Regional groupings

View and sort the list of countries, regions and sub-regions used in Parline. These regional groupings are used to establish the regional averages of the percentage of women in parliament. Please note that suspended parliaments are included in this list of regional groupings, but are excluded from the calculation of regional averages on Speakers, women in parliament and the age of parliamentarians.

Regions

Region	Sub-regions
Sub-Saharan Africa	East Africa, West Africa, Central Africa, Southern Africa
Americas	North America, Central America, South America, Caribbean
Asia	East Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, South East Asia
Europe	Nordic countries, Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, Southern Europe
Middle East and North Africa	Middle East, North Africa
Pacific	Australia and New Zealand, Pacific Islands

Countries

Country	Region	Sub-region
Zimbabwe	Sub-Saharan Africa	Southern Africa
Zambia	Sub-Saharan Africa	Southern Africa
Yemen	Middle East and North Africa	Middle East
Viet Nam	Asia	South East Asia
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	Americas	South America
Vanuatu	Pacific	Pacific Islands
Uzbekistan	Asia	Central Asia
Uruguay	Americas	South America
United States of America	Americas	North America
United Republic of Tanzania	Sub-Saharan Africa	East Africa
United Kingdom	Europe	Western Europe
United Arab Emirates	Middle East and North Africa	Middle East
Ukraine	Europe	Central and Eastern Europe
Uganda	Sub-Saharan Africa	East Africa
Tuvalu	Pacific	Pacific Islands
Turkmenistan	Asia	Central Asia
Türkiye	Europe	Southern Europe
Tunisia	Middle East and North Africa	North Africa
Trinidad and Tobago	Americas	Caribbean
Tonga	Pacific	Pacific Islands
Togo	Sub-Saharan Africa	West Africa
Timor-Leste	Asia	South East Asia
North Macedonia	Europe	Central and Eastern Europe
Thailand	Asia	South East Asia
Tajikistan	Asia	Central Asia
Syrian Arab Republic	Middle East and North Africa	Middle East
Switzerland	Europe	Western Europe
Sweden	Europe	Nordic countries
Eswatini	Sub-Saharan Africa	Southern Africa
Suriname	Americas	South America
Sudan	Middle East and North Africa	North Africa
Sri Lanka	Asia	South Asia
Spain	Europe	Southern Europe
South Sudan	Sub-Saharan Africa	East Africa
South Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	Southern Africa
Somalia	Sub-Saharan Africa	East Africa
Solomon Islands	Pacific	Pacific Islands
Slovenia	Europe	Central and Eastern Europe
Slovakia	Europe	Central and Eastern Europe
Singapore	Asia	South East Asia
Sierra Leone	Sub-Saharan Africa	West Africa
Seychelles	Sub-Saharan Africa	Southern Africa
Serbia	Europe	Central and Eastern Europe
Senegal	Sub-Saharan Africa	West Africa
Saudi Arabia	Middle East and North Africa	Middle East
Sao Tome and Principe	Sub-Saharan Africa	Central Africa
San Marino	Europe	Southern Europe
Samoa	Pacific	Pacific Islands
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Americas	Caribbean
Saint Lucia	Americas	Caribbean
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Americas	Caribbean
Rwanda	Sub-Saharan Africa	Central Africa
Russian Federation	Europe	Central and Eastern Europe
Romania	Europe	Central and Eastern Europe
Republic of Moldova	Europe	Central and Eastern Europe
Republic of Korea	Asia	East Asia
Qatar	Middle East and North Africa	Middle East
Portugal	Europe	Southern Europe
Poland	Europe	Central and Eastern Europe
Philippines	Asia	South East Asia
Peru	Americas	South America
Paraguay	Americas	South America
Papua New Guinea	Pacific	Pacific Islands
Panama	Americas	Central America
Palau	Pacific	Pacific Islands
Pakistan	Asia	South Asia
Oman	Middle East and North Africa	Middle East
Norway	Europe	Nordic countries
Nigeria	Sub-Saharan Africa	West Africa
Niger	Sub-Saharan Africa	West Africa
Nicaragua	Americas	Central America
New Zealand	Pacific	Australia and New Zealand
Netherlands	Europe	Western Europe
Nepal	Asia	South Asia
Nauru	Pacific	Pacific Islands
Namibia	Sub-Saharan Africa	Southern Africa
Myanmar	Asia	South East Asia
Mozambique	Sub-Saharan Africa	Southern Africa
Morocco	Middle East and North Africa	North Africa
Montenegro	Europe	Central and Eastern Europe
Mongolia	Asia	East Asia
Monaco	Europe	Western Europe
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Pacific	Pacific Islands
