List of legislatures by female members
This is a list of legislatures by number and percentage of female members as of 1 September 2022.[1]
List of number and percentage of women in national legislatures
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| Last Election | Seats | Women | % W | Last Election | Seats* | Women | % W | |
| Rwanda | 2018 | 80 | 49 | 61.3 | 2019 | 26 | 9 | 34.6 |
| Cuba | 2018 | 586 | 313 | 53.4 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Nicaragua | 2021 | 91 | 47 | 51.7 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Mexico | 2021 | 500 | 250 | 50 | 2018 | 128 | 63 | 49.2 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2019 | 40 | 20 | 50 | Federal Supreme Council 7 members, no women
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| New Zealand | 2020 | 120 | 59 | 49.2 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Iceland | 2021 | 63 | 30 | 47.6 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Costa Rica | 2022 | 57 | 27 | 47.4 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Grenada | 2018 | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | 2018 | 13 | 2 | 15.4 |
| Andorra | 2019 | 28 | 13 | 46.4 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Bolivia | 2020 | 130 | 60 | 46.2 | 2020 | 36 | 20 | 55.6 |
| South Africa | 2019 | 396 | 183 | 46.2 | 2019 | 54 | 20 | 37 |
| Sweden | 2018 | 349 | 161 | 46.1 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Finland | 2019 | 200 | 91 | 45.5 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Norway | 2021 | 169 | 76 | 45 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Argentina | 2021 | 257 | 115 | 44.8 | 2021 | 72 | 31 | 43.1 |
| Namibia | 2019 | 104 | 46 | 44.2 | 2020 | 42 | 6 | 14.3 |
| Senegal | 2022 | 165 | 73 | 44.2 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Spain | 2019 | 349 | 150 | 43 | 2019 | 265 | 104 | 39.3 |
| Belgium | 2019 | 150 | 64 | 42.7 | 2019 | 60 | 29 | 48.3 |
| Switzerland | 2019 | 200 | 85 | 42.5 | 2019 | 46 | 13 | 28.3 |
| Mozambique | 2019 | 250 | 106 | 42.4 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| North Macedonia | 2020 | 120 | 50 | 41.7 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Taiwan | 2024 | 113 | 47[2] | 41.59 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Ethiopia | 2021 | 470 | 195 | 41.5 | 2021 | 144 | 44 | 30.6 |
| Austria | 2019 | 183 | 75 | 41 | – | 61 | 25 | 41 |
| Netherlands | 2021 | 150 | 61 | 40.7 | 2019 | 75 | 24 | 32 |
| Moldova | 2021 | 101 | 41 | 40.6 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Belarus | 2019 | 110 | 44 | 40 | 2019 | 60 | 15 | 25 |
| Peru | 2021 | 130 | 52 | 40 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Slovenia | 2022 | 90 | 36 | 40 | 2017 | 40 | 4 | 10 |
| Timor-Leste | 2018 | 65 | 26 | 40 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Denmark | 2019 | 179 | 71 | 39.7 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Cabo Verde | 2021 | 72 | 28 | 38.9 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Ecuador | 2021 | 137 | 53 | 38.7 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Serbia | 2022 | 249 | 96 | 38.6 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Australia | 2022 | 151 | 58 | 38.4 | 2022 | 76 | 43 | 56.6 |
| Burundi | 2020 | 123 | 47 | 38.2 | 2020 | 39 | 16 | 41 |
| France | 2022 | 577 | 215 | 37.3 | 2020 | 348 | 122 | 35.1 |
| Portugal | 2022 | 230 | 85 | 37 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Tanzania | 2022 | 388 | 143 | 36.9 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Italy | 2018 | 630 | 229 | 36.4 | 2018 | 320 | 112 | 35 |
| Albania | 2021 | 140 | 50 | 35.7 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Guyana | 2020 | 70 | 25 | 35.7 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Armenia | 2021 | 107 | 38 | 35.5 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Chile | 2021 | 155 | 55 | 35.5 | 2021 | 50 | 12 | 24 |
| Germany | 2021 | 736 | 257 | 34.9 | – | 71 | 24 | 33.8 |
