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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

ratio · higher is better · 188 countries

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League table

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  1. 1United Arab Emirates1.6
  2. 2Rwanda1.2
  3. 3Cuba1.1
  4. 4Nicaragua1.1
  5. 5Andorra1
  6. 6Mexico0.96
  7. 6Costa Rica0.96
  8. 7Iceland0.94
  9. 8Bolivia0.92
  10. 9Cabo Verde0.9
  11. 9New Zealand0.9
  12. 9Sweden0.9
  13. 10Monaco0.89
  14. 10Norway0.89
  15. 10Finland0.89
  16. 11Denmark0.86
  17. 11South Africa0.86
  18. 11Spain0.86
  19. 12Ecuador0.85
  20. 13Argentina0.83
  21. 13Ethiopia0.83
  22. 14Peru0.82
  23. 14Senegal0.82
  24. 14Dominica0.82
  25. 15Namibia0.78
  26. 16Belgium0.77
  27. 16Australia0.77
  28. 17Angola0.76
  29. 17Switzerland0.76
  30. 18Guyana0.75
  31. 18Burundi0.75
  32. 18Uzbekistan0.75
  33. 18North Macedonia0.75
  34. 19Mozambique0.74
  35. 20Tanzania0.73
  36. 21Moldova0.72
  37. 21Dominican Republic0.72
  38. 22Timor-Leste0.71
  39. 22Slovenia0.71
  40. 23Luxembourg0.7
  41. 23Germany0.7
  42. 23Serbia0.7
  43. 23Austria0.7
  44. 24Armenia0.69
  45. 24Equatorial Guinea0.69
  46. 24France0.69
  47. 24Chile0.69
  48. 25San Marino0.68
  49. 26Cameroon0.67
  50. 26Chad0.67
  51. 26Uganda0.67
  52. 27Seychelles0.66
  53. 27Portugal0.66
  54. 28Croatia0.63
  55. 28Italy0.63
  56. 29Nepal0.62
  57. 29South Sudan0.62
  58. 29Suriname0.62
  59. 29Venezuela, RB0.62
  60. 29Belarus0.62
  61. 29Grenada0.62
  62. 30Canada0.61
  63. 30Singapore0.61
  64. 30Mali0.61
  65. 31Bahrain0.6
  66. 31Viet Nam0.6
  67. 31Poland0.6
  68. 32Saudi Arabia0.59
  69. 32St. Kitts and Nevis0.59
  70. 33Malta0.58
  71. 33Sierra Leone0.58
  72. 34United States0.57
  73. 34El Salvador0.57
  74. 34Guinea0.57
  75. 34Colombia0.57
  76. 35Jamaica0.56
  77. 35Latvia0.56
  78. 35Iraq0.56
  79. 36Palau0.55
  80. 36Philippines0.55
  81. 36Egypt, Arab Rep.0.55
  82. 36Liechtenstein0.55
  83. 37Estonia0.54
  84. 37Zimbabwe0.54
  85. 37Uruguay0.54
  86. 37Honduras0.54
  87. 38Lithuania0.53
  88. 38Trinidad and Tobago0.53
  89. 38China0.53
  90. 39Benin0.52
  91. 39Tajikistan0.52
  92. 40Montenegro0.51
  93. 40Djibouti0.51
  94. 41Barbados0.5
  95. 41Czechia0.5
  96. 42Turkmenistan0.49
  97. 42Morocco0.49
  98. 42Ireland0.49
  99. 42Mongolia0.49
  100. 43Lesotho0.48
  101. 44Paraguay0.47
  102. 44Israel0.47
  103. 45Kenya0.46
  104. 46Slovak Republic0.45
  105. 47Lao PDR0.44
  106. 47Greece0.44
  107. 47Indonesia0.44
  108. 47St. Vincent and the Grenadines0.44
  109. 47Mauritania0.44
  110. 48Romania0.43
  111. 48Kyrgyz Republic0.43
  112. 48Panama0.43
  113. 49Eswatini0.42
  114. 50Jordan0.41
  115. 50Bulgaria0.41
  116. 51Georgia0.4
  117. 51Korea, Rep.0.4
  118. 52Azerbaijan0.39
  119. 52Turkiye0.39
  120. 52Ukraine0.39
  121. 52Guatemala0.39
  122. 52Malawi0.39
  123. 53Somalia, Fed. Rep.0.37
  124. 53Thailand0.37
  125. 54Mauritius0.36
  126. 54Burkina Faso0.36
  127. 54Bosnia and Herzegovina0.36
  128. 55Brazil0.35
  129. 55Kazakhstan0.35
  130. 56Bahamas, The0.34
  131. 56Pakistan0.34
  132. 57Comoros0.33
  133. 57Libya0.33
  134. 58Tunisia0.31
  135. 58Belize0.31
  136. 59Russian Federation0.3
  137. 59Japan0.3
  138. 59Togo0.3
  139. 60Cyprus0.29
  140. 60Hungary0.29
  141. 60Congo, Rep.0.29
  142. 60Malaysia0.29
  143. 60Sao Tome and Principe0.29
  144. 60Ghana0.29
  145. 60Zambia0.29
  146. 61India0.28
  147. 61Madagascar0.28
  148. 62Cote d'Ivoire0.27
  149. 63Cambodia0.26
  150. 63Samoa0.26
  151. 64Congo, Dem. Rep.0.25
  152. 64Brunei Darussalam0.25
  153. 64Marshall Islands0.25
  154. 65St. Lucia0.21
  155. 65Naoero0.21
  156. 65Kiribati0.21
  157. 65Liberia0.21
  158. 66Central African Republic0.2
  159. 67Guinea-Bissau0.19
  160. 67Sri Lanka0.19
  161. 68Fiji0.18
  162. 68Qatar0.18
  163. 69Gambia, The0.17
  164. 69Botswana0.17
  165. 70Algeria0.16
  166. 71Tonga0.13
  167. 72Lebanon0.12
  168. 72Solomon Islands0.12
  169. 73Iran, Islamic Rep.0.1
  170. 73Antigua and Barbuda0.1
  171. 74Bhutan0.09
  172. 74Maldives0.09
  173. 75Nigeria0.08
  174. 76Papua New Guinea0.05
  175. 77Vanuatu0.04
  176. 78Oman0
  177. 78Yemen, Rep.0
  178. 78Tuvalu0

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