Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Low income
Low income: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments was 24.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Low income, 1997–2025
Source: Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). Measured in %.
Analysis
Low income recorded 24.8% for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in 2025. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Low income peaked at 24.8% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 10.6%, in 1998.
Low income ranks 29th of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Low income, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 11.2% | — |
| 1998 | 10.6% | -5.1% |
| 2000 | 12.4% | +16.7% |
| 2001 | 12.7% | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 13.9% | +8.9% |
| 2003 | 13.0% | -6.5% |
| 2004 | 14.5% | +12.2% |
| 2005 | 16.7% | +15.0% |
| 2006 | 17.1% | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 17.2% | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 17.3% | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 16.8% | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 17.9% | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 19.5% | +9.2% |
| 2012 | 19.8% | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 20.3% | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 19.5% | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 21.7% | +11.4% |
| 2016 | 21.9% | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 22.1% | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 22.0% | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 22.1% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 22.7% | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 24.2% | +6.6% |
| 2022 | 24.2% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 24.4% | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 24.5% | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 24.8% | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.9% | 10.6% | 11.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 15.2% | 12.4% | 17.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.7% | 17.9% | 22.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.1% | 22.7% | 24.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Low income
- 26 Senegal 41.2% compare
- 27 Dominica 40.6% compare
- 28 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 40.5% compare
- 29 Norway 40.2% compare
- 30 Burundi 39.6% compare
- 31 Republic of Moldova 39.6% compare
- 32 Tanzania, United Republic of 39.5% compare
More public sector data for Low income
- Arms imports 141.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.1887 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -50.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 141.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 12.46 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0154 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 17.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 9.31 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 19.47 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Low income?
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Low income was 24.8% 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 Low income?
- The highest recorded value was 24.8% in 2025.
- What is the lowest proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments recorded in Low income?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.6% in 1998.
- How does Low income rank for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Low income ranks 29th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments rising or falling in Low income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low income 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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Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber held by women.