Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments
Each month, the IPU publishes rankings of the percentage of women in national parliaments.
See the monthly global and regional averages compiled on the basis of the ranking data.
Monthly rankings for 1997-2018 are available on the IPU archive site.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Ranking as of 1st March 2026
| Rank | Country | Lower or single House | Upper chamber | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elections | Seats | Women | % W | Elections | Seats | Women | % W | ||
| 1 | Rwanda | 07.2024 | 80 | 51 | 63.8 | 09.2024 | 26 | 12 | 46.2 |
| 2 | Cuba | 03.2023 | 467 | 267 | 57.2 | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Nicaragua | 11.2021 | 91 | 51 | 56.0 | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 02.2026 | 57 | 30 | 52.6 | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 08.2025 | 130 | 66 | 50.8 | 08.2025 | 36 | 21 | 58.3 |
| 6 | Mexico | 06.2024 | 500 | 252 | 50.4 | 06.2024 | 128 | 65 | 50.8 |
| 7 | Andorra | 04.2023 | 28 | 14 | 50.0 | - | - | - | - |
| “ | United Arab Emirates | 10.2023 | 40 | 20 | 50.0 | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | New Zealand | 10.2023 | 123 | 57 | 46.3 | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | Australia | 05.2025 | 150 | 69 | 46.0 | 05.2025 | 76 | 43 | 56.6 |
| “ | Iceland | 11.2024 | 63 | 29 | 46.0 | - | - | - | - |
| 12 | Cabo Verde | 04.2021 | 72 | 33 | 45.8 | - | - | - | - |
| “ | Monaco | 02.2023 | 24 | 11 | 45.8 | - | - | - | - |
| 14 | Finland | 04.2023 | 200 | 91 | 45.5 | - | - | - | - |
| 15 | South Africa | 05.2024 | 399 | 180 | 45.1 | 06.2024 | 54 | 21 | 38.9 |
| 16 | Sweden | 09.2022 | 349 | 156 | 44.7 | - | - | - | - |
| 17 | Denmark | 11.2022 | 179 | 79 | 44.1 | - | - | - | - |
| 18 | Spain | 07.2023 | 350 | 154 | 44.0 | 07.2023 | 265 | 112 | 42.3 |
| 19 | Netherlands | 10.2025 | 150 | 65 | 43.3 | 05.2023 | 75 | 32 | 42.7 |
| 20 | Ecuador | 02.2025 | 151 | 65 | 43.1 | - | - | - | - |
| 21 | Norway | 09.2025 | 169 | 72 | 42.6 | - | - | - | - |
| 22 | Namibia | 11.2024 | 104 | 44 | 42.3 | 12.2025 | 42 | 7 | 16.7 |
| 23 | Ethiopia | 06.2021 | 482 | 202 | 41.9 | 10.2021 | 145 | 43 | 29.7 |
| 24 | Peru | 04.2021 | 130 | 54 | 41.5 | - | - | - | - |
| 25 | Angola | 08.2022 | 220 | 91 | 41.4 | - | - | - | - |
| 26 | Senegal | 11.2024 | 165 | 68 | 41.2 | - | - | - | - |
| 27 | Argentina | 10.2025 | 257 | 105 | 40.9 | 10.2025 | 72 | 33 | 45.8 |
| 28 | Belgium | 06.2024 | 150 | 61 | 40.7 | 07.2024 | 59 | 31 | 52.5 |
| 29 | Dominica | 12.2022 | 32 | 13 | 40.6 | - | - | - | - |
| “ | United Kingdom | 07.2024 | 650 | 264 | 40.6 | - | 822 | 259 | 31.5 |
| 31 | Switzerland | 10.2023 | 199 | 79 | 39.7 | 10.2023 | 46 | 15 | 32.6 |
| 32 | Burundi | 06.2025 | 111 | 44 | 39.6 | 07.2025 | 13 | 6 | 46.2 |
| “ | Republic of Moldova | 09.2025 | 101 | 40 | 39.6 | - | - | - | - |
| 34 | Armenia | 06.2021 | 107 | 42 | 39.3 | - | - | - | - |
| 35 | North Macedonia | 05.2024 | 120 | 47 | 39.2 | - | - | - | - |
