Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments was 29.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Sierra Leone, 1999–2025
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 Sierra Leone stood at 29.5%. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 138.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Sierra Leone peaked at 29.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8.8%, in 1999.
Sierra Leone ranks 81st of 193 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 8.8% | — |
| 2000 | 8.8% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 8.8% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 14.5% | +65.9% |
| 2004 | 14.5% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 14.5% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 14.5% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 13.2% | -8.9% |
| 2008 | 13.2% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 13.2% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 13.2% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 12.9% | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 12.4% | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 12.4% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 12.1% | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 12.4% | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 12.4% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 12.4% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 12.3% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 12.3% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 12.3% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 12.3% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 12.3% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 28.2% | +128.6% |
| 2024 | 29.5% | +4.8% |
| 2025 | 29.5% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.8% | 8.8% | 8.8% | 1 |
| 2000s | 12.8% | 8.8% | 14.5% | 9 |
| 2010s | 12.5% | 12.1% | 13.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.7% | 12.3% | 29.5% | 6 |
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More public sector data for Sierra Leone
- Arms imports 2.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2016)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.2776 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2016)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2016)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 2.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2016)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 4.22 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0052 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -3.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 36.45 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 27.71 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2016)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per square kilometre 524.06 current USD per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Sierra Leone?
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Sierra Leone was 29.5% 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 Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 29.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.8% in 1999.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Sierra Leone ranks 81st out of 193 countries with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 138.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone 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.