| Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) | ||||
| 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2016 | |
| World | 13 | 14 | 19 | 23 |
| Low income | .. | 13 | 20 | 24 |
| Middle income | 13 | 12 | 17 | 21 |
| High income | 12 | .. | 23 | 26 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 15 | 16 | 18 | 19 |
| Europe & Central Asia | .. | 7 | 15 | 18 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 12 | 16 | 24 | 29 |
| Middle East & North Africa | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 |
| South Asia | 6 | 8 | 20 | 19 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | .. | 12 | 19 | 24 |
| Mozambique | 16 | 30 | 39 | 40 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 4 | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| India | 5 | 9 | 11 | 12 |
| China | 21 | 22 | 21 | 24 |
| Brazil | 5 | 6 | 9 | 10 |
| Turkey | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 |
| Russian Federation | 16 | 8 | 14 | 14 |
| Germany | .. | 31 | 33 | 37 |
| United States | 7 | .. | 17 | 19 |
| Source: World Bank Data | ||||
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| The geographical regions do not include high income countries | ||||
| /karsten duus 11/2016 | ||||