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Table 6a. Women in Parliament
Last update: June 2011
 
 
Country or area
1995
2000
2005
2007
2008
2009
2010
Afghanistan
...
...
...
27
28
28
28
Albania
6
5
...
7
7
7
16
Algeria
7
3
6
7
8
8
8
Andorra
4
7
29
29
25
36
36
Angola
10
16
15
15
15
37
39
Antigua and Barbuda
5
5
11
11
11
11
11
Argentina
22
27
34
35
40
42
39
Armenia
...
3
5
9
9
8
9
Australia
10
22
25
25
27
27
25
Austria
24
27
34
32
33
28
28
Azerbaijan
2
12
11
11
11
11
16
Bahamas
8
15
20
12
12
12
12
Bahrain
...
...
0
3
3
3
3
Bangladesh
11
9
2
15
   a
...
   b
19
19
Barbados
11
11
13
13
10
10
10
Belarus
...
5
29
29
29
32
32
Belgium
12
23
35
35
35
35
39
Belize
3
7
7
7
0
0
0
Benin
8
6
7
8
11
11
11
Bhutan
0
2
9
3
9
9
9
Bolivia
11
12
19
17
17
17
25
Bosnia and Herzegovina
4
29
17
14
12
12
17
Botswana
9
17
11
11
11
8
8
Brazil
7
6
9
9
9
9
9
Bulgaria
13
11
22
22
22
21
21
Burkina Faso
4
8
12
12
15
15
15
Burundi
...
14
31
31
31
31
32
Cambodia
6
7
10
10
10
21
21
Cameroon
12
6
9
...
14
14
14
Canada
18
20
21
21
21
22
22
Cape Verde
8
11
11
15
18
18
18
Central African Republic
4
7
...
11
11
11
10
Chad
16
2
7
7
5
5
5
Chile
8
11
13
15
15
15
14
China
21
22
20
20
21
21
21
Colombia
11
12
12
8
8
8
8
   c
Comoros
0
...
3
3
3
3
3
Congo
2
12
9
...
7
7
7
Costa Rica
14
19
35
39
37
37
39
Cote d'Ivoire
5
...
9
9
9
9
9
Croatia
6
21
22
22
21
21
24
Cuba
23
28
36
36
43
43
43
Cyprus
4
7
16
14
14
14
13
Czech Republic
10
15
17
16
16
16
22
Democratic People's Rep. of Korea
20
20
20
20
20
16
16
Democratic Republic of the Congo
5
...
12
8
8
8
8
Denmark
33
37
37
37
38
38
38
Djibouti
0
0
11
11
14
14
14
Dominica
9
...
10
13
19
19
19
Dominican Republic
12
16
17
20
20
20
21
Ecuador
4
15
16
25
25
32
32
Egypt
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
   d
El Salvador
11
...
11
17
17
19
19
Equatorial Guinea
8
5
18
18
6
10
10
Eritrea
21
15
22
22
22
22
22
Estonia
13
18
19
22
21
21
23
Ethiopia
5
...
...
22
22
22
28
Fiji
4
...
9
...
...
...
0
   e
Finland
34
37
38
42
42
42
40
France
6
11
12
19
18
18
19
Gabon
6
9
9
13
17
17
15
Gambia
...
2
13
9
9
9
8
Georgia
6
7
9
9
6
5
7
Germany
26
31
33
32
32
33
33
Ghana
8
9
11
11
11
8
8
Greece
6
...
13
13
15
17
17
Grenada
20
27
27
27
13
13
13
Guatemala
8
9
8
8
12
12
12
Guinea
7
9
19
19
19
...
0
   e,f
Guinea-Bissau
10
8
14
14
14
10
10
Guyana
20
19
31
29
29
30
30
Haiti
...
...
4
4
4
4
4
   e
Honduras
7
9
6
23
23
23
18
Hungary
11
8
9
10
11
11
9
Iceland
25
35
30
32
33
43
43
India
8
9
8
8
9
11
11
Indonesia
12
8
11
11
12
18
18
Iran (Islamic Rep. of)
3
3
4
4
3
3
3
Iraq
11
8
32
26
26
26
25
Ireland
13
12
13
13
13
13
14
Israel
9
13
15
14
14
18
19
Italy
15
11
12
17
21
21
21
Jamaica
12
13
12
12
13
13
13
Japan
3
7
7
9
9
11
11
Jordan
1
0
6
6
6
6
11
Kazakhstan
...
10
10
10
16
16
18
Kenya
3
4
7
7
9
10
10
Kiribati
0
5
5
7
4
4
4
Kuwait
0
0
2
3
   g
3
   h
8
8
Kyrgyzstan
5
2
3
0
26
26
23
Lao People's Democratic Republic
9
21
23
25
25
25
25
Latvia
15
17
21
19
20
20
20
Lebanon
2
2
5
5
5
3
3
Lesotho
5
4
12
24
25
24
24
Liberia
6
8
5
13
13
13
13
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
...
...
5
8
8
8
8
Liechtenstein
8
4
24
24
24
24
24
Lithuania
7
18
22
25
23
18
