Ratio for female members of parliaments (Ratio of the proportion of women in parliament in the proportion of women in the national population with the age of eligibility as a lower bound boundary), Lower Chamber or Unicameral by country

Countries reporting
185
Highest
1.6%
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
0.0%
Yemen
Median
0.5%
Years covered
6
2021–2026
Data points
1,316

What the numbers show

Ratio for female members of parliaments (Ratio of the proportion of women in parliament in the proportion of women in the national population with the age of eligibility as a lower bound boundary), Lower Chamber or Unicameral is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 1.6% in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 0.0% in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.5%, and the mean is 0.5%.

Over the past decade 110 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 218.4%), and the largest decrease in Oman (down 100.0%).

Ratio for female members of parliaments (Ratio) … Unicameral: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United Arab Emirates 1.6% 2026 down 17.3% falling
2 Rwanda 1.2% 2026 up 2.4% flat
3 Cuba 1.1% 2026 up 6.3% rising
4 Nicaragua 1.1% 2026 up 14.3% rising
5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.0% 2026 up 10.0% rising
6 Mexico 1.0% 2026 up 4.1% flat
7 Costa Rica 1.0% 2026 up 6.3% rising
8 Iceland 0.9% 2026 up 18.8% rising
9 Cabo Verde 0.9% 2026 up 75.6% rising
10 Australia 0.9% 2026 up 47.1% rising
11 Australia and New Zealand 0.9% 2026 up 18.0% rising
12 New Zealand 0.9% 2026 down 4.5% falling
13 Sweden 0.9% 2026 down 4.3% flat
14 Finland 0.9% 2026 down 0.8% flat
15 Denmark 0.9% 2026 up 11.3% rising
16 South Africa 0.9% 2026 down 3.6% falling
17 Spain 0.9% 2026 down 0.0% flat
18 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.9% 2026 up 29.6% rising
19 Norway 0.9% 2026 down 4.4% flat
20 Ecuador 0.8% 2026 up 8.9% rising
21 Caribbean 0.8% 2026 up 4.8% flat
22 Ethiopia 0.8% 2026 up 7.9% rising
23 Senegal 0.8% 2026 up 3.1% flat
24 Peru 0.8% 2026 up 55.8% rising
25 Namibia 0.8% 2026 down 3.0% falling
26 Angola 0.8% 2026 up 39.9% rising
27 Argentina 0.8% 2026 down 1.4% flat
28 Belgium 0.8% 2026 down 3.6% falling
29 Switzerland 0.8% 2026 down 5.4% falling
30 Uzbekistan 0.8% 2026 up 21.6% rising
31 Burundi 0.8% 2026 up 4.2% flat
32 Slovenia 0.8% 2026 up 43.2% rising
33 North Macedonia 0.8% 2026 down 3.1% flat
34 United Republic of Tanzania 0.7% 2026 up 0.8% flat
35 Dominican Republic 0.7% 2026 up 33.0% rising
36 Moldova 0.7% 2026 up 52.7% rising
36 Republic of Moldova 0.7% 2026 up 52.7% rising
38 Mozambique 0.7% 2026 down 11.0% falling
39 East Timor 0.7% 2026 down 8.3% falling
39 Timor-Leste 0.7% 2026 down 8.3% falling
41 Serbia 0.7% 2026 down 6.7% falling
42 Armenia 0.7% 2026 up 72.6% rising
43 Luxembourg 0.7% 2026 up 9.8% rising
44 Austria 0.7% 2026 down 11.0% falling
45 France 0.7% 2026 down 8.3% falling
46 Equatorial Guinea 0.7% 2026 up 20.0% rising
47 Guyana 0.7% 2026 down 3.3% flat
