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Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
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Women Business and the Law Index Score (scale 1-100)
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East Asia & Pacific
Europe & Central Asia
Latin America & Caribbean
Middle East & North Africa
North America
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)Women Business and the Law Index Score (scale 1-100)
EconomyYearValueYearValue
Afghanistan202127%202331.9
Albania202335.7%202391.3
Algeria20237.9%202357.5
American Samoa2023N/A2023N/A
Andorra202350%2023N/A
Angola202333.6%202379.4
Antigua and Barbuda20235.6%202368.8
Argentina202343.2%202379.4
Armenia202335.5%202390.6
Aruba2023N/A2023N/A
Australia202338.4%202396.9
Austria202341%202396.9
Azerbaijan202318.6%202385
Bahamas, The202317.9%202381.3
Bahrain202320%202368.1
Bangladesh202320.9%202349.4
Barbados202326.7%202380
Belarus202340%202375.6
Belgium202342.7%2023100
Belize202315.6%202382.5
Benin202326.6%202383.8
Bermuda2023N/A2023N/A
Bhutan202317.4%202375
Bolivia202346.2%202388.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina202319%202385
Botswana202311.1%202363.8
Brazil202317.5%202385
British Virgin Islands2023N/A2023N/A
Brunei Darussalam202311.8%202353.1
Bulgaria202324.2%202390.6
Burkina Faso202316.9%202382.5
Burundi202338.2%202376.3
Cabo Verde202341.7%202386.3
Cambodia202313.6%202381.3
Cameroon202333.9%202360
Canada202330.7%2023100
Cayman Islands2023N/A2023N/A
Central African Republic202312.9%202377.5
Chad202325.9%202366.3
Channel Islands2023N/A2023N/A
Chile202335.5%202380
China202326.5%202378.1
Colombia202328.9%202384.4
Comoros202316.7%202365
Congo, Dem. Rep.202312.8%202378.8
Congo, Rep.202314.6%202358.1
Costa Rica202347.4%202391.9
Cote d'Ivoire202313.7%202395
Croatia202331.8%202393.8
Cuba202355.7%2023N/A
Curacao2023N/A2023N/A
Cyprus202314.3%202396.9
Czechia202326%202393.8
Denmark202343.6%2023100
Djibouti202326.2%202371.3
Dominica202337.5%202362.5
Dominican Republic202327.9%202386.3
Ecuador202343.1%202389.4
Egypt, Arab Rep.202327.5%202350.6
El Salvador202327.4%202388.8
Equatorial Guinea202331%202358.1
Eritrea201922%202369.4
Estonia202328.7%202397.5
Eswatini202317.1%202346.3
Ethiopia202341.3%202380
Faroe Islands2023N/A2023N/A
Fiji202310.9%202382.5
Finland202346%202397.5
France202337.8%2023100
French Polynesia2023N/A2023N/A
Gabon202324.5%202395
Gambia, The20238.6%202369.4
Georgia202318.4%202388.1
Germany202335.2%2023100
Ghana202314.5%202375
Gibraltar2023N/A2023N/A
Greece202323%2023100
Greenland2023N/A2023N/A
Grenada202331.3%202380.6
Guam2023N/A2023N/A
Guatemala202320%202373.8
Guinea202329.6%202373.8
Guinea-Bissau20239.8%202351.9
Guyana202336.6%202386.9
Haiti20192.5%202361.3
Honduras202327.3%202375
Hong Kong SAR, China2023N/A202391.9
Hungary202314.1%202393.8
Iceland202347.6%2023100
India202315.2%202374.4
Indonesia202321.6%202370.6
Iran, Islamic Rep.20235.6%202331.3
Iraq202329.1%202348.1
Ireland202323.1%2023100
Isle of Man2023N/A2023N/A
Israel202324.2%202380.6
Italy202332.3%202397.5
Jamaica202328.6%202374.4
Japan202310.3%202378.8
Jordan202312.3%202359.4
Kazakhstan202318.4%202375.6
Kenya202323.3%202383.8
Kiribati20236.7%202376.3
