Women in parliament in Europe

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Women in parliament, percent in Europe:

The average for 2019 based on 46 countries was 29.88 percent.The highest value was in Sweden: 47.28 percent and the lowest value was in Liechtenstein: 12 percent. The indicator is available from 1997 to 2020. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank

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1. Sweden

2. Finland

3. Andorra

4. Spain

5. Belgium

6. Switzerland

7. Norway

8. Belarus

9. France

10. Austria

11. Macedonia

12. Denmark

13. Portugal

14. Iceland

15. Serbia

16. Italy

17. Euro area

18. Monaco

19. UK

20. Netherlands

21. Germany

22. Latvia

23. Estonia

24. Albania

25. Poland

26. Montenegro

27. Slovenia

28. Bulgaria

29. Moldova

30. Luxembourg

31. San Marino

32. Czech Rep.

33. Ireland

34. Romania

35. Bosnia & Herz.

36. Lithuania

37. Greece

38. Croatia

39. Ukraine

40. Slovakia

41. Cyprus

42. Turkey

43. Russia

44. Malta

45. Hungary

46. Liechtenstein

Definition: Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber held by women.

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