19
Luxembourg
20
17
23
23
23
20
20
Madagascar
4
8
7
7
8
...
13
Malawi
6
8
14
14
13
21
21
Malaysia
8
10
9
9
11
11
10
Maldives
6
6
12
12
12
7
7
Mali
2
12
10
10
10
10
10
Malta
2
9
9
9
9
9
9
Marshall Islands
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Mauritania
0
4
4
18
22
22
22
Mauritius
3
8
17
17
17
17
19
Mexico
14
...
24
23
23
28
26
Micronesia (Fed. States of)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Monaco
6
22
21
21
25
25
26
Mongolia
4
...
7
7
3
4
4
Montenegro
...
...
...
9
11
6
11
Morocco
1
1
11
11
11
11
11
Mozambique
25
30
35
35
35
35
39
Namibia
18
25
27
27
27
27
24
Nauru
...
...
0
0
0
0
0
Nepal
...
6
6
17
33
33
33
Netherlands
31
36
37
37
39
41
41
New Zealand
21
31
28
32
33
34
34
Nicaragua
16
10
21
19
19
19
21
Niger
4
1
12
12
12
10
0
   e
Nigeria
...
3
6
...
7
7
7
Norway
39
36
38
38
36
39
40
Oman
...
...
2
2
0
0
0
Pakistan
2
...
21
21
23
23
22
Palau
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Panama
8
10
17
17
17
9
9
Papua New Guinea
0
2
1
...
1
1
1
Paraguay
3
3
10
10
13
13
13
Peru
10
...
18
29
29
28
28
Philippines
9
11
15
23
21
18
21
Poland
13
13
20
20
20
20
20
Portugal
9
17
21
21
28
27
27
Qatar
...
...
...
0
0
0
0
Republic of Korea
2
4
13
13
14
14
15
Republic of Moldova
5
9
...
22
22
26
24
   e
Romania
4
7
11
11
9
11
11
Russian Federation
13
8
10
10
14
14
14
Rwanda
17
17
49
49
49
56
56
Saint Kitts and Nevis
0
13
0
0
7
7
7
Saint Lucia
0
11
11
6
   i
11
11
11
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
10
5
23
18
18
18
22
Samoa
4
8
6
6
8
8
8
San Marino
12
13
17
12
12
15
17
Sao Tome and Principe
7
9
9
7
2
7
18
Saudi Arabia
...
...
0
0
0
0
0
Senegal
12
12
19
22
22
22
23
Serbia
3
...
...
20
22
22
22
Seychelles
27
24
29
24
24
24
24
Sierra Leone
...
9
15
15
13
13
13
Singapore
4
4
16
25
25
25
23
Slovakia
15
14
17
19
19
19
15
Slovenia
14
10
12
12
12
13
14
Solomon Islands
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
Somalia
...
...
8
8
8
6
7
South Africa
25
30
33
33
33
45
45
Spain
16
28
36
36
36
36
37
Sri Lanka
5
5
5
5
6
6
5
Sudan
8
...
10
18
18
18
26
Suriname
6
...
20
26
26
26
10
Swaziland
3
3
11
11
11
14
14
Sweden
40
43
45
47
47
47
45
Switzerland
18
23
25
25
29
29
29
Syrian Arab Republic
10
10
12
12
12
12
12
Tajikistan
3
15
18
18
18
18
19
Thailand
6
5
11
9
12
12
13
TFYR of Macedonia
3
7
19
28
32
28
33
Timor-Leste
...
...
25
28
29
29
29
Togo
1
5
7
9
11
11
11
Tonga
3
0
3
3
3
3
0
   j
Trinidad and Tobago
19
11
19
19
27
27
29
Tunisia
7
12
23
23
23
28
28
Turkey
2
4
4
9
9
9
9
Turkmenistan
18
26
16
16
16
17
17
Tuvalu
...
0
0
0
0
0
0
Uganda
17
18
24
30
31
31
32
Ukraine
4
8
5
9
8
8
8
United Arab Emirates
0
0
0
23
23
23
23
United Kingdom
10
18
20
20
20
20
22
United Republic of Tanzania
11
16
21
30
30
30
31
   e
United States of America
11
13
15
16
17
17
17
   k
Uruguay
7
12
11
11
12
14
15
Uzbekistan
6
7
18
18
18
18
22
Vanuatu
2
0
4
4
4
4
4
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
6
29
10
19
19
19
18
   e
Viet Nam
18
26
27
26
26
26
26
Yemen
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Zambia
7
10
13
15
15
15
14
Zimbabwe
15
...
17
17
13
15
15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sources:

