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

18

25

United Republic of Tanzania

11

16

21

Zambia

7

9

12

Zimbabwe

15

14

10

America, North

Antigua and Barbuda

5

..

11

Bahamas

8

15

20

Barbados

11

..

13

Belize

3

7

3

Canada

18

21

21

Costa Rica

14

19

35

Cuba

23

28

36

Dominica

9

9

19

Dominican Republic

12

16

17

El Salvador

11

17

11

Grenada

20

..

27

Guatemala

8

13

8

Haiti

..

4

4

Honduras

7

9

6

Jamaica

12

13

12

Mexico

14

17

23

Nicaragua

16

10

21

Panama

8

..

17

Saint Kitts and Nevis

0

13

..

Saint Lucia

0

11

11

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

10

5

23

Trinidad and Tobago

19

11

19

United States of America

11

13

14

America, South

Argentina

22

28

34

Bolivia

11

12

19

Brazil

7

6

9

Chile

8

11

13

Colombia

11

12

12

Ecuador

4

17

16

Guyana

20

18

20

Paraguay

3

3

10

Peru

10

11

18

Suriname

6

16

18

Uruguay

7

7

..

Venezuela

6

13

10

Asia

Armenia

..

..

5

Azerbaijan

2

12

11

Bahrain

..

..

0

Bangladesh

11

9

2

Bhutan

0

2

10

Cambodia

6

8

10

China

21

22

20

Cyprus

4

5

11

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

20

20

20

Georgia

6

7

9

India

8

8

8

Indonesia

12

..

11

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

3

5

3

Iraq

11

6

..

Israel

9

12

15

Japan

3

5

7

Jordan

1

0

6

Kazakhstan

..

12

10

Kuwait

0

0

0

Kyrgyzstan

5

1

10

Lao People's Democratic Republic

9

21

23

Lebanon

2

2

2

Malaysia

8

8

9

Maldives

6

6

6

Mongolia

4

8

5

Nepal

..

6

6

Pakistan

2

2

22

Philippines

9

12

15

Republic of Korea

2

4

13

Saudi Arabia

..

..

0

Singapore

4

4

16

Sri Lanka

5

5

5

Syrian Arab Republic

10

10

12

Tajikistan

3

3

13

Thailand

6

6

9

Timor-Leste

..

..

26

(2)

Turkey

2

4

4

Turkmenistan

18

18

26

United Arab Emirates

0

0

0

Uzbekistan

6

6

7

Viet Nam

18

26

27

Yemen

1

1

0

Europe

Albania

6

5

6

Andorra

4

7

14

Austria

24

26

34

Belarus

..

..

29

Belgium

12

23

35

Bosnia and Herzegovina

4

..

17

Bulgaria

13

11

26

Croatia

6

8

18

Czech Republic

10

15

17

Denmark

33

37

38

Estonia

13

..

19

Finland

34

37

38

France

6

11

12

Germany

26

31

32

Greece

6

6

14

Hungary

11

8

10

Iceland

25

35

30

Ireland

13

12

13

Italy

15

11

12

Latvia

15

17

21

Liechtenstein

8

4

12

Lithuania

7

18

21

Luxembourg

20

17

20

Malta

2

9

9

Monaco

6

22

21

Netherlands

31

36

37

Norway

39

36

36

Poland

13

13

20

Portugal

9

13

19

Republic of Moldova

5

9

13

Romania

4

7

11

Russian Federation

13

10

10

San Marino

12

13

17

Serbia and Montenegro

3

5

8

(3)

Slovakia

15

13

19

Slovenia

14

8

12

Spain

16

22

36

Sweden

40

43

45

Switzerland

18

21

25

TheFYR of Macedonia

3

8

18

Ukraine

4

8

5

United Kingdom

10

18

18

Oceania

Australia

10

22

25

Fiji

4

11

6

Kiribati

0

5

5

Marshall Islands

3

..

3

Micronesia (Federated States of)

0

0

0

Nauru

..

0

..

New Zealand

21

29

28

Palau

0

0

0

Papua New Guinea

0

2

1

Samoa

4

8

6

Solomon Islands

2

2

0

Tonga

3

..

0

Tuvalu

..

..

0

Vanuatu

2

0

4

(1)

The figures on the distribution of seats do not include the 36 special rotating delegates appointed on an ad hoc basis, and the percentages given are therefore calculated on the basis of the 54 permanent seats.

(2)

The purpose of elections held on 30 August 2001 was to elect members of the Constituent Assembly of Timor-Leste. This body became the National Parliament on 20 May 2002, the date on which the country became independent, without any new elections.

(3)

For the first time since Yugoslavia ceased to exist and the new State, Serbia and Montenegro, was created, indirect elections were held in the two assemblies of the two member states.