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Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
2017,2016,2015,2014,2013,2012,2011,2010,2009,2008,2007,2006,2005,2004,2003,2002,2001,2000,1999,1998,1991
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Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)

This statistics in other country:

AfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAndorraAngolaAntigua and BarbudaArab WorldArgentinaArmeniaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBahamas, TheBahrainBangladeshBarbadosBelarusBelgiumBelizeBeninBhutanBoliviaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBrazilBrunei DarussalamBulgariaBurkina FasoBurundiCabo VerdeCambodiaCameroonCanadaCaribbean small statesCentral African RepublicCentral Europe and the BalticsChadChileChinaColombiaComorosCongo, Dem. Rep.Congo, Rep.Costa RicaCote d'IvoireCroatiaCubaCyprusCzech RepublicDenmarkDjiboutiDominicaDominican RepublicEarly-demographic dividendEast Asia & PacificEast Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)EcuadorEgypt, Arab Rep.El SalvadorEquatorial GuineaEritreaEstoniaEthiopiaEuro areaEurope & Central AsiaEurope & Central Asia (excluding high income)Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)European UnionFijiFinlandFragile and conflict affected situationsFranceGabonGambia, TheGeorgiaGermanyGhanaGreeceGrenadaGuatemalaGuineaGuinea-BissauGuyanaHaitiHeavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)High incomeHondurasHungaryIBRD onlyIcelandIDA & IBRD totalIDA blendIDA onlyIDA totalIndiaIndonesiaIran, Islamic Rep.IraqIrelandIsraelItalyJamaicaJapanJordanKazakhstanKenyaKiribatiKorea, Dem. People’s Rep.Korea, Rep.KuwaitKyrgyz RepublicLao PDRLate-demographic dividendLatin America & Caribbean Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)LatviaLeast developed countries: UN classificationLebanonLesothoLiberiaLibyaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLow & middle incomeLow incomeLower middle incomeLuxembourgMacedonia, FYRMadagascarMalawiMalaysiaMaldivesMaliMaltaMarshall IslandsMauritaniaMauritiusMexicoMicronesia, Fed. Sts.Middle East & North AfricaMiddle East & North Africa (excluding high income)Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)Middle incomeMoldovaMonacoMongoliaMontenegroMoroccoMozambiqueMyanmarNamibiaNauruNepalNetherlandsNew ZealandNicaraguaNigerNigeriaNorth AmericaNorwayOECD membersOmanOther small statesPacific island small statesPakistanPalauPanamaPapua New GuineaParaguayPeruPhilippinesPolandPortugalPost-demographic dividendPre-demographic dividendQatarRomaniaRussian FederationRwandaSamoaSan MarinoSao Tome and PrincipeSaudi ArabiaSenegalSerbiaSeychellesSierra LeoneSingaporeSlovak RepublicSloveniaSmall statesSolomon IslandsSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth AsiaSouth Asia (IDA & IBRD)South SudanSpainSri LankaSt. Kitts and NevisSt. LuciaSt. Vincent and the GrenadinesSub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)SudanSurinameSwazilandSwedenSwitzerlandSyrian Arab RepublicTajikistanTanzaniaThailandTimor-LesteTogoTongaTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkeyTurkmenistanTuvaluUgandaUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited StatesUpper middle incomeUruguayUzbekistanVanuatuVenezuela, RBVietnamWorldYemen, Rep.ZambiaZimbabwe

Timeline:

This timeline shows a graph from 1991 to 2017 of World. No data until 1990. Number of actual observations by date: 21.

Source name:

World Development Indicators

Source organization:

Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) (www.ipu.org).

Categories, topics:

Public Sector, Gender, Social Development

Last updated:

apr 23, 2017

Indicators value changes by year

Meaning:
17.315
Minimum:
11.692
jan 1, 1998
Maximum:
23.02
jan 1, 2017
At the date of observation
Value
Absolute change
Change from the previous value
jan 1, 1991
12.733
+12.733
0.0%
jan 1, 1998
11.692
-1.042
-8.18%
jan 1, 1999
13.067
+1.376
11.77%
jan 1, 2000
13.518
+0.451
3.45%
jan 1, 2001
13.905
+0.387
2.86%
jan 1, 2002
14.086
+0.181
1.3%
jan 1, 2003
15.164
+1.078
7.65%
jan 1, 2004
15.176
+0.012
0.08%
jan 1, 2005
15.897
+0.722
4.76%
jan 1, 2006
16.482
+0.584
3.68%
jan 1, 2007
16.978
+0.496
3.01%
jan 1, 2008
17.87
+0.893
5.26%
jan 1, 2009
18.446
+0.575
3.22%
jan 1, 2010
19.028
+0.583
3.16%
jan 1, 2011
19.16
+0.131
0.69%
jan 1, 2012
19.829
+0.67
3.49%
jan 1, 2013
20.757
+0.928
4.68%
jan 1, 2014
21.766
+1.009
4.86%
jan 1, 2015
22.184
+0.419
1.92%
jan 1, 2016
22.852
+0.668
3.01%
jan 1, 2017
23.02
+0.168
0.74%

Ranking of countries by current statistics by years