Maptheory
demographic2025

Ratio for female members of parliaments (Ratio of the proportion of women in parliament in the proportion of women in the national population with the age of eligibility as a lower bound boundary), Lower Chamber or Unicameral

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•188 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
0.5ratio
Median: 0.5ratio
Countries Covered
188
with available data
Highest
United Arab Emirates
1.6ratio
Lowest
Yemen
0.0ratio
Top 5 Countries
1United Arab Emirates1.6ratio
2Rwanda1.2ratio
3Cuba1.1ratio
4Nicaragua1.1ratio
5Andorra1.0ratio
By Region
Oceania0.8ratio(2 countries)
South America0.7ratio(7 countries)
Europe0.6ratio(32 countries)
North America0.6ratio(4 countries)
Africa0.5ratio(9 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0ratio)High (1.6ratio)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.5ratio)

Oceania (2)
South America (7)
Europe (32)
North America (4)
Africa (9)
Other (109)
Asia (25)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1United Arab Emirates1.6ratio
2Rwanda1.2ratio
3Cuba1.1ratio
4Nicaragua1.1ratio
5Andorra1.0ratio
6Costa Rica1.0ratio
7Mexico1.0ratio
8Iceland0.9ratio
9Bolivia0.9ratio
10Cape Verde0.9ratio
11New Zealand0.9ratio
12Sweden0.9ratio
13Finland0.9ratio
14Monaco0.9ratio
15Norway0.9ratio
16Denmark0.9ratio
17South Africa0.9ratio
18Spain0.9ratio
19Ecuador0.9ratio
20Ethiopia0.8ratio
21Argentina0.8ratio
22Dominica0.8ratio
23Peru0.8ratio
24Senegal0.8ratio
25Namibia0.8ratio
26Australia0.8ratio
27Belgium0.8ratio
28Netherlands0.8ratio
29Switzerland0.8ratio
30Angola0.8ratio
31Burundi0.8ratio
32Guyana0.8ratio
33The Republic of North Macedonia0.8ratio
34Uzbekistan0.8ratio
35Mozambique0.7ratio
36United Republic of Tanzania0.7ratio
37Dominican Republic0.7ratio
38Moldova, Republic of0.7ratio
39Timor-Leste0.7ratio
40Slovenia0.7ratio
41Germany0.7ratio
42Luxembourg0.7ratio
43Serbia0.7ratio
44Austria0.7ratio
45Chile0.7ratio
46Equatorial Guinea0.7ratio
47France0.7ratio
48Armenia0.7ratio
49San Marino0.7ratio
50United Kingdom0.7ratio
51Cameroon0.7ratio
52Chad0.7ratio
53Uganda0.7ratio
54Portugal0.7ratio
55Seychelles0.7ratio
56Croatia0.6ratio
57Italy0.6ratio
58Belarus0.6ratio
59Grenada0.6ratio
60Nepal0.6ratio
61Niger0.6ratio
62South Sudan0.6ratio
63Suriname0.6ratio
64Venezuela0.6ratio
65Canada0.6ratio
66Mali0.6ratio
67Singapore0.6ratio
68Poland0.6ratio
69Vietnam0.6ratio
70Bahrain0.6ratio
71Saint Kitts and Nevis0.6ratio
72Saudi Arabia0.6ratio
73Malta0.6ratio
74Sierra Leone0.6ratio
75Colombia0.6ratio
76El Salvador0.6ratio
77Guinea0.6ratio
78United States of America0.6ratio
79Iraq0.6ratio
80Jamaica0.6ratio
81Latvia0.6ratio
82Afghanistan0.6ratio
83Liechtenstein0.6ratio
84Palau0.6ratio
85Philippines0.6ratio
86Egypt0.6ratio
87Estonia0.5ratio
88Honduras0.5ratio
89Zimbabwe0.5ratio
90Uruguay0.5ratio
91People's Republic of China0.5ratio
92Lithuania0.5ratio
93Trinidad and Tobago0.5ratio
94Benin0.5ratio
95Tajikistan0.5ratio
96Djibouti0.5ratio
97Montenegro0.5ratio
98Czech Republic0.5ratio
99Barbados0.5ratio
100Ireland0.5ratio
101Mongolia0.5ratio
102Morocco0.5ratio
103Turkmenistan0.5ratio
104Lesotho0.5ratio
105Israel0.5ratio
106Paraguay0.5ratio
107Kenya0.5ratio
108Slovakia0.5ratio
109Greece0.4ratio
110Indonesia0.4ratio
111Lao People's Democratic Republic0.4ratio
112Mauritania0.4ratio
113Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.4ratio
114Kyrgyzstan0.4ratio
115Panama0.4ratio
116Romania0.4ratio
117Eswatini0.4ratio
118Bulgaria0.4ratio
119Jordan0.4ratio
120Bangladesh0.4ratio
121Georgia0.4ratio
122South Korea0.4ratio
123Guatemala0.4ratio
124Malawi0.4ratio
125Türkiye0.4ratio
126Ukraine0.4ratio
127Azerbaijan0.4ratio
128Somalia0.4ratio
129Thailand0.4ratio
130Mauritius0.4ratio
131Burkina Faso0.4ratio
132Bosnia and Herzegovina0.4ratio
133Kazakhstan0.4ratio
134North Korea0.4ratio
135Brazil0.4ratio
136Pakistan0.3ratio
137Bahamas0.3ratio
138Comoros0.3ratio
139Libya0.3ratio
140Tunisia0.3ratio
141Belize0.3ratio
142Gabon0.3ratio
143Japan0.3ratio
144Micronesia, Federated States of0.3ratio
145Russian Federation0.3ratio
146Togo0.3ratio
147Myanmar0.3ratio
148Republic of the Congo0.3ratio
149Cyprus0.3ratio
150Ghana0.3ratio
151Hungary0.3ratio
152Malaysia0.3ratio
153Sao Tome and Principe0.3ratio
154Zambia0.3ratio
155India0.3ratio
156Madagascar0.3ratio
157Cote d'Ivoire0.3ratio
158Cambodia0.3ratio
159Samoa0.3ratio
160Democratic Republic of the Congo0.3ratio
161Marshall Islands0.3ratio
162Brunei Darussalam0.3ratio
163Kiribati0.2ratio
164Liberia0.2ratio
165Nauru0.2ratio
166Saint Lucia0.2ratio
167Central African Republic0.2ratio
168Sri Lanka0.2ratio
169Guinea-Bissau0.2ratio
170Fiji0.2ratio
171Qatar0.2ratio
172Republic of The Gambia0.2ratio
173Botswana0.2ratio
174Algeria0.2ratio
175Tonga0.1ratio
176Lebanon0.1ratio
177Solomon Islands0.1ratio
178Islamic Republic of Iran0.1ratio
179Antigua and Barbuda0.1ratio
180Kuwait0.1ratio
181Maldives0.1ratio
182Bhutan0.1ratio
183Nigeria0.1ratio
184Papua New Guinea0.1ratio
185Vanuatu0.0ratio
186Oman0.0ratio
187Tuvalu0.0ratio
188Yemen0.0ratio
Showing 188 of 188 countries

Topics

#demographic#ratio#for#female#members#parliaments#the#proportion#women#parliament#national#population#with#age#eligibility#lower#bound#boundary#chamber#unicameral

Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2025).

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