World Average: 9% of MPs are women
SUB-SAHARAN MIDDLE EAST & EAST ASIA & AFRICA % NORTH AFRICA % SOUTH ASIA % PACIFIC % South Africa 25 Iraq 11 Bangladesh 10 China 21 Rwanda 17 Algeria 7 India 7 Korea, Dem. 20 Uganda 17 Tunisia 7 Sri Lanka 5 Viet Nam 19 Chad 16 Sudan 5 Regional avr. 5 Indonesia 12 Eritrea 16 Iran 4 Nepal 3 Philippines 11 Mozambique 16 Regional avr. 3 Pakistan 2 Lao Rep. 9 Guinea-Bissau 13 Egypt 2 Bhutan 0 Regional avr. 9 Cameroon 12 Lebanon 2 Afghanistan * Malaysia 6 Senegal 12 Turkey 2 Cambodia 4 Zimbabwe 12 Jordan 1 Mongolia 4 Tanzania 11 Morocco 1 Singapore 4 Angola 10 Yemen 1 Thailand 4 Burundi 10 Kuwait 0 Korea, Rep. 1 Ghana 8 U. Arab Emir. 0 Pap. New Guinea 0 Regional avr. 8 Libya ** Hong Kong * Namibia 7 Syria ** Myanmar * Zambia 7 Oman * Benin 6 Saudi Arabia * Burkina Faso 6 Gabon 6 Liberia 6 Malawi 6 Niger 6 Botswana 5 Cote d'Ivoire 5 C. Afr. Rep. 4 Madagascar 4 Zaire 4 Kenya 3 Mauritius 3 Lesotho 2 Mali 2 Congo 1 Ethiopia 1 Togo 1 Mauritania 0 Guinea * Nigeria * Sierra Leone * Somalia ** No parliament
Source: (for ranking tables and most statistics in these pages) Inter-Parliamentary Union, `Distribution of seats between men and women in the 178 national parliaments existing as at 30 June 1994', Reports and documents, no. 18, add. 2 -. 2, 1994.
Note: For two-chamber parliaments, the figures given on these pages are for the lower or popularly elected chamber.