| “ | Uzbekistan | 10.2024 | 148 | 58 | 39.2 | 11.2024 | 59 | 16 | 27.1 |
| 37 | Mozambique | 10.2024 | 250 | 95 | 38.0 | - | - | - | - |
| 38 | Slovenia | 04.2022 | 90 | 34 | 37.8 | 11.2022 | 40 | 7 | 17.5 |
| 39 | Serbia | 12.2023 | 250 | 94 | 37.6 | - | - | - | - |
| “ | United Republic of Tanzania | 10.2025 | 391 | 147 | 37.6 | - | - | - | - |
| 41 | Dominican Republic | 05.2024 | 190 | 71 | 37.4 | 05.2024 | 32 | 4 | 12.5 |
| 42 | Latvia | 10.2022 | 100 | 37 | 37.0 | - | - | - | - |
| 43 | Portugal | 05.2025 | 230 | 84 | 36.5 | - | - | - | - |
| 44 | France | 06.2024 | 575 | 208 | 36.2 | 09.2023 | 348 | 134 | 38.5 |
| 45 | Guyana | 09.2025 | 72 | 26 | 36.1 | - | - | - | - |
| 46 | Austria | 09.2024 | 183 | 65 | 35.5 | - | 60 | 24 | 40.0 |
| 47 | Timor-Leste | 05.2023 | 65 | 23 | 35.4 | - | - | - | - |
| 48 | Luxembourg | 10.2023 | 60 | 21 | 35.0 | - | - | - | - |
| “ | San Marino | 06.2024 | 60 | 21 | 35.0 | - | - | - | - |
| 50 | Chile | 11.2025 | 155 | 54 | 34.8 | 11.2025 | 50 | 16 | 32.0 |
| 51 | Albania | 05.2025 | 140 | 48 | 34.3 | - | - | - | - |
| 52 | Belarus | 02.2024 | 109 | 37 | 33.9 | 04.2024 | 56 | 18 | 32.1 |
| “ | Cameroon | 02.2020 | 180 | 61 | 33.9 | 03.2023 | 100 | 33 | 33.0 |
| 54 | Chad | 12.2024 | 188 | 63 | 33.5 | 02.2025 | 69 | 25 | 36.2 |
| “ | Czechia | 10.2025 | 200 | 67 | 33.5 | 09.2024 | 80 | 17 | 21.3 |
| 56 | Kyrgyzstan | 11.2025 | 90 | 30 | 33.3 | - | - | - | - |
| 57 | Italy | 09.2022 | 400 | 131 | 32.8 | 09.2022 | 205 | 75 | 36.6 |
| 58 | Croatia | 04.2024 | 150 | 49 | 32.7 | - | - | - | - |
| 59 | Germany | 02.2025 | 630 | 205 | 32.5 | - | 69 | 24 | 34.8 |
| 60 | South Sudan | 05.2021 | 550 | 178 | 32.4 | 08.2021 | 84 | 27 | 32.1 |
| 61 | Singapore | 05.2025 | 99 | 32 | 32.3 | - | - | - | - |
| 62 | Liechtenstein | 02.2025 | 25 | 8 | 32.0 | - | - | - | - |
| 63 | El Salvador | 02.2024 | 60 | 19 | 31.7 | - | - | - | - |
| 64 | Viet Nam | 05.2021 | 472 | 149 | 31.6 | - | - | - | - |
| 65 | Poland | 10.2023 | 460 | 145 | 31.5 | 10.2023 | 100 | 20 | 20.0 |
| 66 | Suriname | 05.2025 | 51 | 16 | 31.4 | - | - | - | - |
| 67 | Grenada | 06.2022 | 16 | 5 | 31.3 | 08.2022 | 13 | 4 | 30.8 |
| “ | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 08.2022 | 16 | 5 | 31.3 | - | - | - | - |
| 69 | Equatorial Guinea | 11.2022 | 100 | 31 | 31.0 | 11.2022 | 69 | 17 | 24.6 |
| 70 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11.2025 | 23 | 7 | 30.4 | - | - | - | - |
| 71 | Uruguay | 10.2024 | 99 | 30 | 30.3 | 10.2024 | 31 | 8 | 25.8 |
| 72 | Jamaica | 09.2025 | 63 | 19 | 30.2 | 09.2025 | 21 | 8 | 38.1 |
| 73 | Mali | 12.2020 | 133 | 40 | 30.1 | - | - | - | - |
| “ | Zimbabwe | 08.2023 | 279 | 84 | 30.1 | 08.2023 | 79 | 35 | 44.3 |
| 75 | Canada | 04.2025 | 340 | 102 | 30.0 | - | 98 | 54 | 55.1 |
| 76 | Estonia | 03.2023 | 101 | 30 | 29.7 | - | - | - | - |
| “ | Honduras | 11.2025 | 128 | 38 | 29.7 | - | - | - | - |
| “ | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 02.2026 | 175 | 52 | 29.7 | - | - | - | - |
