Number of seats held by women in national parliaments (number) in Moldova
Moldova: Number of seats held by women in national parliaments (number) was 40 in 2026. ▲ Rising
Number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Moldova, 2000–2026
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Moldova recorded 40 for number of seats held by women in national parliaments in 2026.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 81.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Moldova peaked at 41 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 8, in 2001.
Moldova ranks 92nd of 212 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Number of seats held by women in national parliaments (number) in Moldova, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9 | — |
| 2001 | 8 | -11.1% |
| 2002 | 13 | +62.5% |
| 2003 | 13 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 13 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 16 | +23.1% |
| 2006 | 22 | +37.5% |
| 2007 | 22 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 22 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 22 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 24 | +9.1% |
| 2011 | 19 | -20.8% |
| 2012 | 20 | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 20 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 19 | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 21 | +10.5% |
| 2016 | 22 | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 23 | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 23 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 23 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 25 | +8.7% |
| 2021 | 25 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 41 | +64.0% |
| 2023 | 39 | -4.9% |
| 2024 | 40 | +2.6% |
| 2025 | 40 | +0.0% |
| 2026 | 40 | +0.0% |
Moldova compared with similar countries
- Moldova's 40 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 31, 1.3× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Moldova's 40 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 47, 85% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Number of seats held by women in national parliaments (number) in Moldova 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +64.0% | 25 | 41 |
| 2002 | +62.5% | 8 | 13 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16 | 8 | 22 | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.4 | 19 | 24 | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.71 | 25 | 41 | 7 |
Countries ranked near Moldova
- 89 Armenia 42 compare
- 89 Sierra Leone 42 compare
- 91 Mauritania 41 compare
- 92 Ghana 40 compare
- 92 Lithuania 40 compare
- 92 Mali 40 compare
- 92 Republic of Moldova 40 compare
More gender data for Moldova
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 492.95 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -4.19 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 2,352 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 2,352 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate -0.3246 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 14,841 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 15,766 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 15,090 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 16,044 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 15,279 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Moldova?
- Number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Moldova was 40 in 2026, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest number of seats held by women in national parliaments recorded in Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 41 in 2022.
- What is the lowest number of seats held by women in national parliaments recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 8 in 2001.
- How does Moldova rank for number of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Moldova ranks 92nd out of 212 countries with data for 2026.
- Is number of seats held by women in national parliaments rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is up 81.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Moldova 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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