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World Women in parliament Ranking

Compare women in parliament by country, including the top and bottom results, Japan's position and country details.

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01 / RANKING MAP

Compare women in parliament across the world.

Compare women in parliament by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.

Japan15.7%
Fiji: 9.1%Tanzania: 39.5%Western Sahara: No dataCanada: 30.3%United States: 28.9%Kazakhstan: 18.4%Uzbekistan: 38%Papua New Guinea: 2.7%Indonesia: 21.9%Argentina: 41.2%Chile: 33.5%Congo, Dem. Rep.: 12.8%Somalia, Fed. Rep.: 19%Kenya: 23.4%Sudan: 30.5%Chad: 33.5%Haiti: 2.5%Dominican Republic: 37.4%Russian Federation: 16.4%Bahamas, The: 18.4%Falkland Islands: No dataNorway: 40.2%Greenland: No dataFr. S. Antarctic Lands: No dataTimor-Leste: 35.4%South Africa: 44.9%Lesotho: 25%Mexico: 50.2%Uruguay: 31.3%Brazil: 18.1%Bolivia: 50.8%Peru: 41.5%Colombia: 29.4%Panama: 21.7%Costa Rica: 49.1%Nicaragua: 54.9%Honduras: 29.7%El Salvador: 31.7%Guatemala: 20%Belize: 12.5%Venezuela, RB: 32.1%Guyana: 36.1%Suriname: 31.4%France: 36.2%Ecuador: 45%Puerto Rico (US): No dataJamaica: 30.2%Cuba: 55.7%Zimbabwe: 30.1%Botswana: 9%Namibia: 42.3%Senegal: 41.2%Mali: 30.1%Mauritania: 23.3%Benin: 26.6%Niger: 19.6%Nigeria: 4.2%Cameroon: 33.9%Togo: 15%Ghana: 14.5%Cote d'Ivoire: 13.4%Guinea: 29.6%Guinea-Bissau: 9.8%Liberia: 11%Sierra Leone: 29.5%Burkina Faso: 18.3%Central African Republic: 11.4%Congo, Rep.: 14.6%Gabon: 21.6%Equatorial Guinea: 31%Zambia: 15%Malawi: 21.4%Mozambique: 38.3%Eswatini: 21.6%Angola: 39.1%Burundi: 39.6%Israel: 24.2%Lebanon: 6.3%Madagascar: 14.1%West Bank and Gaza: No dataGambia, The: 8.6%Tunisia: 15.8%Algeria: 7.9%Jordan: 19.6%United Arab Emirates: 50%Qatar: 6.1%Kuwait: 3.1%Iraq: 25.5%Oman: 0%Vanuatu: 1.9%Cambodia: 13.6%Thailand: 19.6%Lao PDR: 22%Myanmar: 15.3%Viet Nam: 31.4%Korea, Dem. People's Rep.: 17.6%Korea, Rep.: 20.3%Mongolia: 25.4%India: 13.8%Bangladesh: 20.9%Bhutan: 4.3%Nepal: 33.1%Pakistan: 17%Afghanistan: 27%Tajikistan: 28.6%Kyrgyz Republic: 33.3%Turkmenistan: 25.6%Iran, Islamic Rep.: 4.9%Syrian Arab Republic: 4.9%Armenia: 38.3%Sweden: 45%Belarus: 33.9%Ukraine: 21.2%Poland: 31.3%Austria: 35.5%Hungary: 15.6%Moldova: 39.6%Romania: 22.4%Lithuania: 28.4%Latvia: 31%Estonia: 28.7%Germany: 32.4%Bulgaria: 25%Greece: 22.9%Turkiye: 19.9%Albania: 35%Croatia: 33.1%Switzerland: 39%Luxembourg: 35%Belgium: 41.3%Netherlands: 43.3%Portugal: 35.7%Spain: 44.3%Ireland: 25.3%New Caledonia: No dataSolomon Islands: 6%New Zealand: 45.5%Australia: 46%Sri Lanka: 9.8%China: 26.5%Taiwan: No dataItaly: 32.8%Denmark: 43.6%United Kingdom: 40.5%Iceland: 46%Azerbaijan: 20.8%Georgia: 16.8%Philippines: 28.3%Malaysia: 13.5%Brunei Darussalam: 11.4%Slovenia: 35.6%Finland: 45.5%Slovak Republic: 23.3%Czechia: 33.5%Eritrea: 22%Japan: 15.7%Paraguay: 23.8%Yemen, Rep.: 0%Saudi Arabia: 19.9%Antarctica: No dataN. Cyprus: No dataCyprus: 14.3%Morocco: 24.3%Egypt, Arab Rep.: 26.8%Libya: 16.5%Ethiopia: 41.9%Djibouti: 26.2%Somaliland: No dataUganda: 34.1%Rwanda: 63.8%Bosnia and Herzegovina: 19%North Macedonia: 39.2%Serbia: 37.2%Montenegro: 27.2%Kosovo: No dataTrinidad and Tobago: 23.8%South Sudan: 32.4%
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02 / ABOUT THIS DATA

How to read the World Women in parliament Ranking

Compare women in parliament by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. This page orders 193 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.

Top 3
#1 Rwanda (63.8%), #2 Cuba (55.7%), #3 Nicaragua (54.9%)
Japan’s position
World #146 (15.7%)
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03 / FULL RANKING

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Women in parliamentFull ranking193 countries

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