Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Poland
Poland: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments was 31.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Poland, 1997–2025
Source: Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Poland stood at 31.3%. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.9% on the previous year and up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Poland peaked at 31.3% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 13.0%, in 1997.
Poland ranks 69th of 193 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Poland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 13.0% | — |
| 1998 | 13.0% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 13.0% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 13.0% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 20.2% | +55.0% |
| 2002 | 20.2% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 20.2% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 20.2% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 20.4% | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 20.4% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 20.4% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 20.2% | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 20.0% | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 20.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 23.7% | +18.5% |
| 2012 | 23.7% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 23.7% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 24.3% | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 27.4% | +12.5% |
| 2016 | 27.4% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 28.0% | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 28.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 28.7% | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 28.7% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 28.3% | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 28.3% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 29.3% | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 29.6% | +0.7% |
| 2025 | 31.3% | +5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13.0% | 13.0% | 13.0% | 3 |
| 2000s | 19.5% | 13.0% | 20.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 25.5% | 20.0% | 28.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.2% | 28.3% | 31.3% | 6 |
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More public sector data for Poland
- Arms imports 1.45 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 39.61 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0016 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 8.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 1.45 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 1,039 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0414 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 44.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 38.00 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 4,356 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Poland?
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Poland was 31.3% 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 Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 31.3% in 2025.
- What is the lowest proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.0% in 1997.
- How does Poland rank for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Poland ranks 69th out of 193 countries with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Poland 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.