral -
Saint Lucia House of Assembly 10.5% Bicameral Lower chamber
Saint Lucia Senate 54.5% Bicameral Upper chamber
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines House of Assembly 21.7% Unicameral -
Samoa Legislative Assembly 13.0% Unicameral -
San Marino Great and General Council 35.0% Unicameral -
Sao Tome and Principe National Assembly 14.5% Unicameral -
Saudi Arabia Shura Council 19.9% Unicameral -
Senegal National Assembly 41.2% Unicameral -
Serbia National Assembly 37.2% Unicameral -
Seychelles National Assembly 28.6% Unicameral -
Sierra Leone Parliament 29.5% Unicameral -
Singapore Parliament 32.3% Unicameral -
Slovakia National Council 23.3% Unicameral -
Slovenia National Assembly 35.6% Bicameral Lower chamber
Slovenia National Council 17.5% Bicameral Upper chamber
Solomon Islands National Parliament 6.0% Unicameral -
Somalia House of the People 19.0% Bicameral Lower chamber
Somalia Upper House 25.9% Bicameral Upper chamber
South Africa National Assembly 44.6% Bicameral Lower chamber
South Africa National Council of Provinces 44.4% Bicameral Upper chamber
South Sudan Transitional National Legislative Assembly 32.4% Bicameral Lower chamber
South Sudan Council of States 32.1% Bicameral Upper chamber
Spain Congress of Deputies 44.3% Bicameral Lower chamber
Spain Senate 42.5% Bicameral Upper chamber
Sri Lanka Parliament 9.8% Unicameral -
Sudan
National Assembly (Suspended) Not applicable Bicameral Lower chamber
Sudan
Council of States (Suspended) Not applicable Bicameral Upper chamber
Suriname National Assembly 31.4% Unicameral -
Sweden Parliament 45.0% Unicameral -
Switzerland National Council 39.0% Bicameral Lower chamber
Switzerland Council of States 33.3% Bicameral Upper chamber
Syrian Arab Republic People's Assembly 9.6% Unicameral -
Tajikistan House of Representatives 28.6% Bicameral Lower chamber
Tajikistan National Assembly 30.3% Bicameral Upper chamber
Thailand House of Representatives 19.6% Bicameral Lower chamber
Thailand Senate 22.5% Bicameral Upper chamber
Timor-Leste National Parliament 35.4% Unicameral -
Togo National Assembly 15.0% Bicameral Lower chamber
Togo Senate 24.6% Bicameral Upper chamber
Tonga Legislative Assembly 10.0% Unicameral -
Trinidad and Tobago House of Representatives 23.8% Bicameral Lower chamber
Trinidad and Tobago Senate 25.8% Bicameral Upper chamber
Tunisia Assembly of People's Representatives 15.8% Bicameral Lower chamber
Tunisia National Council of Regions and Districts 13.0% Bicameral Upper chamber
Türkiye Grand National Assembly of Türkiye 19.9% Unicameral -
Turkmenistan Assembly 25.6% Unicameral -
Turkmenistan
People’s Council (Suspended) 25.5% Unicameral -
Tuvalu Parliament of Tuvalu 0.0% Unicameral -
Uganda Parliament 34.1% Unicameral -
Ukraine Parliament 21.2% Unicameral -
United Arab Emirates Federal National Council 50.0% Unicameral -
United Kingdom House of Commons 40.5% Bicameral Lower chamber
United Kingdom House of Lords 31.0% Bicameral Upper chamber
United Republic of Tanzania National Assembly 37.8% Unicameral -
United States of America House of Representatives 28.9% Bicameral Lower chamber
United States of America Senate 26.0% Bicameral Upper chamber
Uruguay House of Representatives 28.3% Bicameral Lower chamber
Uruguay Senate 32.3% Bicameral Upper chamber
Uzbekistan Legislative Chamber 38.0% Bicameral Lower chamber
Uzbekistan Senate 24.6% Bicameral Upper chamber
Vanuatu Parliament 1.9% Unicameral -
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) National Assembly No information available Unicameral -
Viet Nam National Assembly 31.4% Unicameral -
Yemen House of Representatives 0.0% Bicameral Lower chamber
Yemen Shura Council 1.1% Bicameral Upper chamber
Zambia National Assembly 15.0% Unicameral -
Zimbabwe National Assembly 30.1% Bicameral Lower chamber
Zimbabwe Senate 44.3% Bicameral Upper chamber