Countries with the Most Women in Parliament 2025

About This Dataset

Countries with the highest share of seats held by women in the lower or single house of their national parliament, according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union's 2025 rankings. The global average remains near 27%, making these countries clear outliers.

✨ AI Insight

Rwanda leads the world by a wide margin, with women holding 63.8% of lower-house seats - the only country where women form a clear supermajority, a legacy of post-genocide constitutional gender quotas. Cuba (55.7%) and Nicaragua (55.0%) also exceed 55%. A tight group sits right at parity: Mexico (50.2%), Andorra (50.0%) and the United Arab Emirates (50.0%) all reach or cross the 50% mark. Costa Rica (49.1%), Bolivia (46.2%), Iceland (46.0%) and South Africa (44.7%) round out the top ten. The list spans Africa, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East, showing that high female representation is driven less by wealth than by electoral systems and deliberate gender-quota policies.

Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU Parline)

Key Findings

Auto-computed highlights from this dataset

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Rwanda leads with 64 in All Time.

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Average value in All Time: 51 · median: 50.

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Gap in All Time: Rwanda is 1.4× larger than South Africa.