Number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Uganda
Uganda: Number of seats held by women in national parliaments was 189 in 2026. ▲ Rising
Number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Uganda, 2000–2026
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 189 for number of seats held by women in national parliaments in 2026. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 40.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Uganda peaked at 189 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 50, in 2000.
Uganda ranks 9th of 210 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Uganda, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 50 | — |
| 2001 | 50 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 75 | +50.0% |
| 2003 | 75 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 75 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 73 | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 73 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 99 | +35.6% |
| 2008 | 102 | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 102 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 102 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 102 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 135 | +32.4% |
| 2013 | 135 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 135 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 135 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 135 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 154 | +14.1% |
| 2018 | 154 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 160 | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 160 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 160 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 188 | +17.5% |
| 2023 | 188 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 189 | +0.5% |
| 2025 | 189 | +0.0% |
| 2026 | 189 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 77.4 | 50 | 102 | 10 |
| 2010s | 134.7 | 102 | 160 | 10 |
| 2020s | 180.43 | 160 | 189 | 7 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More gender data for Uganda
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 23,854 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth 1.35 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 34,459 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 34,459 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 3.21 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 832,544 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 852,069 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 821,106 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 839,557 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 810,014 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Uganda?
- Number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Uganda was 189 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 Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 189 in 2024.
- What is the lowest number of seats held by women in national parliaments recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 50 in 2000.
- How does Uganda rank for number of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Uganda ranks 9th out of 210 countries with data for 2026.
- Is number of seats held by women in national parliaments rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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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