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Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament by country

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.

Countries reporting
171
Highest
1.58 ratio
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
0 ratio
Yemen
Median
0.52 ratio
Years covered
6
2021–2026
Data points
1,016

What the numbers show

Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament is currently reported for 171 countries. The highest value is 1.58 ratio in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 0 ratio in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.52 ratio, and the mean is 0.5206 ratio.

Over the past decade 96 countries rose and 60 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 225.0%), and the largest decrease in Oman (down 100.0%).

Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United Arab Emirates 1.58 ratio 2026 down 17.3% falling
2 Rwanda 1.21 ratio 2026 up 2.5% flat
3 Cuba 1.12 ratio 2026 up 6.7% rising
4 Nicaragua 1.06 ratio 2026 up 14.0% rising
5 Bolivia 1.01 ratio 2026 up 9.8% rising
6 Costa Rica 0.96 ratio 2026 up 6.7% rising
6 Mexico 0.96 ratio 2026 up 4.3% flat
8 Iceland 0.94 ratio 2026 up 19.0% rising
9 Cape Verde 0.93 ratio 2026 up 75.5% rising
10 Australia 0.9 ratio 2026 up 47.5% rising
10 New Zealand 0.9 ratio 2026 down 4.3% falling
10 Sweden 0.9 ratio 2026 down 4.3% flat
13 Finland 0.89 ratio 2026 down 1.1% flat
14 Denmark 0.87 ratio 2026 up 11.5% rising
15 Spain 0.86 ratio 2026 unchanged flat
15 Netherlands 0.86 ratio 2026 up 30.3% rising
15 South Africa 0.86 ratio 2026 down 3.4% flat
18 Ecuador 0.85 ratio 2026 up 9.0% rising
18 Norway 0.85 ratio 2026 down 4.5% flat
20 Ethiopia 0.83 ratio 2026 up 7.8% rising
21 Peru 0.82 ratio 2026 up 57.7% rising
21 Senegal 0.82 ratio 2026 up 2.5% flat
23 Angola 0.81 ratio 2026 up 39.7% rising
23 Namibia 0.81 ratio 2026 down 3.6% falling
25 Argentina 0.8 ratio 2026 down 1.2% flat
26 Belgium 0.79 ratio 2026 down 3.7% falling
27 Switzerland 0.78 ratio 2026 down 6.0% falling
27 Uzbekistan 0.78 ratio 2026 up 21.9% rising
29 Burundi 0.77 ratio 2026 up 4.1% flat
30 Slovenia 0.76 ratio 2026 up 43.4% rising
31 North Macedonia 0.75 ratio 2026 down 3.8% falling
32 Dominican Republic 0.73 ratio 2026 up 32.7% rising
32 Tanzania 0.73 ratio 2026 up 1.4% flat
34 Moldova 0.71 ratio 2026 up 51.1% rising
34 Mozambique 0.71 ratio 2026 down 11.2% falling
34 Serbia 0.71 ratio 2026 down 6.6% falling
34 East Timor 0.71 ratio 2026 down 7.8% falling
38 Armenia 0.7 ratio 2026 up 70.7% rising
38 Luxembourg 0.7 ratio 2026 up 9.4% rising
40 Austria 0.69 ratio 2026 down 11.5% falling
40 Chile 0.69 ratio 2026 up 56.8% rising
40 France 0.69 ratio 2026 down 8.0% falling
40 Equatorial Guinea 0.69 ratio 2026 up 19.0% rising
40 Guyana 0.69 ratio 2026 down 2.8% flat
40 Portugal 0.69 ratio 2026 down 8.0% falling
46 Albania 0.67 ratio 2026 up 13.6% rising
46 Cameroon 0.67 ratio 2026 unchanged flat
