The data in the tables below has been compiled by the Inter-Parliamentary Union on the basis of information provided by National Parliaments by 1st February 2019. The percentages do not take into account the case of parliaments for which no data was available at that date. Comparative data on the percentage of women in each National Parliament as well as data concerning the two regional parliamentary assemblies elected by direct suffrage can be found on separate pages. You can use the PARLINE database to view detailed results of parliamentary elections by country.
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Total MPs 46'177 Gender breakdown known for 45'177 Men 34'971 Women 11'206 Percentage of women 24.3%
Total MPs 39'179 Gender breakdown known for 39'179 Men 29'661 Women 9'518 Percentage of women 24.3%	Total MPs 6'998 Gender breakdown known for 6'998 Men 5'310 Women 1'688 Percentage of women 24.1%

Regions are classified by descending order of the percentage of women in the lower or single House

IPU's regional groupings for calculatiing regional averages of women in national parliaments have been reorganized at 1 January 2019. the current composition of each group may be consulted in this document

	Single House or lower House	Upper House or Senate	Both Houses combined
Nordic countries	42.5%	---	---
Americas	30.6%	31.4%	30.7%
Europe (Nordic countries included)	28.6%	28.0%	28.5%
Europe (Nordic countries not included)	27.2%	28.0%	27.4%
Sub-Saharan Africa	23.9%	22.2%	23.7%
Asia	19.8%	17.4%	19.5%
Middle East and North Africa	19.0%	12.5%	18.1%
Pacific	16.3%	36.0%	18.4%