Heavily indebted countries Compared by Government > Democracy > Female parliamentarians
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DEFINITION:
Seats in parliament held by women (as % of total). Data are as of 8 March 2002. Where there are lower and upper houses, data refer to the weighted average of women's shares of seats in both houses.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH |
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1 | Iceland | 34.9% | 2002 | |
2 | Netherlands | 32.9% | 2002 | |
3 | Germany | 31% | 2002 | |
4 | Spain | 26.6% | 2002 | |
5 | Austria | 25.1% | 2002 | |
6 | Belgium | 24.9% | 2002 | |
7 | Canada | 23.6% | 2002 | |
8 | Seychelles | 23.5% | 2002 | |
9 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 22.7% | 2002 | |
10 | Barbados | 20.4% | 2002 | |
11 | Dominica | 18.8% | 2002 | |
12 | Portugal | 18.7% | 2002 | |
13 | Grenada | 17.9% | 2002 | |
14 | United Kingdom | 17.1% | 2002 | |
15 | Jamaica | 16% | 2002 | |
16 | Eritrea | 14.7% | 2002 | |
=17 | Saint Lucia | 13.8% | 2002 | |
=17 | United States | 13.8% | 2002 | |
19 | Ireland | 13.7% | 2002 | |
20 | Belize | 13.5% | 2002 | |
=21 | Israel | 13.3% | 2002 | |
=21 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 13.3% | 2002 | |
23 | Singapore | 11.8% | 2002 | |
24 | Cape Verde | 11.1% | 2002 | |
25 | France | 10.9% | 2002 | |
26 | Cyprus | 10.7% | 2002 | |
=27 | Zimbabwe | 10% | 2002 | |
=27 | Japan | 10% | 2002 | |
29 | Sudan | 9.7% | 2002 | |
30 | Malawi | 9.3% | 2002 | |
31 | Malta | 9.2% | 2002 | |
=32 | Italy | 9.1% | 2002 | |
=32 | Sao Tome and Principe | 9.1% | 2002 | |
34 | Greece | 8.7% | 2002 | |
=35 | Hungary | 8.3% | 2002 | |
=35 | Antigua and Barbuda | 8.3% | 2002 | |
37 | Sri Lanka | 4.4% | 2002 | |
38 | Jordan | 3.3% | 2002 | |
39 | Egypt | 2.4% | 2002 | |
40 | Lebanon | 2.3% | 2002 | |
41 | Morocco | 0.5% | 2002 |
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- Denmark ranked first for democracy > female parliamentarians amongst NATO countries in 2002.
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- Finland ranked first for democracy > female parliamentarians amongst Eurozone in 2002.
- Germany ranked first for democracy > female parliamentarians amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2002.
- South Africa ranked second for democracy > female parliamentarians amongst Sub-Saharan Africa in 2002.