| United Kingdom | 2019 | 650 | 225 | 34.6 | – | 776 | 222 | 28.6 |
| Dominica | 2019 | 32 | 11 | 34.4 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Cameroon | 2020 | 180 | 61 | 33.9 | 2018 | 100 | 26 | 26 |
| Uganda | 2021 | 556 | 188 | 33.8 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Angola | 2022 | 220 | 74 | 33.6 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Nepal | 2017 | 271 | 91 | 33.6 | 2022 | 59 | 22 | 37.3 |
| Luxembourg | 2018 | 60 | 20 | 33.3 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Monaco | 2018 | 24 | 8 | 33.3 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| San Marino | 2019 | 60 | 20 | 33.3 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Uzbekistan | 2019 | 144 | 48 | 33.3 | 2020 | 100 | 23 | 23 |
| South Sudan | 2021 | 550 | 178 | 32.4 | 2021 | 84 | 27 | 32.1 |
| Croatia | 2020 | 151 | 48 | 31.8 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Chad | 2021 | 93 | 29 | 31.2 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Zimbabwe | 2018 | 265 | 81 | 30.6 | 2018 | 77 | 34 | 44.2 |
| Canada | 2021 | 338 | 103 | 30.5 | – | 92 | 45 | 48.9 |
| Vietnam | 2021 | 499 | 151 | 30.3 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Israel | 2021 | 120 | 36 | 30 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Guinea | 2022 | 81 | 24 | 29.6 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Suriname | 2020 | 51 | 15 | 29.4 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Singapore | 2020 | 103 | 30 | 29.1 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Colombia | 2022 | 187 | 54 | 28.9 | 2022 | 108 | 32 | 29.6 |
| Iraq | 2021 | 329 | 95 | 28.9 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Jamaica | 2020 | 63 | 18 | 28.6 | 2020 | 21 | 8 | 38.1 |
| Lithuania | 2020 | 141 | 40 | 28.4 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| United States | 2020 | 430 | 125 | 28.4 | 2020 | 100 | 25 | 25 |
| Poland | 2019 | 460 | 130 | 28.3 | 2019 | 100 | 24 | 24 |
| Liechtenstein | 2021 | 25 | 7 | 28 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Dominican Republic | 2020 | 190 | 53 | 27.9 | 2020 | 32 | 4 | 12.5 |
| Malta | 2022 | 79 | 22 | 27.9 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Egypt | 2020 | 592 | 164 | 27.7 | 2020 | 300 | 40 | 13.3 |
| El Salvador | 2021 | 84 | 23 | 27.4 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Kazakhstan | 2021 | 106 | 29 | 27.4 | 2020 | 48 | 9 | 18.8 |
| Honduras | 2021 | 128 | 35 | 27.3 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Philippines | 2022 | 311 | 85 | 27.3 | 2022 | 24 | 7 | 29.2 |
| Montenegro | 2020 | 81 | 22 | 27.2 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Latvia | 2018 | 100 | 27 | 27 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Tajikistan | 2020 | 63 | 17 | 27 | 2020 | 31 | 8 | 25.8 |
| Barbados | 2022 | 30 | 8 | 26.7 | 2022 | 19 | 8 | 42.1 |
| Mali | 2020 | 121 | 32 | 26.5 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Tunisia | 2019 | 217 | 57 | 26.3 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2018 | 42 | 11 | 26.2 | 2019 | 15 | 3 | 20 |
| Djibouti | 2018 | 65 | 17 | 26.2 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Trinidad and Tobago | 2020 | 42 | 11 | 26.2 | 2020 | 32 | 13 | 40.6 |
| Niger | 2020 | 166 | 43 | 25.9 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Turkmenistan | 2018 | 116 | 30 | 25.9 | 2021 | 55 | 14 | 25.5 |
| Estonia | 2019 | 101 | 26 | 25.7 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Czech Republic | 2021 | 200 | 51 | 25.5 | 2020 | 81 | 12 | 14.8 |
| Uruguay | 2019 | 99 | 25 | 25.3 | 2019 | 31 | 10 | 32.3 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2020 | 16 | 4 | 25 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| China | 2018 | 2975 | 742 | 24.9 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Lesotho | 2017 | 115 | 28 | 24.4 | 2017 | 33 | 7 | 21.2 |
| Morocco | 2021 | 395 | 95 | 24.1 | 2021 | 120 | 15 | 12.5 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 2018 | 55 | 13 | 23.6 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Ireland | 2020 | 160 | 37 | 23.1 | 2020 | 59 | 23 | 39 |
