Share of parliamentary seats held by women2025

Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber held by women.

{
  "id": "SG.GEN.PARL.ZS",
  "name": "Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)",
  "unit": "",
  "source": {
    "id": "2",
    "value": "World Development Indicators"
  },
  "sourceNote": "Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber held by women.",
  "sourceOrganization": "Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), uri: https://data.ipu.org/women-ranking/, note: For the year of 1998, the data is as of August 10, 1998., type: Excel, date accessed: 2026-03-29",
  "topics": [
    {
      "id": "13",
      "value": "Public Sector "
    },
    {
      "id": "17",
      "value": "Gender"
    },
    {
      "id": "15",
      "value": "Social Development "
    }
  ]
}