|
Statistics
and indicators on women and men |
|
| |
|
| Table 6a. Women in Parliament |
Last update: December 2008 |
| Country or area |
|
Afghanistan |
... |
|
... |
|
... |
|
27 |
|
27 |
|
28 |
|
| Albania |
6 |
|
5 |
|
... |
|
7 |
|
7 |
|
7 |
|
| Algeria |
7 |
|
3 |
|
6 |
|
6 |
|
7 |
|
8 |
|
| Andorra |
4 |
|
7 |
|
29 |
|
29 |
|
29 |
|
25 |
|
| Angola |
10 |
|
16 |
|
15 |
|
15 |
|
15 |
|
15 |
|
| Antigua and Barbuda |
5 |
|
5 |
|
11 |
|
11 |
|
11 |
|
11 |
|
| Argentina |
22 |
|
27 |
|
34 |
|
35 |
|
35 |
|
40 |
|
| Armenia |
... |
|
3 |
|
5 |
|
5 |
|
9 |
|
9 |
|
| Australia |
10 |
|
22 |
|
25 |
|
25 |
|
25 |
|
27 |
|
| Austria |
24 |
|
27 |
|
34 |
|
34 |
|
32 |
|
33 |
|
| Azerbaijan |
2 |
|
12 |
|
11 |
|
11 |
|
11 |
|
11 |
|
| Bahamas |
8 |
|
15 |
|
20 |
|
20 |
|
12 |
|
12 |
|
| Bahrain |
... |
|
... |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
| Bangladesh |
11 |
|
9 |
|
2 |
|
15 |
|
15 |
|
… |
|
| Barbados |
11 |
|
11 |
|
13 |
|
13 |
|
13 |
|
10 |
|
| Belarus |
... |
|
5 |
|
29 |
|
29 |
|
29 |
|
29 |
|
| Belgium |
12 |
|
23 |
|
35 |
|
35 |
|
35 |
|
35 |
|
| Belize |
3 |
|
7 |
|
7 |
|
7 |
|
7 |
|
0 |
|
| Benin |
8 |
|
6 |
|
7 |
|
7 |
|
8 |
|
11 |
|
| Bhutan |
0 |
|
2 |
|
9 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
9 |
|
| Bolivia |
11 |
|
12 |
|
19 |
|
17 |
|
17 |
|
17 |
|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
4 |
|
29 |
|
17 |
|
17 |
|
14 |
|
12 |
|
| Botswana |
9 |
|
17 |
|
11 |
|
11 |
|
11 |
|
11 |
|
| Brazil |
7 |
|
6 |
|
9 |
|
9 |
|
9 |
|
9 |
|
| Bulgaria |
13 |
|
11 |
|
22 |
|
22 |
|
22 |
|
22 |
|
| Burkina Faso |
4 |
|
8 |
|
12 |
|
12 |
|
12 |
|
15 |
|
| Burundi |
... |
|
14 |
|
31 |
|
31 |
|
31 |
|
31 |
|
| Cambodia |
6 |
|
7 |
|
10 |
|
10 |
|
10 |
|
10 |
|
| Cameroon |
12 |
|
6 |
|
9 |
|
9 |
|
... |
|
14 |
|
| Canada |
18 |
|
20 |
|
21 |
|
21 |
|
21 |
|
21 |
|
| Cape Verde |
8 |
|
11 |
|
11 |
|
15 |
|
15 |
|
18 |
|
| Central African Republic |
4 |
|
7 |
|
... |
|
11 |
|
11 |
|
11 |
|
| Chad |
16 |
|
2 |
|
7 |
|
7 |
|
7 |
|
5 |
|
| Chile |
8 |
|
11 |
|
13 |
|
15 |
|
15 |
|
15 |
|
| China |
21 |
|
22 |
|
20 |
|
20 |
|
20 |
|
21 |
|
| Colombia |
11 |
|
12 |
|
12 |
|
... |
|
8 |
|
8 |
|
| Comoros |
0 |
|
... |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
| Congo |
2 |
|
12 |
|
9 |
|
9 |
|
... |
|
7 |
|
| Costa Rica |
14 |
|
19 |
|
35 |
|
39 |
|
39 |
|
37 |
|
| Cote d'Ivoire |
5 |
|
... |
|
9 |
|
9 |
|
9 |
|
9 |
|
| Croatia |
6 |
|
21 |
|
22 |
|
