Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments was 9.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Sri Lanka, 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 Sri Lanka stood at 9.8%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% on the previous year and up 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Sri Lanka peaked at 10.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4.4%, in 2002.
That places Sri Lanka 172nd out of 193 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 5.3% | — |
| 1998 | 5.3% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 4.9% | -8.3% |
| 2002 | 4.4% | -9.1% |
| 2003 | 4.4% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 4.9% | +10.0% |
| 2005 | 4.9% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 4.9% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 5.8% | +18.2% |
| 2008 | 5.8% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 5.8% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 5.3% | -7.7% |
| 2011 | 5.8% | +8.3% |
| 2012 | 5.8% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 5.8% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 5.8% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 4.9% | -15.4% |
| 2016 | 5.8% | +18.2% |
| 2017 | 5.8% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 5.8% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 5.3% | -7.7% |
| 2020 | 5.4% | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 5.4% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 5.3% | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 5.3% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 10.0% | +87.5% |
| 2025 | 9.8% | -2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.2% | 4.9% | 5.3% | 3 |
| 2000s | 5.1% | 4.4% | 5.8% | 8 |
| 2010s | 5.6% | 4.9% | 5.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.9% | 5.3% | 10.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More public sector data for Sri Lanka
- Arms imports 9.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.4107 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 80 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 9.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 60.84 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0134 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 14.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 1.33 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 80.83 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Sri Lanka?
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Sri Lanka was 9.8% 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 10.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.4% in 2002.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Sri Lanka ranks 172nd out of 193 countries with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.