| 79 | Guinea | 01.2022 | 81 | 24 | 29.6 | - | - | - | - |
| 80 | Colombia | 03.2022 | 187 | 55 | 29.4 | 03.2022 | 106 | 34 | 32.1 |
| 81 | Malta | 03.2022 | 79 | 23 | 29.1 | - | - | - | - |
| 82 | Barbados | 02.2026 | 31 | 9 | 29.0 | 02.2026 | 21 | 7 | 33.3 |
| “ | Tajikistan | 03.2025 | 62 | 18 | 29.0 | 03.2025 | 31 | 10 | 32.3 |
| 84 | United States of America | 11.2024 | 432 | 124 | 28.7 | 11.2024 | 100 | 26 | 26.0 |
| 85 | Lithuania | 10.2024 | 141 | 40 | 28.4 | - | - | - | - |
| 86 | Philippines | 05.2025 | 318 | 90 | 28.3 | 05.2025 | 24 | 5 | 20.8 |
| 87 | Sierra Leone | 06.2023 | 149 | 42 | 28.2 | - | - | - | - |
| 88 | Montenegro | 06.2023 | 81 | 22 | 27.2 | - | - | - | - |
| 89 | Egypt | 11.2025 | 596 | 160 | 26.9 | 08.2025 | 300 | 32 | 10.7 |
| 90 | China | 03.2023 | 2977 | 790 | 26.5 | - | - | - | - |
| “ | Seychelles | 09.2025 | 34 | 9 | 26.5 | - | - | - | - |
| 92 | Djibouti | 02.2023 | 65 | 17 | 26.2 | - | - | - | - |
| 93 | Israel | 11.2022 | 120 | 31 | 25.8 | - | - | - | - |
| 94 | Benin | 01.2026 | 109 | 28 | 25.7 | - | - | - | - |
| 95 | Iraq | 11.2025 | 329 | 84 | 25.5 | - | - | - | - |
| 96 | Mongolia | 06.2024 | 126 | 32 | 25.4 | - | - | - | - |
| “ | Turkmenistan | 03.2023 | 122 | 31 | 25.4 | - | - | - | - |
| 98 | Bulgaria | 10.2024 | 240 | 60 | 25.0 | - | - | - | - |
| “ | Ireland | 11.2024 | 172 | 43 | 25.0 | 01.2025 | 60 | 27 | 45.0 |
| “ | Lesotho | 10.2022 | 120 | 30 | 25.0 | 11.2022 | 33 | 7 | 21.2 |
| “ | Palau | 11.2024 | 16 | 4 | 25.0 | 11.2024 | 15 | 2 | 13.3 |
| 102 | Morocco | 09.2021 | 395 | 96 | 24.3 | 10.2021 | 120 | 14 | 11.7 |
| 103 | Greece | 06.2023 | 297 | 71 | 23.9 | - | - | - | - |
| 104 | Paraguay | 04.2023 | 80 | 19 | 23.8 | 04.2023 | 45 | 9 | 20.0 |
| “ | Trinidad and Tobago | 04.2025 | 42 | 10 | 23.8 | 05.2025 | 31 | 8 | 25.8 |
| 106 | Mauritania | 05.2023 | 176 | 41 | 23.3 | - | - | - | - |
| 107 | Kenya | 08.2022 | 348 | 80 | 23.0 | 08.2022 | 67 | 21 | 31.3 |
| 108 | Romania | 12.2024 | 330 | 75 | 22.7 | 12.2024 | 133 | 28 | 21.1 |
| 109 | Indonesia | 02.2024 | 580 | 129 | 22.2 | - | - | - | - |
| 110 | Slovakia | 09.2023 | 150 | 33 | 22.0 | - | - | - | - |
| 111 | Pakistan | 02.2024 | 332 | 72 | 21.7 | 04.2024 | 96 | 18 | 18.8 |
| “ | Panama | 05.2024 | 69 | 15 | 21.7 | - | - | - | - |
| 113 | Gabon | 09.2025 | 139 | 30 | 21.6 | 11.2025 | 70 | 17 | 24.3 |
| “ | Togo | 04.2024 | 111 | 24 | 21.6 | 02.2025 | 59 | 15 | 25.4 |
| 115 | Malawi | 09.2025 | 224 | 48 | 21.4 | - | - | - | - |
| “ | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 03.2025 | 14 | 3 | 21.4 | - | - | - | - |
| 117 | Ukraine | 07.2019 | 393 | 83 | 21.1 | - | - | - | - |
| 118 | Azerbaijan | 09.2024 | 125 | 26 | 20.8 | - | - | - | - |
| “ | Republic of Korea | 04.2024 | 298 | 62 | 20.8 | - | - | - | - |
| 120 | Eswatini | 09.2023 | 74 | 15 | 20.3 | 11.2023 | 30 | 14 | 46.7 |
| 121 | Bahrain | 11.2022 | 40 | 8 | 20.0 | 11.2022 | 40 | 10 | 25.0 |
| “ | Guatemala | 06.2023 | 160 | 32 | 20.0 | - | - | - | - |
| 123 | Saudi Arabia | 09.2024 | 151 | 30 | 19.9 | - | - | - | - |