22 |
|
22 |
|
21 |
|
| Cuba |
23 |
|
28 |
|
36 |
|
36 |
|
36 |
|
43 |
|
| Cyprus |
4 |
|
7 |
|
16 |
|
14 |
|
14 |
|
14 |
|
| Czech Republic |
10 |
|
15 |
|
17 |
|
16 |
|
16 |
|
16 |
|
| Dem. People's Rep. of Korea |
20 |
|
20 |
|
20 |
|
20 |
|
20 |
|
20 |
|
| Dem. Republic of the Congo |
5 |
|
... |
|
12 |
|
... |
|
8 |
|
8 |
|
| Denmark |
33 |
|
37 |
|
37 |
|
37 |
|
37 |
|
38 |
|
| Djibouti |
0 |
|
0 |
|
11 |
|
11 |
|
11 |
|
14 |
|
| Dominica |
9 |
|
... |
|
10 |
|
13 |
|
13 |
|
19 |
|
| Dominican Republic |
12 |
|
16 |
|
17 |
|
20 |
|
20 |
|
20 |
|
| Ecuador |
4 |
|
15 |
|
16 |
|
16 |
|
25 |
|
25 |
|
| Egypt |
2 |
|
2 |
|
3 |
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
| El Salvador |
11 |
|
... |
|
11 |
|
17 |
|
17 |
|
17 |
|
| Equatorial Guinea |
8 |
|
5 |
|
18 |
|
18 |
|
18 |
|
6 |
|
| Eritrea |
21 |
|
15 |
|
22 |
|
22 |
|
22 |
|
22 |
|
| Estonia |
13 |
|
18 |
|
19 |
|
19 |
|
22 |
|
21 |
|
| Ethiopia |
5 |
|
... |
|
... |
|
22 |
|
22 |
|
22 |
|
| Fiji |
4 |
|
... |
|
9 |
|
11 |
|
... |
|
… |
|
| Finland |
34 |
|
37 |
|
38 |
|
38 |
|
42 |
|
42 |
|
| France |
6 |
|
11 |
|
12 |
|
12 |
|
19 |
|
18 |
|
| Gabon |
6 |
|
9 |
|
9 |
|
9 |
|
13 |
|
17 |
|
| Gambia |
... |
|
2 |
|
13 |
|
13 |
|
9 |
|
9 |
|
| Georgia |
6 |
|
7 |
|
9 |
|
9 |
|
9 |
|
6 |
|
| Germany |
26 |
|
31 |
|
33 |
|
32 |
|
32 |
|
32 |
|
| Ghana |
8 |
|
9 |
|
11 |
|
11 |
|
11 |
|
11 |
|
| Greece |
6 |
|
... |
|
13 |
|
13 |
|
13 |
|
15 |
|
| Grenada |
20 |
|
27 |
|
27 |
|
27 |
|
27 |
|
13 |
|
| Guatemala |
8 |
|
9 |
|
8 |
|
8 |
|
8 |
|
12 |
|
| Guinea |
7 |
|
9 |
|
19 |
|
19 |
|
19 |
|
19 |
|
| Guinea-Bissau |
10 |
|
8 |
|
14 |
|
14 |
|
14 |
|
14 |
|
| Guyana |
20 |
|
19 |
|
31 |
|
31 |
|
29 |
|
29 |
|
| Haiti |
... |
|
... |
|
4 |
|
2 |
|
4 |
|
4 |
|
| Honduras |
7 |
|
9 |
|
6 |
|
23 |
|
23 |
|
23 |
|
| Hungary |
11 |
|
8 |
|
9 |
|
10 |
|
10 |
|
11 |
|
| Iceland |
25 |
|
35 |
|
30 |
|
33 |
|
32 |
|
33 |
|
| India |
8 |
|
9 |
|
8 |
|
8 |
|
8 |
|
9 |
|
| Indonesia |
12 |
|
8 |
|
11 |
|
11 |
|
11 |
|
12 |
|
| Iran (Islamic Rep. of) |
3 |
|
3 |
|
4 |
|
4 |
|
4 |
|
3 |
|
| Iraq |
11 |
|
8 |
|
32 |
|
26 |
|
26 |
|
26 |
|
| Ireland |
13 |
|
12 |
|
13 |
|
13 |
|
13 |
|
13 |
|
| Israel |
9 |
|
13 |
|
15 |
|
14 |
|
14 |
|
14 |
|
| Italy |
15 |
|
11 |
|
12 |
|
17 |
|
17 |
|
21 |
|
| Jamaica |
12 |
|
13 |
|
12 |
|
12 |
|
12 |
|
13 |
|
| Japan |
3 |
|
7 |
|
7 |
|
9 |
|
9 |
|
9 |
|
| Jordan |
1 |
|
0 |
|
6 |
|
6 |
|
6 |
|
6 |
|
| Kazakhstan |