| Kenya | 2022 | 350 | 81 | 23.1 | 2022 | 68 | 21 | 30.9 |
| Malawi | 2019 | 192 | 44 | 22.9 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Seychelles | 2020 | 35 | 8 | 22.9 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Bulgaria | 2021 | 240 | 54 | 22.5 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Panama | 2019 | 71 | 16 | 22.5 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Equatorial Guinea | 2017 | 100 | 22 | 22 | 2017 | 72 | 12 | 16.7 |
| Laos | 2021 | 164 | 36 | 22 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Indonesia | 2019 | 575 | 126 | 21.9 | No data
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| Slovakia | 2020 | 150 | 32 | 21.3 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Greece | 2019 | 300 | 63 | 21 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Bangladesh | 2018 | 350 | 73 | 20.9 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Cambodia | 2018 | 125 | 26 | 20.8 | 2018 | 62 | 10 | 16.1 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2021 | 88 | 18 | 20.5 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Pakistan | 2018 | 342 | 70 | 20.5 | 2021 | 100 | 19 | 19 |
| Mauritania | 2018 | 153 | 31 | 20.3 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Ukraine | 2019 | 423 | 86 | 20.3 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Mauritius | 2019 | 70 | 14 | 20 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Saudi Arabia | 2020 | 151 | 30 | 19.9 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Burkina Faso | 2022 | 71 | 14 | 19.7 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Somalia | 2021 | 274 | 54 | 19.7 | 2021 | 54 | 14 | 25.9 |
| Fiji | 2018 | 51 | 10 | 19.6 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Guatemala | 2019 | 160 | 31 | 19.4 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Georgia | 2020 | 147 | 28 | 19.1 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Romania | 2020 | 330 | 63 | 19.1 | 2020 | 136 | 25 | 18.4 |
| Togo | 2018 | 91 | 17 | 18.7 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| South Korea | 2020 | 295 | 55 | 18.6 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Brazil | 2022 | 513 | 95 | 18.5 | 2018 | 81 | 15 | 18.5 |
| Madagascar | 2019 | 151 | 28 | 18.5 | 2020 | 18 | 2 | 11.1 |
| Azerbaijan | 2020 | 120 | 22 | 18.3 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2020 | 22 | 4 | 18.2 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Bahamas | 2021 | 39 | 7 | 18 | 2021 | 16 | 4 | 25 |
| North Korea | 2019 | 687 | 121 | 17.6 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Paraguay | 2018 | 80 | 14 | 17.5 | 2018 | 45 | 7 | 15.6 |
| Bhutan | 2018 | 46 | 8 | 17.4 | 2018 | 24 | 3 | 12.5 |
| Turkey | 2018 | 582 | 101 | 17.4 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Mongolia | 2020 | 76 | 13 | 17.1 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Comoros | 2020 | 24 | 4 | 16.7 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Libya | 2014 | 170 | 28 | 16.5 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Russian Federation | 2021 | 450 | 73 | 16.2 | – | 169 | 37 | 21.9 |
| Thailand | 2019 | 489 | 77 | 15.8 | 2019 | 248 | 26 | 10.5 |
| Gabon | 2018 | 143 | 22 | 15.4 | 2021 | 67 | 16 | 23.9 |
| Zambia | 2021 | 166 | 25 | 15.1 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Bahrain | 2018 | 40 | 6 | 15 | 2018 | 40 | 9 | 22.5 |
| Malaysia | 2018 | 220 | 33 | 15 | – | 55 | 10 | 18.2 |
| India | 2019 | 542 | 81 | 14.9 | 2022 | 237 | 33 | 13.9 |
| Congo | 2022 | 151 | 22 | 14.6 | 2017 | 69 | 13 | 18.8 |
| Ghana | 2020 | 275 | 40 | 14.6 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Cyprus | 2021 | 56 | 8 | 14.3 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Côte d'Ivoire | 2021 | 254 | 36 | 14.2 | 2018 | 99 | 19 | 19.2 |
