Number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Caucasus and Central Asia
Caucasus and Central Asia: Number of seats held by women in national parliaments was 229 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Caucasus and Central Asia, 2000–2022
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Caucasus and Central Asia recorded 229 for number of seats held by women in national parliaments in 2022. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 43.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Caucasus and Central Asia peaked at 229 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 78, in 2000.
Caucasus and Central Asia ranks 36th of 42 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Caucasus and Central Asia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 78 | — |
| 2001 | 83 | +6.4% |
| 2002 | 87 | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 87 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 89 | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 85 | -4.5% |
| 2006 | 92 | +8.2% |
| 2007 | 91 | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 128 | +40.7% |
| 2009 | 127 | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 140 | +10.2% |
| 2011 | 154 | +10.0% |
| 2012 | 160 | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 172 | +7.5% |
| 2014 | 184 | +7.0% |
| 2015 | 172 | -6.5% |
| 2016 | 171 | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 178 | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 184 | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 193 | +4.9% |
| 2021 | 226 | +17.1% |
| 2022 | 229 | +1.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Caucasus and Central Asia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +40.7% | 91 | 128 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 94.7 | 78 | 128 | 10 |
| 2010s | 170.8 | 140 | 193 | 10 |
| 2020s | 227.5 | 226 | 229 | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Caucasus and Central Asia?
- Number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Caucasus and Central Asia was 229 in 2022, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest number of seats held by women in national parliaments recorded in Caucasus and Central Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 229 in 2022.
- What is the lowest number of seats held by women in national parliaments recorded in Caucasus and Central Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 78 in 2000.
- How does Caucasus and Central Asia rank for number of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Caucasus and Central Asia ranks 36th out of 42 groups with data for 2022.
- Is number of seats held by women in national parliaments rising or falling in Caucasus and Central Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caucasus and Central Asia data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Number of seats held by women in national parliaments (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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