According to data from the Inter-Parliamentary Union, women’s representation in national parliaments has increased substantially in the last decades, going from 13.8 percent in 2000 to 24.3 percent in 2019. Among regional averages, Nordic countries are the ones with the highest proportion of women in parliament, with 42.5 percent in both houses combined. They are followed by the Americas (30.6 percent), Europe - OSCE member countries including Nordic countries (28.6 percent), Europe - OSCE member countries excluding Nordic countries (27.2 percent), Sub-Saharan Africa (23.9 percent), Asia (19.9 percent), Arab States (19 percent) and the Pacific (16.3 percent). The countries with the highest presence of women in lower houses of parliament include Rwanda (61.3 percent), Cuba (53.2 percent) and Bolivia (53.1 percent). In all other countries women parliamentarians account for less than half of their respective lower houses of parliament.[1]

Updated statistics on women’s representation in national parliaments can be found in the Inter-Parliamentary Union database.