... |
|
10 |
|
10 |
|
10 |
|
10 |
|
16 |
|
| Kenya |
3 |
|
4 |
|
7 |
|
7 |
|
7 |
|
9 |
|
| Kiribati |
0 |
|
5 |
|
5 |
|
5 |
|
7 |
|
4 |
|
| Kuwaita |
0 |
|
0 |
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
| Kyrgyzstan |
5 |
|
2 |
|
3 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
26 |
|
| Lao People's Democratic Rep. |
9 |
|
21 |
|
23 |
|
25 |
|
25 |
|
25 |
|
| Latvia |
15 |
|
17 |
|
21 |
|
21 |
|
19 |
|
20 |
|
| Lebanon |
2 |
|
2 |
|
5 |
|
5 |
|
5 |
|
5 |
|
| Lesotho |
5 |
|
4 |
|
12 |
|
12 |
|
24 |
|
25 |
|
| Liberia |
6 |
|
8 |
|
5 |
|
13 |
|
13 |
|
13 |
|
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
... |
|
... |
|
5 |
|
5 |
|
8 |
|
8 |
|
| Liechtenstein |
8 |
|
4 |
|
24 |
|
24 |
|
24 |
|
24 |
|
| Lithuania |
7 |
|
18 |
|
22 |
|
22 |
|
25 |
|
23 |
|
| Luxembourg |
20 |
|
17 |
|
23 |
|
23 |
|
23 |
|
23 |
|
| Madagascar |
4 |
|
8 |
|
7 |
|
7 |
|
7 |
|
8 |
|
| Malawi |
6 |
|
8 |
|
14 |
|
14 |
|
14 |
|
13 |
|
| Malaysia |
8 |
|
10 |
|
9 |
|
9 |
|
9 |
|
11 |
|
| Maldives |
6 |
|
6 |
|
12 |
|
12 |
|
12 |
|
12 |
|
| Mali |
2 |
|
12 |
|
10 |
|
10 |
|
10 |
|
10 |
|
| Malta |
2 |
|
9 |
|
9 |
|
9 |
|
9 |
|
9 |
|
| Marshall Islands |
3 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
| Mauritania |
0 |
|
4 |
|
4 |
|
... |
|
18 |
|
22 |
|
| Mauritius |
3 |
|
8 |
|
17 |
|
17 |
|
17 |
|
17 |
|
| Mexico |
14 |
|
... |
|
24 |
|
... |
|
23 |
|
23 |
|
| Micronesia (Fed. States of) |
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
| Monaco |
6 |
|
22 |
|
21 |
|
21 |
|
21 |
|
25 |
|
| Mongolia |
4 |
|
... |
|
7 |
|
7 |
|
7 |
|
3 |
|
| Montenegro |
... |
|
... |
|
... |
|
13 |
|
9 |
|
11 |
|
| Morocco |
1 |
|
1 |
|
11 |
|
11 |
|
11 |
|
11 |
|
| Mozambique |
25 |
|
30 |
|
35 |
|
35 |
|
35 |
|
35 |
|
| Namibia |
18 |
|
25 |
|
27 |
|
27 |
|
27 |
|
27 |
|
| Nauru |
... |
|
... |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
| Nepal |
... |
|
6 |
|
6 |
|
6 |
|
17 |
|
33 |
|
| Netherlands |
31 |
|
36 |
|
37 |
|
37 |
|
37 |
|
39 |
|
| New Zealand |
21 |
|
31 |
|
28 |
|
32 |
|
32 |
|
33 |
|
| Nicaragua |
16 |
|
10 |
|
21 |
|
21 |
|
19 |
|
19 |
|
| Niger |
4 |
|
1 |
|
12 |
|
12 |
|
12 |
|
12 |
|
| Nigeria |
... |
|
3 |
|
6 |
|
6 |
|
... |
|
7 |
|
| Norway |
39 |
|
36 |
|
38 |
|
38 |
|
38 |
|
36 |
|
| Oman |
... |
|
... |
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
| Pakistan |
2 |
|
... |
|
21 |
|
21 |
|
21 |
|
23 |
|
| Palau |
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
