Women in Parliaments: An Astonishing World Comparison

Inter-Parliamentary Union
Feb 2, 2010

The data in this table has been compiled by the Inter-Parliamentary Union on the basis of information provided by National Parliaments by December 31, 2009. 187 countries are classified by descending order of the percentage of women in the lower or single House.

The United States ties with Turkmenistan in 74th place for the number of women in the legislature.

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