Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Ghana
Ghana: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments was 14.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Ghana, 1997–2025
Source: Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). Measured in %.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 14.5% for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is up 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Ghana peaked at 14.5% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 7.9%, in 2008.
Ghana ranks 152nd of 193 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Ghana, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 9.0% | — |
| 1998 | 9.0% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 9.0% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 9.0% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 9.0% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 9.0% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 10.9% | +20.8% |
| 2005 | 10.9% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 10.9% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 10.9% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 7.9% | -27.4% |
| 2009 | 8.3% | +4.6% |
| 2010 | 8.3% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 8.3% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 10.9% | +32.1% |
| 2014 | 10.9% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 10.9% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 10.9% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 12.7% | +16.7% |
| 2018 | 12.7% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 13.1% | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 13.1% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 14.5% | +11.1% |
| 2022 | 14.5% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 14.5% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 14.5% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 14.5% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.0% | 9.0% | 9.0% | 3 |
| 2000s | 9.6% | 7.9% | 10.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 11.0% | 8.3% | 13.1% | 9 |
| 2020s | 14.3% | 13.1% | 14.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More public sector data for Ghana
- Arms imports 11.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.3195 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 37.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 11.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 7.81 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0032 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -5.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 268.74 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 35.16 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Ghana?
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Ghana was 14.5% in 2025, according to Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
- What is the highest proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 14.5% in 2021.
- What is the lowest proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.9% in 2008.
- How does Ghana rank for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Ghana ranks 152nd out of 193 countries with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), published as part of Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber held by women.