Inter-Parliamentary Union. Women in National Parliaments. Situation as of 31 May 2010, available from IPU website,

http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/classif-arc.htm (accessed June 2011).

 

Footnotes:

 

…
 Data not available.
a
 Bangladesh: In 2004, the number of seats in parliament was raised from 300 to 345, with the addition of 45 reserved seats for women. These reserved seats were filled in September and October 2005, being allocated to political parties in proportion to their share of the national vote received in the 2001 election.
b
 Bangladesh: The parliament was dissolved on 27 October 2006. Women held 52 of the 345 seats (15%) in the outgoing parliament.
c
 Refers to data as of 31 January 2010.
d
 Refers to data as of 31 October 2010.
e
 Refers to data as of 31 May 2010.
f
 Guinea: The parliament was dissolved following the December 2008 coup.
g
 Kuwait: No woman candidate was elected in the 2006 elections. One woman was appointed to the 16-member cabinet sworn in in July 2006. A new cabinet sworn in in March 2007 included two women. As cabinet ministers also sit in parliament, there are two women out of a total of 65 members.
h
 Kuwait: No woman candidate was elected in the 2008 elections. Two women were appointed to the 16-member cabinet sworn in in June 2008. As cabinet ministers also sit in parliament, there are two women out of a total of 65 members.
i
 Saint Lucia: No woman was elected in the 2006 elections. However one woman was appointed Speaker of the House and therefore became a member of the House.
j
 Tonga: No women were elected in 2008, however one woman was appointed to the Cabinet. As cabinet ministers also sit in parliament, there is one woman out of a total of 32 members.
k
 United States of America: The total refers to all voting members of the House.

 

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Technical notes:

The percentage of parliamentary seats occupied by women is calculated for the lower chamber in countries with a bicameral assembly only. Data for 1995, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 are based on the sex distribution as of 1 July 1995, 15 July 2000, and 31 July 2005, 2007, 2008, 30 November 2009 and 2010 respectively. The numbers shown reflect changes, if any, after the most recent election prior to those dates, such as results of by-election or replacements following a parliamentarian's resignation or death.