| Panama |
8 |
|
10 |
|
17 |
|
17 |
|
17 |
|
17 |
|
| Papua New Guinea |
0 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
... |
|
1 |
|
| Paraguay |
3 |
|
3 |
|
10 |
|
10 |
|
10 |
|
13 |
|
| Peru |
10 |
|
... |
|
18 |
|
29 |
|
29 |
|
29 |
|
| Philippines |
9 |
|
11 |
|
15 |
|
16 |
|
23 |
|
21 |
|
| Poland |
13 |
|
13 |
|
20 |
|
20 |
|
20 |
|
20 |
|
| Portugal |
9 |
|
17 |
|
21 |
|
21 |
|
21 |
|
28 |
|
| Qatar |
... |
|
... |
|
... |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
| Republic of Korea |
2 |
|
4 |
|
13 |
|
13 |
|
13 |
|
14 |
|
| Republic of Moldova |
5 |
|
9 |
|
... |
|
22 |
|
22 |
|
22 |
|
| Romania |
4 |
|
7 |
|
11 |
|
11 |
|
11 |
|
9 |
|
| Russian Federation |
13 |
|
8 |
|
10 |
|
10 |
|
10 |
|
14 |
|
| Rwanda |
17 |
|
17 |
|
49 |
|
49 |
|
49 |
|
49 |
|
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
0 |
|
13 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
7 |
|
| Saint Lucia |
0 |
|
11 |
|
11 |
|
6 |
|
6 |
|
11 |
|
| Saint Vincent & the Grenadines |
10 |
|
5 |
|
23 |
|
18 |
|
18 |
|
18 |
|
| Samoa |
4 |
|
8 |
|
6 |
|
4 |
|
6 |
|
8 |
|
| San Marino |
12 |
|
13 |
|
17 |
|
12 |
|
12 |
|
12 |
|
| Sao Tome and Principe |
7 |
|
9 |
|
9 |
|
7 |
|
7 |
|
2 |
|
| Saudi Arabia |
... |
|
... |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
| Senegal |
12 |
|
12 |
|
19 |
|
19 |
|
22 |
|
22 |
|
| Serbia |
3 |
|
... |
|
... |
|
12 |
|
20 |
|
22 |
|
| Seychelles |
27 |
|
24 |
|
29 |
|
29 |
|
24 |
|
24 |
|
| Sierra Leone |
... |
|
9 |
|
15 |
|
15 |
|
15 |
|
13 |
|
| Singapore |
4 |
|
4 |
|
16 |
|
21 |
|
25 |
|
25 |
|
| Slovakia |
15 |
|
14 |
|
17 |
|
16 |
|
19 |
|
19 |
|
| Slovenia |
14 |
|
10 |
|
12 |
|
12 |
|
12 |
|
12 |
|
| Solomon Islands |
2 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
| Somalia |
... |
|
... |
|
8 |
|
8 |
|
8 |
|
8 |
|
| South Africab |
25 |
|
30 |
|
33 |
|
33 |
|
33 |
|
33 |
|
| Spain |
16 |
|
28 |
|
36 |
|
36 |
|
36 |
|
36 |
|
| Sri Lanka |
5 |
|
5 |
|
5 |
|
5 |
|
5 |
|
6 |
|
| Sudan |
8 |
|
... |
|
10 |
|
15 |
|
18 |
|
18 |
|
| Suriname |
6 |
|
... |
|
20 |
|
26 |
|
26 |
|
26 |
|
| Swaziland |
3 |
|
3 |
|
11 |
|
11 |
|
11 |
|
11 |
|
| Sweden |
40 |
|
43 |
|
45 |
|
45 |
|
47 |
|
47 |
|
| Switzerland |
18 |
|
23 |
|
25 |
|
25 |
|
25 |
|
29 |
|
| Syrian Arab Republic |
10 |
|
10 |
|
12 |
|
12 |
|
12 |
|
12 |
|
| Tajikistan |
3 |
|
15 |
|
18 |
|
18 |
|
18 |
|
18 |
|
| Thailand |
6 |
|
5 |
|
11 |
|
... |
|
9 |
|
12 |
|
| TFYR of Macedonia |