Mexico	Americas	North America
Mauritius	Sub-Saharan Africa	Southern Africa
Mauritania	Middle East and North Africa	North Africa
Marshall Islands	Pacific	Pacific Islands
Malta	Europe	Southern Europe
Mali	Sub-Saharan Africa	West Africa
Maldives	Asia	South Asia
Malaysia	Asia	South East Asia
Malawi	Sub-Saharan Africa	Southern Africa
Madagascar	Sub-Saharan Africa	Southern Africa
Luxembourg	Europe	Western Europe
Lithuania	Europe	Central and Eastern Europe
Liechtenstein	Europe	Western Europe
Libya	Middle East and North Africa	North Africa
Liberia	Sub-Saharan Africa	West Africa
Lesotho	Sub-Saharan Africa	Southern Africa
Lebanon	Middle East and North Africa	Middle East
Latvia	Europe	Central and Eastern Europe
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Asia	South East Asia
Kyrgyzstan	Asia	Central Asia
Kuwait	Middle East and North Africa	Middle East
Kiribati	Pacific	Pacific Islands
Kenya	Sub-Saharan Africa	East Africa
Kazakhstan	Asia	Central Asia
Jordan	Middle East and North Africa	Middle East
Japan	Asia	East Asia
Jamaica	Americas	Caribbean
Italy	Europe	Southern Europe
Israel	Middle East and North Africa	Middle East
Ireland	Europe	Western Europe
Iraq	Middle East and North Africa	Middle East
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Asia	South Asia
Indonesia	Asia	South East Asia
India	Asia	South Asia
Iceland	Europe	Nordic countries
Hungary	Europe	Central and Eastern Europe
Honduras	Americas	Central America
Haiti	Americas	Caribbean
Guyana	Americas	South America
Guinea-Bissau	Sub-Saharan Africa	West Africa
Guinea	Sub-Saharan Africa	West Africa
Guatemala	Americas	Central America
Grenada	Americas	Caribbean
Greece	Europe	Southern Europe
Ghana	Sub-Saharan Africa	West Africa
Germany	Europe	Western Europe
Georgia	Europe	Central and Eastern Europe
Gambia (The)	Sub-Saharan Africa	West Africa
Gabon	Sub-Saharan Africa	Central Africa
France	Europe	Western Europe
Finland	Europe	Nordic countries
Fiji	Pacific	Pacific Islands
Ethiopia	Sub-Saharan Africa	East Africa
Estonia	Europe	Central and Eastern Europe
Eritrea	Sub-Saharan Africa	East Africa
Equatorial Guinea	Sub-Saharan Africa	Central Africa
El Salvador	Americas	Central America
Egypt	Middle East and North Africa	Middle East
Ecuador	Americas	South America
Dominican Republic	Americas	Caribbean
Dominica	Americas	Caribbean
Djibouti	Sub-Saharan Africa	East Africa
Denmark	Europe	Nordic countries
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Sub-Saharan Africa	Central Africa
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Asia	East Asia
Czechia	Europe	Central and Eastern Europe
Cyprus	Europe	Southern Europe
Cuba	Americas	Caribbean
Croatia	Europe	Central and Eastern Europe
Côte d'Ivoire	Sub-Saharan Africa	West Africa
Costa Rica	Americas	Central America
Congo	Sub-Saharan Africa	Central Africa
Comoros	Sub-Saharan Africa	East Africa
Colombia	Americas	South America
China	Asia	East Asia
Chile	Americas	South America
Chad	Sub-Saharan Africa	Central Africa
Central African Republic	Sub-Saharan Africa	Central Africa
Canada	Americas	North America
Cameroon	Sub-Saharan Africa	Central Africa
Cambodia	Asia	South East Asia
Cabo Verde	Sub-Saharan Africa	West Africa
Burundi	Sub-Saharan Africa	Central Africa
Burkina Faso	Sub-Saharan Africa	West Africa
Bulgaria	Europe	Central and Eastern Europe
Brunei Darussalam	Asia	South East Asia
Brazil	Americas	South America
Botswana	Sub-Saharan Africa	Southern Africa
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	Central and Eastern Europe
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	Americas	South America
Bhutan	Asia	South Asia
Benin	Sub-Saharan Africa	West Africa
Belize	Americas	Central America
Belgium	Europe	Western Europe
Belarus	Europe	Central and Eastern Europe
Barbados	Americas	Caribbean
Bangladesh	Asia	South Asia
Bahrain	Middle East and North Africa	Middle East
Bahamas	Americas	Caribbean
Azerbaijan	Europe	Central and Eastern Europe
Austria	Europe	Western Europe
Australia	Pacific	Australia and New Zealand
Armenia	Europe	Central and Eastern Europe
Argentina	Americas	South America
Antigua and Barbuda	Americas	Caribbean
Angola	Sub-Saharan Africa	Southern Africa
Andorra	Europe	Western Europe
Algeria	Middle East and North Africa	North Africa
Albania	Europe	Central and Eastern Europe
Afghanistan	Asia	South Asia