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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

· higher is better · 190 countries

United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global DatabaseUN Terms of Use — non-commercial (SDG Global Database); redistribution deferred pending clearanceupdated 2026
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  1. 1United Arab Emirates1.6
  2. 2Rwanda1.2
  3. 3Cuba1.1
  4. 4Nicaragua1.1
  5. 5Andorra1
  6. 6Bolivia1
  7. 7Mexico0.96
  8. 8Costa Rica0.96
  9. 9Iceland0.94
  10. 10Cabo Verde0.93
  11. 11Australia0.9
  12. 12New Zealand0.9
  13. 13Sweden0.9
  14. 14Finland0.89
  15. 15Monaco0.89
  16. 16Denmark0.87
  17. 17South Africa0.86
  18. 18Spain0.86
  19. 19Netherlands0.86
  20. 20Norway0.85
  21. 21Ecuador0.85
  22. 22Ethiopia0.83
  23. 23Senegal0.82
  24. 24Peru0.82
  25. 25Dominica0.82
  26. 26Namibia0.81
  27. 27Angola0.81
  28. 28Argentina0.8
  29. 29Belgium0.79
  30. 30United Kingdom0.79
  31. 31Switzerland0.78
  32. 32Uzbekistan0.78
  33. 33Burundi0.77
  34. 34Slovenia0.76
  35. 35North Macedonia0.75
  36. 36Tanzania0.73
  37. 37Dominican Republic0.73
  38. 38Moldova0.71
  39. 39Mozambique0.71
  40. 40Timor-Leste0.71
  41. 41Serbia0.71
  42. 42Armenia0.7
  43. 43Luxembourg0.7
  44. 44Austria0.69
  45. 45France0.69
  46. 46Equatorial Guinea0.69
  47. 47Guyana0.69
  48. 48Portugal0.69
  49. 49Chile0.69
  50. 50San Marino0.68
  51. 51Latvia0.67
  52. 52Albania0.67
  53. 53Cameroon0.67
  54. 54Singapore0.67
  55. 55Uganda0.66
  56. 56Chad0.66
  57. 57Czechia0.65
  58. 58Kyrgyz Republic0.64
  59. 59Germany0.64
  60. 60Italy0.63
  61. 61Liechtenstein0.63
  62. 62Grenada0.62
  63. 63Croatia0.62
  64. 64Suriname0.62
  65. 65Venezuela, RB0.62
  66. 66St. Vincent and the Grenadines0.62
  67. 67Belarus0.62
  68. 68South Sudan0.62
  69. 69Seychelles0.61
  70. 70Viet Nam0.61
  71. 71Malta0.61
  72. 72Mali0.61
  73. 73Poland0.6
  74. 74Canada0.6
  75. 75Bahrain0.6
  76. 76St. Kitts and Nevis0.59
  77. 77Saudi Arabia0.59
  78. 78Honduras0.59
  79. 79Jamaica0.59
  80. 80United States0.57
  81. 81Uruguay0.57
  82. 82Guinea0.57
  83. 83Colombia0.57
  84. 84El Salvador0.57
  85. 85Tajikistan0.56
  86. 86Sierra Leone0.56
  87. 87Philippines0.56
  88. 88Estonia0.55
  89. 89Palau0.55
  90. 90Zimbabwe0.54
  91. 91Egypt, Arab Rep.0.54
  92. 92China0.53
  93. 93Lithuania0.53
  94. 94Benin0.52
  95. 95Montenegro0.51
  96. 96Djibouti0.51
  97. 97Israel0.51
  98. 98Barbados0.5
  99. 99Iraq0.5
  100. 100Mongolia0.49
  101. 101Ireland0.49
  102. 102Morocco0.49
  103. 103Turkmenistan0.48
  104. 104Bulgaria0.48
  105. 105Lesotho0.48
  106. 106Paraguay0.47
  107. 107Trinidad and Tobago0.47
  108. 108Greece0.45
  109. 109Kenya0.45
  110. 110Gabon0.44
  111. 111Indonesia0.44
  112. 112Mauritania0.44
  113. 113Lao PDR0.44
  114. 114Pakistan0.44
  115. 115Romania0.43
  116. 116Togo0.43
  117. 117Panama0.43
  118. 118Slovak Republic0.42
  119. 119Korea, Rep.0.41
  120. 120Jordan0.41
  121. 121Micronesia, Fed. Sts.0.41
  122. 122Malawi0.41
  123. 123Niger0.4
  124. 124Turkiye0.4
  125. 125Azerbaijan0.39
  126. 126Eswatini0.39
  127. 127Guatemala0.39
  128. 128Ukraine0.39
  129. 129Thailand0.37
  130. 130Somalia, Fed. Rep.0.37
  131. 131Comoros0.36
  132. 132Mauritius0.36
  133. 133Bosnia and Herzegovina0.36
  134. 134Burkina Faso0.36
  135. 135Korea, Dem. People's Rep.0.34
  136. 136Bahamas, The0.34
  137. 137Libya0.33
  138. 138Brazil0.33
  139. 139Kazakhstan0.33
  140. 140Russian Federation0.33
  141. 141Madagascar0.32
  142. 142Tunisia0.31
  143. 143Georgia0.3
  144. 144Japan0.3
  145. 145Hungary0.3
  146. 146Zambia0.29
  147. 147Congo, Rep.0.29
  148. 148Sao Tome and Principe0.29
  149. 149Malaysia0.29
  150. 150Ghana0.29
  151. 151Cyprus0.29
  152. 152India0.28
  153. 153Cote d'Ivoire0.27
  154. 154Cambodia0.26
  155. 155Belize0.25
  156. 156Congo, Dem. Rep.0.25
  157. 157Brunei Darussalam0.25
  158. 158Marshall Islands0.25
  159. 159Liberia0.21
  160. 160Naoero0.21
  161. 161Kiribati0.21
  162. 162St. Lucia0.21
  163. 163Central African Republic0.2
  164. 164Samoa0.19
  165. 165Sri Lanka0.19
  166. 166Fiji0.18
  167. 167Botswana0.18
  168. 168Gambia, The0.17
  169. 169Algeria0.16
  170. 170Solomon Islands0.12
  171. 171Lebanon0.12
  172. 172Antigua and Barbuda0.11
  173. 173Iran, Islamic Rep.0.1
  174. 174Syrian Arab Republic0.1
  175. 175Bhutan0.09
  176. 176Maldives0.09
  177. 177Nigeria0.08
  178. 178Tonga0.07
  179. 179Papua New Guinea0.05
  180. 180Vanuatu0.04
  181. 181Oman0
  182. 181Tuvalu0
  183. 181Yemen, Rep.0

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