Country

Percentage of parliamentary seats in Single or Lower chamber occupied by women

Notes

1995

1999

2004

Africa

Algeria

7

3

6

Angola

10

15

16

Benin

8

6

7

Botswana

9

9

7

Burkina Faso

4

8

12

Burundi

..

6

18

Cameroon

12

6

9

Cape Verde

8

11

11

Central African Republic

4

7

..

Chad

16

2

6

Comoros

0

..

3

Congo

2

12

9

Cote d'Ivoire

5

8

9

Democratic Republic of the Congo

5

..

12

Djibouti

0

0

11

Egypt

2

2

2

Equatorial Guinea

8

4

18

Eritrea

21

15

22

Ethiopia

5

2

8

Gabon

6

8

9

Gambia

..

2

13

Ghana

8

9

10

Guinea

7

9

19

Guinea-Bissau

10

10

..

Kenya

3

4

7

Lesotho

5

4

12

Liberia

6

..

5

Madagascar

4

8

4

Malawi

6

8

15

Mali

2

12

10

Mauritania

0

4

4

Mauritius

3

8

6

Morocco

1

1

11

Mozambique

25

25

30

Namibia

18

22

26

Niger

4

..

1

Nigeria

..

..

6

Rwanda

17

17

49

Sao Tome and Principe

7

9

9

Senegal

12

12

19

Seychelles

27

24

29

Sierra Leone

..

6

15

South Africa

25

30

33

(1) 

Sudan

8

5

10

Swaziland

3

3

11

Togo

1

..

7

Tunisia

7

7

23

Uganda

17