Seats held by women in national parliaments in Europe

43 countries in Europe, 2025. Unit: % of seats. World ranking →

First in the ranking
50.0 %
Andorra
Median country
35.0 %
half above, half below
World
27.2 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
15.6 to 50.0
Hungary - Andorra

How to read it

Across 43 countries in Europe, the highest value is in Andorra (50.0 %) and the lowest in Hungary (15.6 %).

The median country is at 35.0 %: 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
1Andorra50.0
2Iceland46.0
3Monaco45.8
4Finland45.5
5Sweden45.0
6Spain44.3
7Denmark43.6
8Netherlands43.3
9Belgium41.3
10United Kingdom40.5
11Norway40.2
12Moldova39.6
13North Macedonia39.2
14Switzerland39.0
15Serbia37.2
16France36.2
17Portugal35.7
18Slovenia35.6
19Austria35.5
20Albania35.0
21Luxembourg35.0
22San Marino35.0
23Belarus33.9
24Czechia33.5
25Croatia33.1
26Italy32.8
27Germany32.4
28Liechtenstein32.0
29Poland31.3
30Latvia31.0
31Malta29.1
32Estonia28.7
33Lithuania28.4
34Montenegro27.2
35Ireland25.3
36Bulgaria25.0
37Slovakia23.3
38Greece22.9
39Romania22.4
40Ukraine21.2
41Bosnia and Herzegovina19.0
42Russia16.4
43Hungary15.6
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