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 of the proportion of): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 1.6% | 2026 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 1 | Caribbean | 0.8% | 2026 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 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 | Ethiopia | 0.8% | 2026 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 22 | Senegal | 0.8% | 2026 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 23 | Peru | 0.8% | 2026 | up 55.8% | rising |
| 24 | Namibia | 0.8% | 2026 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 25 | Angola | 0.8% | 2026 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 26 | Argentina | 0.8% | 2026 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 27 | Belgium | 0.8% | 2026 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 28 | Switzerland | 0.8% | 2026 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 29 | Uzbekistan | 0.8% | 2026 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 30 | Burundi | 0.8% | 2026 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 31 | Slovenia | 0.8% | 2026 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 32 | North Macedonia | 0.8% | 2026 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 33 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.7% | 2026 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 34 | Dominican Republic | 0.7% | 2026 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 35 | Moldova | 0.7% | 2026 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 35 | Republic of Moldova | 0.7% | 2026 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 37 | Mozambique | 0.7% | 2026 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 38 | East Timor | 0.7% | 2026 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 38 | Timor-Leste | 0.7% | 2026 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 40 | Serbia | 0.7% | 2026 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 41 | Armenia | 0.7% | 2026 | up 72.6% | rising |
| 42 | Luxembourg | 0.7% | 2026 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 43 | Austria | 0.7% | 2026 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 44 | France | 0.7% | 2026 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 45 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.7% | 2026 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 46 | Guyana | 0.7% | 2026 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 47 | Portugal | 0.7% | 2026 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 48 | Chile | 0.7% | 2026 | up 56.0% | rising |
| 49 | Latvia | 0.7% | 2026 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 50 | Albania | 0.7% | 2026 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 51 | Cameroon | 0.7% | 2026 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 52 | Singapore | 0.7% | 2026 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 53 | Uganda | 0.7% | 2026 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 54 | Chad | 0.7% | 2026 | up 117.1% | rising |
| 55 | Czechia | 0.7% | 2026 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 56 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.6% | 2026 | up 94.3% | rising |
| 57 | Germany | 0.6% | 2026 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 58 | Italy | 0.6% | 2026 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 59 | Grenada | 0.6% | 2026 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 60 | Croatia | 0.6% | 2026 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 61 | Suriname | 0.6% | 2026 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 62 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.6% | 2026 | up 68.6% | rising |
| 63 | Belarus | 0.6% | 2026 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 64 | South Sudan | 0.6% | 2026 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 65 | Nepal | 0.6% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 66 | Seychelles | 0.6% | 2026 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 67 | Vietnam | 0.6% | 2026 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 67 | Viet Nam | 0.6% | 2026 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 69 | Malta | 0.6% | 2026 | up 126.0% | rising |
| 70 | Mali | 0.6% | 2026 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 71 | Poland | 0.6% | 2026 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 72 | Canada | 0.6% | 2026 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 73 | Bahrain | 0.6% | 2026 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 74 | Saudi Arabia | 0.6% | 2026 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 75 | Honduras | 0.6% | 2026 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 76 | Jamaica | 0.6% | 2026 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 77 | United States | 0.6% | 2026 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 78 | Uruguay | 0.6% | 2026 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 79 | Guinea | 0.6% | 2026 | up 84.3% | falling |
| 80 | Colombia | 0.6% | 2026 | up 58.0% | rising |
| 81 | El Salvador | 0.6% | 2026 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 82 | Tajikistan | 0.6% | 2026 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 83 | Sierra Leone | 0.6% | 2026 | up 127.4% | rising |
| 84 | Philippines | 0.6% | 2026 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 85 | Estonia | 0.6% | 2026 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 86 | Zimbabwe | 0.5% | 2026 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 87 | Egypt | 0.5% | 2026 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 88 | China | 0.5% | 2026 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 89 | Lithuania | 0.5% | 2026 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 90 | Benin | 0.5% | 2026 | up 218.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Montenegro | 0.5% | 2026 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 92 | Djibouti | 0.5% | 2026 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 93 | Israel | 0.5% | 2026 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 94 | Barbados | 0.5% | 2026 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 95 | Iraq | 0.5% | 2026 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 96 | Mongolia | 0.5% | 2026 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 97 | Ireland | 0.5% | 2026 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 98 | Morocco | 0.5% | 2026 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 99 | Turkmenistan | 0.5% | 2026 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 100 | Bulgaria | 0.5% | 2026 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 101 | Lesotho | 0.5% | 2026 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 102 | Paraguay | 0.5% | 2026 | up 54.7% | rising |
| 103 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.5% | 2026 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 104 | Greece | 0.5% | 2026 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 105 | Kenya | 0.5% | 2026 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 106 | Indonesia | 0.4% | 2026 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 107 | Mauritania | 0.4% | 2026 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 108 | Laos | 0.4% | 2026 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 108 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.4% | 2026 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 110 | Pakistan | 0.4% | 2026 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 111 | Romania | 0.4% | 2026 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 112 | Togo | 0.4% | 2026 | up 17.8% | flat |
