Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Maldives
Maldives: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments was 3.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Maldives, 1997–2025
Source: Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Maldives is 3.2%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 28 years on record.
The figure is down 45.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Maldives peaked at 12.0% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 3.2%, in 2024.
Maldives ranks 186th of 193 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Maldives, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 6.2% | — |
| 1998 | 6.2% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 6.0% | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 6.0% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 6.0% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 6.0% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 6.0% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 12.0% | +100.0% |
| 2006 | 12.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 12.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 12.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 6.5% | -45.9% |
| 2010 | 6.5% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 6.5% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 6.5% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 6.5% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 5.9% | -9.4% |
| 2015 | 5.9% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 5.9% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 5.9% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 5.9% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 4.6% | -21.8% |
| 2020 | 4.6% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 4.6% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 4.6% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 4.6% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 3.2% | -29.8% |
| 2025 | 3.2% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.2% | 6.2% | 6.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 8.4% | 6.0% | 12.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.0% | 4.6% | 6.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.1% | 3.2% | 4.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More public sector data for Maldives
- Arms imports 7.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 13.26 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 7.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 6,667 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2021)
- Tax revenue 19.5% (2021)
- Capital stock, General government, Current prices, Domestic currency 110.64 (2019)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 12.7% (2021)
- Capital stock, General government, Constant prices, Percent of GDP 133.64 (2019)
- Capital stock, General government, Constant prices, Purchasing power 14.77 (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Maldives?
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Maldives was 3.2% 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 Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 12.0% in 2005.
- What is the lowest proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.2% in 2024.
- How does Maldives rank for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Maldives ranks 186th out of 193 countries with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Maldives 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.