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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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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
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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