| 113 | Panama | 0.4% | 2026 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 114 | Slovakia | 0.4% | 2026 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 115 | South Korea | 0.4% | 2026 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 115 | Republic of Korea | 0.4% | 2026 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 117 | Jordan | 0.4% | 2026 | up 76.6% | rising |
| 118 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0.4% | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Malawi | 0.4% | 2026 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 120 | Turkey | 0.4% | 2026 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 120 | Türkiye | 0.4% | 2026 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 122 | Azerbaijan | 0.4% | 2026 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 123 | Eswatini | 0.4% | 2026 | up 111.9% | rising |
| 124 | Guatemala | 0.4% | 2026 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 125 | Ukraine | 0.4% | 2026 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 126 | Thailand | 0.4% | 2026 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 127 | Somalia | 0.4% | 2026 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 128 | Comoros | 0.4% | 2026 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 129 | Mauritius | 0.4% | 2026 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 130 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.4% | 2026 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 131 | Burkina Faso | 0.4% | 2026 | up 190.3% | rising |
| 132 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.3% | 2026 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 133 | Bahamas | 0.3% | 2026 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 134 | Libya | 0.3% | 2026 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 135 | Brazil | 0.3% | 2026 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 136 | Kazakhstan | 0.3% | 2026 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 137 | Russia | 0.3% | 2026 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 137 | Russian Federation | 0.3% | 2026 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 139 | Madagascar | 0.3% | 2026 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 140 | Tunisia | 0.3% | 2026 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 141 | Georgia | 0.3% | 2026 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 142 | Japan | 0.3% | 2026 | up 56.2% | rising |
| 143 | Hungary | 0.3% | 2026 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 144 | Zambia | 0.3% | 2026 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 145 | Congo | 0.3% | 2026 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 146 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.3% | 2026 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 147 | Malaysia | 0.3% | 2026 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 148 | Ghana | 0.3% | 2026 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 149 | Cyprus | 0.3% | 2026 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 150 | India | 0.3% | 2026 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 151 | Micronesia | 0.3% | 2026 | up 178.6% | rising |
| 152 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.3% | 2026 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 152 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.3% | 2026 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 154 | Cambodia | 0.3% | 2026 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 155 | Belize | 0.3% | 2026 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 156 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.3% | 2026 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 157 | Brunei | 0.2% | 2026 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 157 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.2% | 2026 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 159 | Liberia | 0.2% | 2026 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 160 | Kiribati | 0.2% | 2026 | up 65.2% | rising |
| 161 | Saint Lucia | 0.2% | 2026 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 162 | Central African Republic | 0.2% | 2026 | up 20.8% | flat |
| 163 | Samoa | 0.2% | 2026 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 164 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.2% | 2025 | — | falling |
| 165 | Sri Lanka | 0.2% | 2026 | up 83.5% | rising |
| 166 | Qatar | 0.2% | 2025 | — | falling |
| 167 | Fiji | 0.2% | 2026 | down 58.8% | falling |
| 168 | Botswana | 0.2% | 2026 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 169 | Gambia | 0.2% | 2026 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 170 | Algeria | 0.2% | 2026 | down 69.2% | volatile |
| 171 | Polynesia | 0.1% | 2026 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 172 | Solomon Islands | 0.1% | 2026 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 173 | Lebanon | 0.1% | 2026 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 174 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.1% | 2026 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 175 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.1% | 2026 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 176 | Bhutan | 0.1% | 2026 | down 71.4% | falling |
| 177 | Maldives | 0.1% | 2026 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 178 | Melanesia | 0.1% | 2026 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 179 | Nigeria | 0.1% | 2026 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 180 | Tonga | 0.1% | 2026 | down 52.2% | falling |
| 181 | Papua New Guinea | 0.1% | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 182 | Vanuatu | 0.0% | 2026 | — | volatile |
| 183 | Oman | 0.0% | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Yemen | 0.0% | 2026 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Northern Europe 0.8%
- Central America 0.8%
- Latin America and the Caribbean 0.7%
- Western Europe 0.7%
- Americas 0.7%
- Southern Africa 0.7%
- Southern Europe 0.7%
- Europe and Northern America 0.6%
- Europe 0.6%
- Developed regions (Europe, Cyprus, Israel, Northern America, Japan, Australia & New Zealand) 0.6%
- South America 0.6%
- Eastern Africa 0.6%
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 0.6%
- Northern America 0.6%
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 0.6%
- United States of America 0.6%
- Central Asia 0.6%
- World 0.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.5%
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.5%
- Africa 0.5%
- Developing regions 0.5%
- Eastern Asia 0.5%
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 0.5%
- South-eastern Asia 0.5%
- Eastern Europe 0.5%
- Middle Africa 0.5%
- Asia 0.4%
- Oceania 0.4%
- Western Africa 0.4%
- Northern Africa 0.4%
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 0.4%
- Western Asia 0.4%
- Central and Southern Asia 0.3%
- Southern Asia 0.3%
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 0.1%