| “ | Türkiye | 05.2023 | 592 | 118 | 19.9 | - | - | - | - |
| 125 | Thailand | 02.2026 | 499 | 99 | 19.8 | 06.2024 | 200 | 45 | 22.5 |
| 126 | Jordan | 09.2024 | 138 | 27 | 19.6 | 10.2024 | 69 | 10 | 14.5 |
| “ | Niger | 05.2025 | 194 | 38 | 19.6 | - | - | - | - |
| 128 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10.2022 | 42 | 8 | 19.1 | 02.2023 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 129 | Somalia | 11.2021 | 274 | 52 | 19.0 | 07.2021 | 54 | 14 | 25.9 |
| 130 | Burkina Faso | 11.2022 | 71 | 13 | 18.3 | - | - | - | - |
| 131 | Comoros | 01.2025 | 33 | 6 | 18.2 | - | - | - | - |
| 132 | Bahamas | 09.2021 | 39 | 7 | 18.0 | 10.2021 | 16 | 6 | 37.5 |
| 133 | Mauritius | 11.2024 | 67 | 12 | 17.9 | - | - | - | - |
| “ | Russian Federation | 09.2021 | 435 | 78 | 17.9 | - | 164 | 32 | 19.5 |
| 135 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 03.2019 | 687 | 121 | 17.6 | - | - | - | - |
| 136 | Kazakhstan | 03.2023 | 98 | 17 | 17.4 | 01.2023 | 50 | 10 | 20.0 |
| 137 | Brazil | 10.2022 | 513 | 88 | 17.2 | 10.2022 | 81 | 15 | 18.5 |
| 138 | Georgia | 10.2024 | 101 | 17 | 16.8 | - | - | - | - |
| 139 | Libya | 06.2014 | 170 | 28 | 16.5 | - | - | - | - |
| 140 | Madagascar | 05.2024 | 163 | 26 | 16.0 | 12.2020 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 141 | Tunisia | 12.2022 | 152 | 24 | 15.8 | 04.2024 | 77 | 10 | 13.0 |
| 142 | Hungary | 04.2022 | 199 | 31 | 15.6 | - | - | - | - |
| 143 | Zambia | 08.2021 | 167 | 25 | 15.0 | - | - | - | - |
| 144 | Congo | 07.2022 | 151 | 22 | 14.6 | 08.2023 | 72 | 23 | 31.9 |
| “ | Japan | 02.2026 | 465 | 68 | 14.6 | 07.2025 | 248 | 74 | 29.8 |
| “ | Sao Tome and Principe | 09.2022 | 55 | 8 | 14.6 | - | - | - | - |
| 147 | Ghana | 12.2024 | 276 | 40 | 14.5 | - | - | - | - |
| 148 | Cyprus | 05.2021 | 56 | 8 | 14.3 | - | - | - | - |
| 149 | India | 04.2024 | 542 | 75 | 13.8 | 01.2024 | 243 | 41 | 16.9 |
| 150 | Cambodia | 07.2023 | 125 | 17 | 13.6 | 02.2024 | 62 | 12 | 19.4 |
| “ | Malaysia | 11.2022 | 221 | 30 | 13.6 | - | 58 | 10 | 17.2 |
| 152 | Côte d'Ivoire | 12.2025 | 253 | 34 | 13.4 | 09.2023 | 98 | 24 | 24.5 |
| 153 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 12.2023 | 500 | 64 | 12.8 | 04.2024 | 109 | 17 | 15.6 |
| 154 | Belize | 03.2025 | 32 | 4 | 12.5 | 05.2025 | 14 | 5 | 35.7 |
| 155 | Marshall Islands | 11.2023 | 33 | 4 | 12.1 | - | - | - | - |
| 156 | Brunei Darussalam | 01.2023 | 35 | 4 | 11.4 | - | - | - | - |
| “ | Central African Republic | 12.2025 | 140 | 16 | 11.4 | - | - | - | - |
| 158 | Kiribati | 08.2024 | 45 | 5 | 11.1 | - | - | - | - |
| 159 | Liberia | 10.2023 | 73 | 8 | 11.0 | 10.2023 | 30 | 3 | 10.0 |
| 160 | Nauru | 10.2025 | 19 | 2 | 10.5 | - | - | - | - |
| “ | Saint Lucia | 12.2025 | 19 | 2 | 10.5 | 12.2025 | 11 | 6 | 54.6 |
| 162 | Samoa | 08.2025 | 51 | 5 | 9.8 | - | - | - | - |
| “ | Sri Lanka | 11.2024 | 225 | 22 | 9.8 | - | - | - | - |
| 164 | Fiji | 12.2022 | 55 | 5 | 9.1 | - | - | - | - |
| 165 | Botswana | 10.2024 | 67 | 6 | 9.0 | - | - | - | - |
