Seats held by women in national parliaments in Africa

51 countries in Africa, 2025. Unit: % of seats. World ranking →

First in the ranking
63.8 %
Rwanda
Median country
23.4 %
half above, half below
World
27.2 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
4.2 to 63.8
Nigeria - Rwanda

How to read it

Across 51 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Rwanda (63.8 %) and the lowest in Nigeria (4.2 %).

The median country is at 23.4 %: half are above, half below.

Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber held by women.

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Source: Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), uri: https://data.ipu.org/women-ranking/, note: For the year of 1998, the… · via World Bank WDI (SG.GEN.PARL.ZS) · licence

Women in parliament over time

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Ranking of countries

2025
In chart Share of the highest value
1Rwanda63.8
2South Africa44.9
3Cabo Verde44.4
4Namibia42.3
5Ethiopia41.9
6Senegal41.2
7Burundi39.6
8Tanzania39.5
9Angola39.1
10Mozambique38.3
11Uganda34.1
12Cameroon33.9
13Chad33.5
14South Sudan32.4
15Equatorial Guinea31.0
16Zimbabwe30.1
17Mali30.1
18Guinea29.6
19Sierra Leone29.5
20Egypt26.8
21Benin26.6
22Seychelles26.5
23Djibouti26.2
24Lesotho25.0
25Morocco24.3
26Kenya23.4
27Mauritania23.3
28Eswatini21.6
29Gabon21.6
30Malawi21.4
31Niger19.6
32Somalia19.0
33Burkina Faso18.3
34Comoros18.2
35Mauritius17.9
36Libya16.5
37Tunisia15.8
38Togo15.0
39Zambia15.0
40Republic of the Congo14.6
41Ghana14.5
42São Tomé and Principe14.5
43Madagascar14.1
44Côte d'Ivoire13.4
45Democratic Republic of the Congo12.8
46Central African Republic11.4
47Liberia11.0
48Botswana9.0
49The Gambia8.6
50Algeria7.9
51Nigeria4.2
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