3 |
|
7 |
|
19 |
|
... |
|
28 |
|
32 |
|
| Timor-Leste |
... |
|
... |
|
25 |
|
25 |
|
28 |
|
29 |
|
| Togo |
1 |
|
5 |
|
7 |
|
9 |
|
9 |
|
11 |
|
| Tongac |
3 |
|
0 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
| Trinidad and Tobago |
19 |
|
11 |
|
19 |
|
19 |
|
19 |
|
27 |
|
| Tunisia |
7 |
|
12 |
|
23 |
|
23 |
|
23 |
|
23 |
|
| Turkey |
2 |
|
4 |
|
4 |
|
4 |
|
9 |
|
9 |
|
| Turkmenistan |
18 |
|
26 |
|
16 |
|
16 |
|
16 |
|
16 |
|
| Tuvalu |
... |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
| Uganda |
17 |
|
18 |
|
24 |
|
28 |
|
30 |
|
31 |
|
| Ukraine |
4 |
|
8 |
|
5 |
|
7 |
|
9 |
|
8 |
|
| United Arab Emirates |
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
23 |
|
23 |
|
| United Kingdom |
10 |
|
18 |
|
20 |
|
20 |
|
20 |
|
20 |
|
| United Rep. of Tanzania |
11 |
|
16 |
|
21 |
|
30 |
|
30 |
|
30 |
|
| United States of America |
11 |
|
13 |
|
15 |
|
15 |
|
16 |
|
17 |
|
| Uruguay |
7 |
|
12 |
|
11 |
|
11 |
|
11 |
|
12 |
|
| Uzbekistan |
6 |
|
7 |
|
18 |
|
18 |
|
18 |
|
18 |
|
| Vanuatu |
2 |
|
0 |
|
4 |
|
4 |
|
4 |
|
4 |
|
| Venezuela |
6 |
|
29 |
|
10 |
|
18 |
|
19 |
|
19 |
|
| Viet Nam |
18 |
|
26 |
|
27 |
|
27 |
|
26 |
|
26 |
|
| Yemen |
1 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
| Zambia |
7 |
|
10 |
|
13 |
|
13 |
|
15 |
|
15 |
|
| Zimbabwe |
15 |
|
... |
|
17 |
|
16 |
|
17 |
|
13 |
|
Sources:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Women in National Parliaments. Situation as of 31 July 2008, available from IPU website, http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/classif-arc.htm (accessed December 2008).
Footnotes:
... |
Data not available. |
a |
Bangladesh: The parliament was dissolved on 27 October 2006. Women held 52 of the 345 seats (15%) in the outgoing parliament. |
b |
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. |
c |
South Africa: The figures on the distribution of seats do not include the 36 special rotating delegates appointed on an ad hoc basis, and all percentages given are therefore calculated on the basis of the 54 permanent seats. |
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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, 2006, 2007 and 2008 are based on the sex distribution as of 1 July 1995, 15 July 2000, and 31 July 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 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.
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