WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT: AFRICA VERSUS REST OF THE WORLD

African country

COUNTRY	HOUSE SEATS	WOMEN PARLIAMENTARIANS	PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN
Rwanda**	80	39	48.80
Sweden	349	164	47.00
Cuba	614	265	43.20
Finland	200	83	41.50
Argentina	255	102	40.00
Netherlands	150	59	39.30
Denmark	179	68	38.00
Costa Rica	57	21	36.80
Spain	350	128	36.60
Norway	169	61	36.10
Belgium	150	53	35.30
Mozambique**	250	87	34.80
Iceland	63	21	33.30
New Zealand	121	40	33.10
South Africa **	400	132	33.00
Austria	183	60	32.80
Germany	613	194	31.60
Uganda**	332	102	30.70
Burundi**	118	36	30.50
Tanzania**	319	97	30.40
Peru	120	35	29.20
Macedonia	120	35	29.20
Timor-Leste	65	19	29.20
Belarus	110	32	29.10
Guyana	69	20	29.00
Switzerland	200	57	28.50
Portugal	230	65	28.30
Afghanistan	242	67	27.70
Namibia**	78	21	26.90
Trinidad and Tobago	41	11	26.80
Australia	150	40	26.70
Grenada	15	4	26.70
Vietnam	493	127	25.80
Kyrgyzstan	90	23	25.60
Iraq	275	70	25.50
Suriname	51	13	25.50
Laos	115	29	25.20
Andorra	28	7	25.00
Ecuador	100	25	25.00
Lesotho**	120	30	25.00
Monaco	24	6	25.00
Singapore	94	23	24.50
Liechtenstein	25	6	24.00
Seychelles**	34	8	23.50
Honduras	128	30	23.40
Luxembourg	60	14	23.30
Mexico	500	116	23.20
Tunisia**	189	43	22.80
Lithuania	141	32	22.70
Pakistan	338	76	22.50
United Arab Emirates	40	9	22.50
Mauritania	95	21	22.10
Eritrea**	150	33	22.00
Senegal**	150	33	22.00
Ethiopia**	529	116	21.90
Republic of Moldova	101	22	21.80
Bulgaria	240	52	21.70
Canada	305	65	21.30
Croatia	153	32	20.90
Estonia	101	21	20.80
China	2963	611	20.60
Philippines	239	49	20.50
Serbia	250	251	20.40
Poland	460	93	20.20
Republic of Korea	687	138	20.10
Latvia	100	20	20.00
Dominican Republic	178	35	19.70
Cambodia	123	24	19.50
United Kingdom	646	126	19.50
Guinea**	114	22	19.30
Slovakia	150	29	19.30
Venezuela	167	31	18.60
Nicaragua	92	17	18.50
France	577	105	18.20
St Vincent and Grenadines	22	4	18.20
Cape Verde	72	13	18.10
Sudan**	443	80	18.10
Equatorial Guinea**	100	18	18.00
Tajikistan	63	11	17.50
Uzbekistan	120	21	17.50
Italy	630	109	17.30
Nepal	329	57	17.30
Mauritius**	70	12	17.10
Bolivia	130	22	16.90
United States of America	435	73	16.80
El Salvador	84	14	16.70
Gabon**	120	20	16.70
Panama	78	13	16.70
Dominica	31	5	16.10
Turkmenistan	50	8	16.00
Zimbabwe**	150	24	16.00
Kazakhstan	107	17	15.90
Czech Republic	200	31	15.50
Burkina Faso**	111	17	15.30
Zambia**	158	24	15.20
Angola**	220	33	15.00
Chile	120	18	15.00
Greece	300	44	14.70
Republic of Korea	299	43	14.40
Cyprus	56	8	14.30
Israel	120	17	14.20
Guinea-Bissau**	100	14	14.00
Russia	450	63	14.00
Cameroon**	180	25	13.90
Djibouti**	65	9	13.80
Ireland	166	22	13.30
Jamaica	60	8	13.30
Sierra Leone**	121	16	13.20
Malawi **	193	25	13.00
Liberia**	64	8	12.50
Niger**	113	14	12.40
Syria	250	31	12.40
Bahamas	41	5	12.20
Slovenia	90	11	12.20
Uruguay	99	12	12.10
Guatemala	158	19	12.00
Maldives	50	6	12.00
Bosnia and Herzegovina	42	5	11.90
San Marino	60	7	11.70
Thailand	480	56	11.70
Indonesia	550	64	11.60
Azerbaijan	123	14	11.40
Botswana**	63	7	11.10
Hungary	386	43	11.10
Montenegro	81	9	11.10
Saint Lucia	18	2	11.10
Togo**	81	9	11.10
Ghana**	230	25	10.90
Benin**	83	9	10.80
Swaziland**	65	7	10.80
Antigua and Barbuda	19	2	10.50
Central African Republic**	105	11	10.50
Morocco**	325	34	10.50
Mali**	147	15	10.20
Barbados	30	3	10.00
Malaysia	219	22	10.00
Paraguay	80	8	10.00
Gambia**	53	5	9.40
Georgia	235	22	9.40
Japan	480	45	9.40
Romania	330	31	9.40
Armenia	131	12	9.20
Malta	65	6	9.20
India	541	49	9.10
Turkey	549	50	9.10
Brazil	513	46	9.00
Cote d'Ivoire**	203	18	8.90
Colombia	166	14	8.40
Democratic Republic of Congo**	500	42	8.40
Samoa	49	4	8.20
Somalia**	256	21	8.20
Ukraine	450	37	8.20
Madagascar**	127	10	7.90
Algeria**	389	30	7.70
Libya**	468	36	7.70
Congo**	137	10	7.30
Kenya**	207	15	7.20
Albania	140	10	7.10
Nigeria**	358	25	7.00
Saint Kitts and Nevis	15	1	6.70
Mongolia	76	5	6.60
Jordan	110	7	6.40
Sri Lanka	225	13	5.80
Chad**	155	8	5.20
Lebanon	128	6	4.70
Kiribati	46	2	4.30
Haiti	98	4	4.10
Iran	290	12	4.10
Vanuatu	52	2	3.80
Tonga	30	1	3.30
Comoros**	33	1	3.00
Marshall Islands	33	1	3.00
Bhutan	150	4	2.70
Bahrain	40	1	2.50
Egypt**	442	8	1.80
Sao Tome and Principe**	55	1	1.80
Kuwait	65	1	1.50
Papua New Guinea	109	1	0.90
Yemen	301	1	0.30
Belize	32	0	0.00
Micronesia	14	0	0.00
Nauru	18	0	0.00
Oman	84	0	0.00
Palau	16	0	0.00
Qatar	35	0	0.00
Saudi Arabia	150	0	0.00
Solomon Islands	50	0	0.00
Tuvalu	15	0	0.00

Source:

http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/classif.htm

NOTE: Figures are for Lower/ Single House seats as of 29 February 2008

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