Seats held by women in national parliaments in Asia

42 countries in Asia, 2025. Unit: % of seats. World ranking →

First in the ranking
50.0 %
United Arab Emirates
Median country
19.7 %
half above, half below
World
27.2 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
0.0 to 50.0
Oman - United Arab Emirates

How to read it

Across 42 countries in Asia, the highest value is in United Arab Emirates (50.0 %) and the lowest in Oman (0.0 %).

The median country is at 19.7 %: 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
1United Arab Emirates50.0
2Armenia38.3
3Uzbekistan38.0
4Timor-Leste35.4
5Kyrgyzstan33.3
6Singapore32.3
7Vietnam31.4
8Tajikistan28.6
9Philippines28.3
10China26.5
11Turkmenistan25.6
12Iraq25.5
13Mongolia25.4
14Israel24.2
15Laos22.0
16Indonesia21.9
17Azerbaijan20.8
18South Korea20.3
19Bahrain20.0
20Türkiye19.9
21Saudi Arabia19.9
22Thailand19.6
23Jordan19.6
24Kazakhstan18.4
25North Korea17.6
26Pakistan17.0
27Georgia16.8
28Japan15.7
29Cyprus14.3
30India13.8
31Cambodia13.6
32Malaysia13.5
33Brunei11.4
34Sri Lanka9.8
35Lebanon6.3
36Qatar6.1
37Syria4.9
38Iran4.9
39Bhutan4.3
40Maldives3.2
41Oman0.0
42Yemen0.0
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