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