* Notes on the data

• Data have been compiled by the Inter-Parliamentary Union on the basis of information provided by national parliaments.
• Parliaments are classified according to the percentage of seats held by women in lower or single parliamentary chambers.
• The figures correspond to the number of seats filled in parliament at the given time. Figures evolve over time based on updates received from national parliaments with updates regularly made in the Parline database.
• When there is a gap in data it means that data on the number of women in the single or lower parliamentary chambers were/are temporarily unavailable.
  • Afghanistan: The Parliament of Afghanistan, the Jirga (National Assembly), comprising the Wolesi Jirga (House of the People) and the Meshrano Jirga (House of Elders), was effectively dissolved following the Taliban takeover in August 2021.
  • Bangladesh: No functioning parliament. Parliament was dissolved in August 2024. Elections, which according to the Constitution should have been held within 90 days, are yet to take place.
  • Eritrea: No functioning parliament. The National Assembly ratified the Constitution in 1997. It was supposed to enter into force after National Assembly elections, scheduled for 1997. However, the elections were postponed indefinitely. The National Assembly has not met since February 2002.
  • Haiti: No functioning parliament. The mandate of all members of the Haitian Chamber of Deputies expired in January 2020 in the absence of elections.
  • Kuwait: No functioning parliament. The newly elected National Assembly, which was due to hold its first session on 14 May 2024, was dissolved by the Emir. There is currently no functioning Parliament in Kuwait.
  • Niger: No functioning parliament at 1 April 2025.
  • Sudan (both): No functioning parliament. The Parliament of Sudan was dissolved following a coup d'état in April 2019.
  • Mauritania (Senate): The Senate was abolished by a constitutional referendum held in August 2017.
  • Myanmar: The Parliament of Myanmar, the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (Assembly of the Union), comprising the Pyithu Hluttaw (House of Representatives) and the Amyotha Hluttaw (House of Nationalities), had its most recent elections in November 2020. The military staged a coup on 1 February 2021, the day on which the newly elected parliament was due to be sworn in. Consequently, there is currently no functioning parliament in Myanmar.
  • South Africa: The figures on the distribution of seats in the Upper House do not include the 36 special rotating delegates appointed on an ad hoc basis, and all percentages given are therefore calculated on the basis of the 54 permanent seats.
  • Syrian Arab Republic: In March 2025, the interim President signed the Constitutional Declaration for a five-year transitional period, announcing the abolition of the Constitution and the People’s Assembly.
  • Turkmenistan (People’s Council): The People's Council, established in March 2021, was abolished in January 2023 following the adoption of the Constitutional Law of Turkmenistan by a Joint Session of the Chambers of the Parliament.
  • Yemen: Data corresponds to the composition of the House of Representatives elected in 2003, and of the Shura Council appointed in 2001.