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| SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA | MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA | SOUTH ASIA | EAST 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 average | 5 | Indonesia | 12 |
| Eritrea | 16 | Iran | 4 | Nepal | 3 | Philippines | 11 |
| Mozambique | 16 | Regional average | 3 | Pakistan | 2 | Lao Rep. | 9 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 13 | Egypt | 2 | Bhutan | 0 | Regional average | 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 average | 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
** No data
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 - rev.2, 1994.
Note: For two-chamber parliaments, the figures given on these pages are for the lower or popularly elected chamber.