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World Women in parliament Ranking Map In the available data, Rwanda has the highest recorded value at 63.8% (rank #1); Japan ranks #146 at 15.7%. Coverage: 193 countries and territories. Reference years: Rwanda 2025; Japan 2025. This is the share of parliamentary seats held by women and does not capture every dimension of political power.
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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.
Japan 15.7%
Japan, world rank 146 for Women in parliament, 15.7%
Fiji: 9.1% Tanzania: 39.5% Western Sahara: No data Canada: 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% Democratic Republic of the Congo: 12.8% Somalia: 19% Kenya: 23.4% Sudan: 30.5% Chad: 33.5% Haiti: 2.5% Dominican Republic: 37.4% Russia: 16.4% Bahamas: 18.4% Falkland Islands: No data Norway: 40.2% Greenland: No data Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: No data Timor-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: 32.1% Guyana: 36.1% Suriname: 31.4% France: 36.2% Ecuador: 45% Puerto Rico: No data Jamaica: 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% Côte 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% Republic of the Congo: 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% Palestine: No data Gambia: 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% Laos: 22% Myanmar: 15.3% Vietnam: 31.4% North Korea: 17.6% South Korea: 20.3% Mongolia: 25.4% India: 13.8% Bangladesh: 20.9% Bhutan: 4.3% Nepal: 33.1% Pakistan: 17% Afghanistan: 27% Tajikistan: 28.6% Kyrgyzstan: 33.3% Turkmenistan: 25.6% Iran: 4.9% Syria: 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% Türkiye: 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 data Solomon Islands: 6% New Zealand: 45.5% Australia: 46% Sri Lanka: 9.8% China: 26.5% Taiwan: No data Italy: 32.8% Denmark: 43.6% United Kingdom: 40.5% Iceland: 46% Azerbaijan: 20.8% Georgia: 16.8% Philippines: 28.3% Malaysia: 13.5% Brunei: 11.4% Slovenia: 35.6% Finland: 45.5% Slovakia: 23.3% Czechia: 33.5% Eritrea: 22% Japan: 15.7% Paraguay: 23.8% Yemen: 0% Saudi Arabia: 19.9% Antarctica: No data N. Cyprus: No data Cyprus: 14.3% Morocco: 24.3% Egypt: 26.8% Libya: 16.5% Ethiopia: 41.9% Djibouti: 26.2% Somaliland: No data Uganda: 34.1% Rwanda: 63.8% Bosnia and Herzegovina: 19% North Macedonia: 39.2% Serbia: 37.2% Montenegro: 27.2% Kosovo: No data Trinidad and Tobago: 23.8% South Sudan: 32.4% Japan Rwanda 1 Cuba 2 Nicaragua 3 Bolivia 4 Mexico 5 Haiti 189 Vanuatu 190 Oman 191 Yemen 191 Australia Finland New Zealand Ecuador Iceland Move map ⛶ Expand map+ − Reset
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× JPN Bottom 30% / 2025
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View Japan's profile and all rankings→ Women in parliamentRankings 146/193 15.7%
Area 377,969 km² World # 63
Population 123,366,734 people World # 12 Did you know? Japan ranks #146 for women in parliament. Switch themes to see how the same country changes across the map.
1 Rwanda 63.8% 2 Cuba 55.7% 3 Nicaragua 54.9% 4 Bolivia 50.8% 5 Mexico 50.2%
191 Yemen 0% 191 Tuvalu 0% 191 Oman 0% 190 Vanuatu 1.9% 189 Haiti 2.5% 02 / ABOUT THIS DATA
How to read the Women in parliament ranking map 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%)
Data period latest available year by country (2010–2025) Reference years differ by country. Compare each value with the year and source shown in the country card.
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Women in parliament Full ranking193 countries #106 Trinidad and Tobago 23.8% Profile #132 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19% Profile #151 Republic of the Congo 14.6% Profile #152 Sao Tome and Principe 14.5% Profile #160 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 13.3% Profile #161 Democratic Republic of the Congo 12.8% Profile #164 Central African Republic 11.4% Profile