48 Portugal 0.7% 2026 down 7.9% falling
49 Chile 0.7% 2026 up 56.0% rising
50 Latvia 0.7% 2026 up 28.3% rising
51 Albania 0.7% 2026 up 12.5% rising
52 Cameroon 0.7% 2026 down 0.5% flat
53 Singapore 0.7% 2026 up 7.5% rising
54 Uganda 0.7% 2026 down 1.0% flat
55 Chad 0.7% 2026 up 117.1% rising
56 Czechia 0.7% 2026 up 46.0% rising
57 Kyrgyzstan 0.6% 2026 up 94.3% rising
58 Germany 0.6% 2026 up 3.5% flat
59 Italy 0.6% 2026 down 7.9% falling
60 Grenada 0.6% 2026 down 33.2% falling
61 Croatia 0.6% 2026 up 5.0% rising
62 Suriname 0.6% 2026 up 7.0% rising
63 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.6% 2026 up 68.6% rising
64 Belarus 0.6% 2026 down 15.1% falling
65 South Sudan 0.6% 2026 up 9.7% flat
66 Nepal 0.6% 2025 — rising
67 Seychelles 0.6% 2026 up 29.6% rising
68 Vietnam 0.6% 2026 up 16.2% rising
68 Viet Nam 0.6% 2026 up 16.2% rising
70 Malta 0.6% 2026 up 126.0% rising
71 Mali 0.6% 2026 up 13.1% rising
72 Poland 0.6% 2026 up 11.2% rising
73 Canada 0.6% 2026 up 2.6% flat
74 Bahrain 0.6% 2026 up 20.4% rising
75 Saudi Arabia 0.6% 2026 up 10.2% rising
76 Honduras 0.6% 2026 up 42.4% rising
77 Jamaica 0.6% 2026 up 5.4% flat
78 United States 0.6% 2026 up 8.0% rising
79 Uruguay 0.6% 2026 up 25.7% rising
80 Guinea 0.6% 2026 up 84.3% falling
81 Colombia 0.6% 2026 up 58.0% rising
82 El Salvador 0.6% 2026 down 3.8% flat
83 Tajikistan 0.6% 2026 up 19.3% rising
84 Sierra Leone 0.6% 2026 up 127.4% rising
85 Philippines 0.6% 2026 up 1.1% flat
86 Estonia 0.6% 2026 up 7.5% rising
87 Zimbabwe 0.5% 2026 down 6.0% falling
88 Egypt 0.5% 2026 down 1.6% flat
89 China 0.5% 2026 up 5.6% rising
90 Lithuania 0.5% 2026 up 5.4% rising
91 Benin 0.5% 2026 up 218.4% volatile
92 Montenegro 0.5% 2026 up 6.7% flat
93 Djibouti 0.5% 2026 down 6.8% falling
94 Israel 0.5% 2026 down 3.1% falling
95 Barbados 0.5% 2026 up 31.9% rising
96 Iraq 0.5% 2026 down 4.8% flat
97 Mongolia 0.5% 2026 up 47.3% rising
98 Ireland 0.5% 2026 up 10.8% rising
99 Morocco 0.5% 2026 up 21.4% rising
100 Turkmenistan 0.5% 2026 up 0.1% flat
101 Bulgaria 0.5% 2026 down 8.0% falling
102 Lesotho 0.5% 2026 up 4.5% flat
103 Paraguay 0.5% 2026 up 54.7% rising
104 Trinidad and Tobago 0.5% 2026 down 8.9% falling
105 Greece 0.5% 2026 up 8.3% rising
106 Kenya 0.5% 2026 up 6.7% rising
107 Indonesia 0.4% 2026 up 5.4% flat
108 Mauritania 0.4% 2026 up 9.7% rising
109 Laos 0.4% 2026 down 20.1% falling
109 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.4% 2026 down 20.1% falling
111 Pakistan 0.4% 2026 up 6.0% flat
112 Romania 0.4% 2026 up 22.2% rising
113 Togo 0.4% 2026 up 17.8% flat
114 Panama 0.4% 2026 down 3.8% flat
115 Slovak Republic 0.4% 2026 down 2.7% flat
116 Korea 0.4% 2026 up 9.9% rising
116 Republic of Korea 0.4% 2026 up 9.9% rising
118 Jordan 0.4% 2026 up 76.6% rising
119 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.4% 2026 — volatile
120 Malawi 0.4% 2026 down 7.6% falling
121 Türkiye 0.4% 2026 up 18.1% rising
121 Türkiye 0.4% 2026 up 18.1% rising
123 Azerbaijan 0.4% 2026 up 12.3% rising
124 Eswatini 0.4% 2026 up 111.9% rising