| 166 | Gambia (The) | 04.2022 | 58 | 5 | 8.6 | - | - | - | - |
| 167 | Algeria | 06.2021 | 407 | 32 | 7.9 | 03.2025 | 164 | 4 | 2.4 |
| 168 | Lebanon | 05.2022 | 128 | 8 | 6.3 | - | - | - | - |
| 169 | Qatar | 10.2025 | 49 | 3 | 6.1 | - | - | - | - |
| 170 | Solomon Islands | 04.2024 | 50 | 3 | 6.0 | - | - | - | - |
| 171 | Antigua and Barbuda | 01.2023 | 17 | 1 | 5.9 | 02.2023 | 17 | 7 | 41.2 |
| 172 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 03.2024 | 285 | 14 | 4.9 | - | - | - | - |
| “ | Syrian Arab Republic | 10.2025 | 122 | 6 | 4.9 | - | - | - | - |
| 174 | Bhutan | 01.2024 | 47 | 2 | 4.3 | 04.2023 | 25 | 3 | 12.0 |
| 175 | Nigeria | 02.2023 | 356 | 15 | 4.2 | 02.2023 | 107 | 4 | 3.7 |
| 176 | Tonga | 11.2025 | 27 | 1 | 3.7 | - | - | - | - |
| 177 | Maldives | 04.2024 | 93 | 3 | 3.2 | - | - | - | - |
| 178 | Papua New Guinea | 07.2022 | 111 | 3 | 2.7 | - | - | - | - |
| 179 | Bangladesh | 02.2026 | 296 | 7 | 2.4 | - | - | - | - |
| 180 | Vanuatu | 01.2025 | 52 | 1 | 1.9 | - | - | - | - |
| 181 | Oman | 10.2023 | 90 | 0 | 0.0 | 11.2023 | 87 | 18 | 20.7 |
| “ | Tuvalu | 01.2024 | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | - | - | - | - |
| “ | Yemen | 04.2003 | 245 | 0 | 0.0 | 04.2001 | 90 | 1 | 1.1 |
| Eritrea | 02.1994 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Guinea-Bissau | 12.2025 | 66 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Haiti | 08.2015 | - | - | - | 11.2016 | - | - | - | |
| Nepal | 11.2022 | - | - | - | 01.2026 | 57 | 22 | 38.6 | |
| Uganda | 01.2026 | 556 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 05.2025 | 285 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Suspended | Afghanistan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Suspended | Kuwait | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Suspended | Myanmar | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Suspended | Sudan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes :
- The data in this table have been compiled by the Inter-Parliamentary Union on the basis of information provided by national parliaments.
- Parliaments are classified according to the percentage of seats held by women in lower or single parliamentary chambers.
- The figures correspond to the number of seats filled in parliament at the given time. The ranking may evolve over time based on updates received from national parliaments.
- When countries appear at the bottom of the table with no ranking number, it means that data on the number of women in the single or lower parliamentary chambers are temporarily unavailable. This is usually the case when elections have taken place recently and the official results have not yet been published. Once the data on the number of women become available, the ranking is updated accordingly.
- South Africa: The figures on the distribution of seats in the Upper House do not include the 36 special rotating delegates appointed on an ad hoc basis; the Upper House percentage is therefore calculated on the basis of the 54 permanent seats.