46 Latvia 0.67 ratio 2026 up 28.8% rising
46 Singapore 0.67 ratio 2026 up 8.1% rising
50 Chad 0.66 ratio 2026 up 120.0% rising
50 Uganda 0.66 ratio 2026 down 1.5% flat
52 Czechia 0.65 ratio 2026 up 44.4% rising
53 Germany 0.64 ratio 2026 up 3.2% flat
53 Kyrgyzstan 0.64 ratio 2026 up 93.9% rising
55 Italy 0.63 ratio 2026 down 7.4% falling
56 Belarus 0.62 ratio 2026 down 15.1% falling
56 Grenada 0.62 ratio 2026 down 33.3% falling
56 Croatia 0.62 ratio 2026 up 5.1% rising
56 Nepal 0.62 ratio 2025 — rising
56 South Sudan 0.62 ratio 2026 up 10.7% rising
56 Suriname 0.62 ratio 2026 up 6.9% rising
56 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.62 ratio 2026 up 67.6% rising
63 Mali 0.61 ratio 2026 up 13.0% rising
63 Malta 0.61 ratio 2026 up 125.9% rising
63 Seychelles 0.61 ratio 2026 up 29.8% rising
63 Vietnam 0.61 ratio 2026 up 17.3% rising
67 Bahrain 0.6 ratio 2026 up 20.0% rising
67 Canada 0.6 ratio 2026 up 3.4% flat
67 Poland 0.6 ratio 2026 up 11.1% rising
70 Honduras 0.59 ratio 2026 up 43.9% rising
70 Jamaica 0.59 ratio 2026 up 5.4% flat
70 Saudi Arabia 0.59 ratio 2026 up 9.3% rising
73 Colombia 0.57 ratio 2026 up 58.3% rising
73 Guinea 0.57 ratio 2026 up 83.9% falling
73 El Salvador 0.57 ratio 2026 down 3.4% flat
73 Uruguay 0.57 ratio 2026 up 23.9% rising
73 United States 0.57 ratio 2026 up 7.5% rising
78 Philippines 0.56 ratio 2026 up 1.8% flat
78 Sierra Leone 0.56 ratio 2026 up 124.0% rising
78 Tajikistan 0.56 ratio 2026 up 19.1% rising
81 Estonia 0.55 ratio 2026 up 5.8% rising
82 Egypt 0.54 ratio 2026 unchanged flat
82 Zimbabwe 0.54 ratio 2026 down 6.9% falling
84 China 0.53 ratio 2026 up 3.9% rising
84 Lithuania 0.53 ratio 2026 up 6.0% rising
86 Benin 0.52 ratio 2026 up 225.0% volatile
87 Djibouti 0.51 ratio 2026 down 7.3% falling
87 Israel 0.51 ratio 2026 down 1.9% falling
87 Montenegro 0.51 ratio 2026 up 6.2% flat
90 Barbados 0.5 ratio 2026 up 31.6% rising
90 Iraq 0.5 ratio 2026 down 3.8% flat
92 Ireland 0.49 ratio 2026 up 11.4% rising
92 Morocco 0.49 ratio 2026 up 22.5% rising
92 Mongolia 0.49 ratio 2026 up 48.5% rising
95 Bulgaria 0.48 ratio 2026 down 7.7% falling
95 Lesotho 0.48 ratio 2026 up 4.3% flat
95 Turkmenistan 0.48 ratio 2026 unchanged flat
98 Paraguay 0.47 ratio 2026 up 56.7% rising
98 Trinidad and Tobago 0.47 ratio 2026 down 7.8% flat
100 Greece 0.45 ratio 2026 up 7.1% rising
100 Kenya 0.45 ratio 2026 up 7.1% rising
102 Indonesia 0.44 ratio 2026 up 4.8% flat
102 Laos 0.44 ratio 2026 down 20.0% falling
102 Mauritania 0.44 ratio 2026 up 10.0% rising
102 Pakistan 0.44 ratio 2026 up 7.3% flat
106 Panama 0.43 ratio 2026 down 4.4% falling
106 Romania 0.43 ratio 2026 up 22.9% rising
106 Togo 0.43 ratio 2026 up 16.2% flat
109 Slovak Republic 0.42 ratio 2026 down 4.5% flat
110 Micronesia (country) 0.41 ratio 2026 — volatile
110 Jordan 0.41 ratio 2026 up 78.3% rising
110 Korea 0.41 ratio 2026 up 7.9% rising
110 Malawi 0.41 ratio 2026 down 6.8% falling
114 Türkiye 0.4 ratio 2026 up 21.2% rising