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.202317.6%2023N/A
Korea, Rep.202319.1%202388.1
Kosovo2023N/A202391.9
Kuwait20233.1%202338.1
Kyrgyz Republic202320%202376.9
Lao PDR202322%202385.6
Latvia202332%2023100
Lebanon20236.3%202358.8
Lesotho202326.4%202380.6
Liberia202311%202381.3
Libya202316.5%202350
Liechtenstein202328%2023N/A
Lithuania202328.4%202393.8
Luxembourg202333.3%2023100
Macao SAR, China2023N/A2023N/A
Madagascar202318.5%202369.4
Malawi202320.7%202380
Malaysia202313.5%202360.6
Maldives20234.6%202373.8
Mali202328.6%202363.8
Malta202327.8%202391.3
Marshall Islands202312.1%202365.6
Mauritania202323.3%202348.1
Mauritius202320%202389.4
Mexico202350%202388.8
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.202314.3%202361.3
Moldova202338.6%202390.6
Monaco202345.8%2023N/A
Mongolia202317.1%202390.6
Montenegro202321%202385
Morocco202324.3%202375.6
Mozambique202343.2%202382.5
Myanmar202115.3%202358.8
Namibia202344.2%202380
Nauru202310.5%2023N/A
Nepal202333.1%202380.6
Netherlands202340%2023100
New Caledonia2023N/A2023N/A
New Zealand202344.3%202397.5
Nicaragua202351.6%202386.3
Niger202225.9%202353.8
Nigeria20233.9%202366.3
North Macedonia202342.5%202385
Northern Mariana Islands2023N/A2023N/A
Norway202346.2%202396.9
Oman20230%202346.3
Pakistan202320.5%202358.8
Palau20236.3%202356.3
Panama202322.5%202379.4
Papua New Guinea20232.7%202360
Paraguay202322.5%202394.4
Peru202338.8%202395
Philippines202327.3%202378.8
Poland202329.3%202393.8
Portugal202336.1%2023100
Puerto Rico2023N/A202383.8
Qatar20234.4%202335.6
Romania202319.1%202390.6
Russian Federation202316.4%202373.1
Rwanda202361.3%202391.9
Samoa202313%202375
San Marino202333.3%202385
Sao Tome and Principe202314.5%202383.1
Saudi Arabia202319.9%202371.3
Senegal202346.1%202372.5
Serbia202334.8%202393.8
Seychelles202322.9%202376.3
Sierra Leone202328.2%202392.5
Singapore202329.1%202382.5
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)2023N/A2023N/A
Slovak Republic202322%202387.5
Slovenia202337.8%202396.9
Solomon Islands20238%202356.9
Somalia202319.7%202346.9
South Africa202345.9%202388.1
South Sudan202332.4%202367.5
Spain202344.3%2023100
Sri Lanka20235.3%202365.6
St. Kitts and Nevis202331.3%202371.3
St. Lucia202311.1%202383.8
St. Martin (French part)2023N/A2023N/A
St. Vincent and the Grenadines202318.2%202368.1
Sudan201830.5%202332.5
Suriname202329.4%202376.9
Sweden202346.4%2023100
Switzerland202338.5%202388.1
Syrian Arab Republic202310.8%202340
Tajikistan202327%202378.8
Tanzania202337.4%202381.3
Thailand202318.8%202378.1
Timor-Leste202336.9%202386.3
Togo202319.8%202397.5
Tonga20237.1%202358.8
Trinidad and Tobago202328.6%202375
Tunisia202316.2%202364.4
Turkiye202319.8%202382.5
Turkmenistan202325.6%2023N/A
Turks and Caicos Islands2023N/A2023N/A
Tuvalu20236.3%2023N/A
Uganda202333.8%202383.8
Ukraine202320.4%202385
United Arab Emirates202350%202382.5
United Kingdom202334.6%202397.5
United States202329%202391.3
Uruguay202326.3%202388.8
Uzbekistan202333.6%202382.5
Vanuatu20231.9%202355.6
Venezuela, RB202122.2%202385
Vietnam202330.3%202388.1
Virgin Islands (U.S.)2023N/A2023N/A
West Bank and Gaza2023N/A202326.3
Yemen, Rep.20230%202326.9
Zambia202315%202381.3
Zimbabwe202330.7%202386.9

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