| Hungary | 2022 | 199 | 28 | 14.1 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Guinea-Bissau | 2019 | 102 | 14 | 13.7 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Eswatini | 2018 | 74 | 10 | 13.5 | 2018 | 30 | 12 | 40 |
| Samoa | 2021 | 54 | 7 | 13 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Central African Republic | 2020 | 140 | 18 | 12.9 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2018 | 500 | 64 | 12.8 | 2019 | 109 | 26 | 23.9 |
| Belize | 2020 | 32 | 4 | 12.5 | 2020 | 14 | 5 | 35.7 |
| Jordan | 2020 | 130 | 16 | 12.3 | 2020 | 65 | 7 | 10.8 |
| Sierra Leone | 2018 | 146 | 18 | 12.3 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Syrian Arab Republic | 2020 | 250 | 28 | 11.2 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Antigua and Barbuda | 2018 | 18 | 2 | 11.1 | 2018 | 17 | 9 | 52.9 |
| Botswana | 2019 | 63 | 7 | 11.1 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Saint Lucia | 2021 | 18 | 2 | 11.1 | 2021 | 11 | 5 | 45.5 |
| Liberia | 2017 | 73 | 8 | 11 | 2020 | 30 | 2 | 6.7 |
| Nauru | 2019 | 19 | 2 | 10.5 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Japan | 2021 | 464 | 46 | 9.9 | 2022 | 248 | 64 | 25.8 |
| Brunei | 2017 | 33 | 3 | 9.1 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Gambia | 2022 | 58 | 5 | 8.6 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Algeria | 2021 | 407 | 33 | 8.1 | 2022 | 164 | 7 | 4.3 |
| Solomon Islands | 2019 | 50 | 4 | 8 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Benin | 2019 | 81 | 6 | 7.4 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Micronesia | 2021 | 14 | 1 | 7.1 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Kiribati | 2020 | 45 | 3 | 6.7 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Lebanon | 2022 | 128 | 8 | 6.3 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Palau | 2020 | 16 | 1 | 6.3 | 2020 | 13 | 1 | 7.7 |
| Tuvalu | 2019 | 16 | 1 | 6.3 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Marshall Islands | 2019 | 33 | 2 | 6.1 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Iran | 2020 | 286 | 16 | 5.6 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Sri Lanka | 2020 | 225 | 12 | 5.3 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Maldives | 2019 | 87 | 4 | 4.6 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Qatar | 2021 | 45 | 2 | 4.4 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Tonga | 2021 | 27 | 1 | 3.7 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Nigeria | 2019 | 360 | 13 | 3.6 | 2019 | 109 | 8 | 7.3 |
| Oman | 2019 | 86 | 2 | 2.3 | 2019 | 85 | 15 | 17.7 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2022 | 110 | 2 | 1.8 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Kuwait | 2020 | 62 | 1 | 1.6 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Vanuatu | 2022 | 52 | 1 | 1.9 | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Yemen | 2003 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 2001 | 90 | 1 | 1.1 |
| Eritrea | 1994 | – | – | – | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Haiti | 2015 | – | – | – | 2016 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Venezuela | 2015 | – | – | – | Unicameral (no upper house)
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| Afghanistan | Appointed[3] | Aprx. 30[3] | 0[4] | 0 | Unicameral (no upper house)[3]
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| Myanmar | No data
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| Sudan | No data
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References
- ^ a b "Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments". Parline: the IPU’s Open Data Platform. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ Young-Im, Lee (24 January 2024). "Female representation significant". Taipei Times.
- ^ a b c Sayed, Adbul (8 September 2021). "Analysis: How Are the Taliban Organized?". Voice of America. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ Gannon, Kathy (7 September 2021). "Taliban form all-male Afghan government of old guard members". Associated Press. Kabul. Retrieved 29 October 2022.