115 Azerbaijan 0.39 ratio 2026 up 11.4% rising
115 Guatemala 0.39 ratio 2026 up 5.4% rising
115 Eswatini 0.39 ratio 2026 up 105.3% rising
115 Ukraine 0.39 ratio 2026 up 2.6% flat
119 Somalia 0.37 ratio 2026 down 22.9% falling
119 Thailand 0.37 ratio 2026 up 23.3% rising
121 Burkina Faso 0.36 ratio 2026 up 200.0% rising
121 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.36 ratio 2026 down 29.4% falling
121 Comoros 0.36 ratio 2026 up 9.1% rising
121 Mauritius 0.36 ratio 2026 down 7.7% falling
125 Bahamas 0.34 ratio 2026 up 36.0% rising
125 North Korea 0.34 ratio 2026 unchanged flat
127 Brazil 0.33 ratio 2026 up 13.8% rising
127 Kazakhstan 0.33 ratio 2026 down 35.3% falling
127 Libya 0.33 ratio 2026 up 3.1% flat
127 Russia 0.33 ratio 2026 up 13.8% rising
131 Madagascar 0.32 ratio 2026 down 8.6% falling
132 Tunisia 0.31 ratio 2026 down 39.2% falling
133 Georgia 0.3 ratio 2026 down 21.1% falling
133 Hungary 0.3 ratio 2026 up 25.0% rising
133 Japan 0.3 ratio 2026 up 57.9% rising
136 Congo 0.29 ratio 2026 up 31.8% rising
136 Cyprus 0.29 ratio 2026 down 31.0% falling
136 Ghana 0.29 ratio 2026 unchanged flat
136 Malaysia 0.29 ratio 2026 down 6.5% falling
136 Sao Tome and Principe 0.29 ratio 2026 down 38.3% falling
136 Zambia 0.29 ratio 2026 down 9.4% falling
142 India 0.28 ratio 2026 down 6.7% falling
143 Cote d'Ivoire 0.27 ratio 2026 up 17.4% rising
144 Cambodia 0.26 ratio 2026 down 36.6% falling
145 Belize 0.25 ratio 2026 unchanged rising
145 Brunei 0.25 ratio 2026 up 31.6% rising
145 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.25 ratio 2026 unchanged flat
148 Kiribati 0.21 ratio 2026 up 61.5% rising
148 Liberia 0.21 ratio 2026 down 4.5% falling
148 Saint Lucia 0.21 ratio 2026 down 36.4% falling
151 Central African Republic 0.2 ratio 2026 up 17.6% flat
152 Guinea-Bissau 0.19 ratio 2025 — falling
152 Sri Lanka 0.19 ratio 2026 up 90.0% rising
152 Samoa 0.19 ratio 2026 down 9.5% rising
155 Botswana 0.18 ratio 2026 down 10.0% falling
155 Fiji 0.18 ratio 2026 down 58.1% falling
155 Qatar 0.18 ratio 2025 — falling
158 Gambia 0.17 ratio 2026 unchanged flat
159 Algeria 0.16 ratio 2026 down 69.2% volatile
160 Lebanon 0.12 ratio 2026 up 33.3% rising
160 Solomon Islands 0.12 ratio 2026 down 25.0% falling
162 Antigua and Barbuda 0.11 ratio 2026 down 47.6% falling
163 Iran 0.1 ratio 2026 down 9.1% falling
164 Bhutan 0.09 ratio 2026 down 72.7% falling
164 Maldives 0.09 ratio 2026 down 35.7% falling
166 Nigeria 0.08 ratio 2026 up 14.3% rising
167 Tonga 0.07 ratio 2026 down 50.0% falling
168 Papua New Guinea 0.05 ratio 2026 — volatile
169 Vanuatu 0.04 ratio 2026 — volatile
170 Oman 0 ratio 2026 down 100.0% volatile
170 Yemen 0 ratio 2026 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament
Unit
ratio
Source
Inter-Parliamentary Union – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
171 places, 1,016 data points, 2021–2026
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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.