Kenya vs Mauritania: Share of women in parliament
Kenya
23.4%
in 2025
Mauritania
23.3%
in 2025
Kenya rank
100th
Mauritania rank
101st
Share of women in parliament over time
- Kenya
- Mauritania
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 23.4% against 23.3% in Mauritania, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1946 it was Mauritania ahead.
Kenya ranks 100th and Mauritania ranks 101st of 174 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 4 and Mauritania in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1950s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1960s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Kenya |
| 1970s | 2.2% | 1.0% | 1.2% | Kenya |
| 1990s | 3.1% | 0.6% | 2.5% | Kenya |
| 2000s | 6.9% | 8.7% | 1.8% | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 17.1% | 22.0% | 4.9% | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 22.7% | 21.8% | 1.0% | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of women in parliament, Kenya or Mauritania?
- Kenya, at 23.4% against 23.3% in Mauritania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of women in parliament between Kenya and Mauritania?
- 0.1%, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Mauritania?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1946 to 2025.
- How do Kenya and Mauritania rank globally for share of women in parliament?
- Kenya ranks 100th and Mauritania ranks 101st of 174 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Share of women in parliament. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of women in the lower or single chamber of the legislature.