125 Guatemala 0.4% 2026 up 4.9% rising
126 Ukraine 0.4% 2026 up 2.1% flat
127 Thailand 0.4% 2026 up 24.9% rising
128 Somalia 0.4% 2026 down 22.2% falling
129 Comoros 0.4% 2026 up 8.7% rising
130 Mauritius 0.4% 2026 down 8.2% falling
131 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.4% 2026 down 29.7% falling
132 Burkina Faso 0.4% 2026 up 190.3% rising
133 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.3% 2026 up 1.3% flat
134 Bahamas 0.3% 2026 up 37.7% rising
135 Libya 0.3% 2026 up 4.3% flat
136 Brazil 0.3% 2026 up 13.2% rising
137 Kazakhstan 0.3% 2026 down 35.6% falling
138 Russia 0.3% 2026 up 13.9% rising
138 Russian Federation 0.3% 2026 up 13.9% rising
140 Madagascar 0.3% 2026 down 10.2% falling
141 Tunisia 0.3% 2026 down 40.0% falling
142 Georgia 0.3% 2026 down 20.5% falling
143 Japan 0.3% 2026 up 56.2% rising
144 Hungary 0.3% 2026 up 25.1% rising
145 Zambia 0.3% 2026 down 9.7% falling
146 Congo 0.3% 2026 up 29.7% rising
147 Sao Tome and Principe 0.3% 2026 down 38.7% falling
148 Malaysia 0.3% 2026 down 6.1% falling
149 Ghana 0.3% 2026 down 2.2% flat
150 Cyprus 0.3% 2026 down 32.5% falling
151 India 0.3% 2026 down 4.9% falling
152 Micronesia 0.3% 2026 up 178.6% rising
153 Cote d'Ivoire 0.3% 2026 up 18.0% rising
153 Côte d'Ivoire 0.3% 2026 up 18.0% rising
155 Cambodia 0.3% 2026 down 36.5% falling
156 Belize 0.3% 2026 up 1.9% rising
157 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.3% 2026 down 0.6% flat
158 Brunei 0.2% 2026 up 30.0% rising
158 Brunei Darussalam 0.2% 2026 up 30.0% rising
160 Liberia 0.2% 2026 down 0.9% flat
161 Kiribati 0.2% 2026 up 65.2% rising
162 Saint Lucia 0.2% 2026 down 36.7% falling
163 Central African Republic 0.2% 2026 up 20.8% flat
164 Samoa 0.2% 2026 down 6.7% rising
165 Guinea-Bissau 0.2% 2025 — falling
166 Sri Lanka 0.2% 2026 up 83.5% rising
167 Qatar 0.2% 2025 — falling
168 Fiji 0.2% 2026 down 58.8% falling
169 Botswana 0.2% 2026 down 12.7% falling
170 Gambia 0.2% 2026 up 0.8% flat
171 Algeria 0.2% 2026 down 69.2% volatile
172 Polynesia 0.1% 2026 down 33.0% falling
173 Solomon Islands 0.1% 2026 down 24.0% falling
174 Lebanon 0.1% 2026 up 24.7% rising
175 Antigua and Barbuda 0.1% 2026 down 47.8% falling
176 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.1% 2026 down 11.5% falling
177 Bhutan 0.1% 2026 down 71.4% falling
178 Maldives 0.1% 2026 down 34.2% falling
179 Melanesia 0.1% 2026 down 20.9% falling
180 Nigeria 0.1% 2026 up 16.9% rising
181 Tonga 0.1% 2026 down 52.2% falling
182 Papua New Guinea 0.1% 2026 — volatile
183 Vanuatu 0.0% 2026 — volatile
184 Oman 0.0% 2026 down 100.0% volatile
184 Yemen 0.0% 2026 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Ratio for female members of parliaments (Ratio of the proportion of women in parliament in the proportion of women in the national population with the age of eligibility as a lower bound boundary), Lower Chamber or Unicameral
Unit
ratio
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
221 places, 1,316 data points, 2021–2026
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