Women In Parliament

Africa Ranking

percentSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Rwanda	61.25	2020	1	61.25
2	South Africa	46.75	2020	2	46.35
3	Namibia	43.27	2020	3	42.71
4	Senegal	43.03	2020	4	41.82
5	Mozambique	42.4	2020	5	41.2
6	Ethiopia	38.76	2020	6	38.76
7 ↑	Burundi	38.21	2020	8	36.36
8 ↓	Tanzania	36.72	2020	7	36.9
9	Uganda	34.86	2020	9	34.86
10 ↑	Cameroon	33.89	2020	11	31.11
11 ↓	Zimbabwe	31.85	2020	10	31.85
12	Sudan	30.52	2018	12	30.52
13 ↑	Mali	27.89	2020	47	9.52
14 ↑	Egypt	27.41	2020	34	14.93
15 ↓	Djibouti	26.15	2020	13	26.15
16 ↓	Algeria	25.76	2020	14	25.76
17 ↓	Cape Verde	25	2020	16	23.61
18 ↑	Tunisia	24.88	2020	20	22.58
19 ↓	Somalia	24.36	2020	15	24.36
20 ↑	Seychelles	24.24	2020	23	21.21
21 ↑	Sao Tome and Principe	23.64	2020	36	14.55
22 ↓	Lesotho	23.33	2020	17	23.33
23 ↓	Malawi	22.92	2020	18	22.92
24 ↓	Eritrea	22	2019	21	22
25 ↓	Kenya	21.78	2020	22	21.78
26 ↓	Equatorial Guinea	21	2020	24	21
27 ↓	Morocco	20.51	2020	25	20.51
28 ↓	Mauritania	20.26	2020	26	20.26
29 ↓	Mauritius	20	2020	27	20
30 ↑	Togo	18.68	2020	31	16.48
31 ↑	Madagascar	17.88	2020	33	15.89
32 ↓	Niger	16.96	2020	30	16.96
33 ↓	Zambia	16.77	2020	28	17.96
34 ↑	Comoros	16.67	2020	51	6.06
34 ↓	Guinea	16.67	2020	19	22.81
36 ↓	Libya	15.96	2020	32	15.96
37 ↓	Chad	15.43	2020	35	14.88
38 ↓	Gabon	14.79	2020	29	17.91
39 ↓	Guinea-Bissau	13.73	2020	37	13.73
40 ↓	Ghana	13.09	2020	39	13.09
41 ↑	Democratic Republic of the Congo	12.8	2020	46	10
42 ↓	Sierra Leone	12.33	2020	40	12.33
42 ↓	Liberia	12.33	2020	40	12.33
44 ↓	Ivory Coast	11.37	2020	43	10.98
45 ↓	Republic of the Congo	11.26	2020	42	11.26
46 ↓	Botswana	10.77	2020	44	10.77
47 ↑	Swaziland	9.59	2020	49	7.25
48 ↓	Gambia	8.62	2020	45	10.34
49 ↓	Central African Republic	8.57	2020	48	8.57
50	Benin	7.23	2020	50	7.23
51 ↑	Nigeria	7.22	2020	52	3.38
52 ↓	Burkina Faso	6.3	2020	38	13.39

Definition of Women In Parliament

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