2019-11-01_National_Geographic_Interactive

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5-9


10-14


15-19


20-24


25-29


30-34


35-39


40-44


45-49


50-54


55-59


60-64


percent
women
in national
legislature

legislation addressing domestic violence

an employment law mandating
nondiscrimination based on sex
a law mandating equal remuneration
for work of equal value
paid or unpaid maternity leave

A country has or does not have:

mandated gender quotas

No data

Vanuatu

P.N.G.


Micronesia

Solomon Is.

Yemen

Oman

Maldives

Lebanon

Kuwait

Nigeria

Haiti

Tuvalu

Tonga

Samoa

Marshall Is.

Kiribati

Sri Lanka

Qatar

Iran

Brunei

Mali

Eswatini

D.R. Congo

Comoros

C.A.R.


Botswana

Belize Benin

Palau

Nauru

Syria

Myanmar

Malaysia

Japan

India

Georgia

Bhutan

Bahrain

Ukraine

Malta

Liechtenstein

Hungary

The Gambia

Sierra Leone

S. Tome & Pr.

Mauritius

Liberia

Guinea-Bissau

Ghana

Egypt

Côte d'Ivoire

Congo

Chad

Burkina Faso

Paraguay

The Bahamas

St.Vincent & G.

St. Kitts & N.

Antigua & Barb.

Fiji

Uzbekistan

Turkey

Thailand

Tajikistan

South Korea

Saudi Arabia

North Korea
Jordan

Cambodia

Azerbaijan

Slovakia

Russia

Greece

Cyprus

Zambia

Togo

Niger

Madagascar

Libya

Gabon

Colombia

Brazil

St. Lucia

Jamaica

Barbados Guatemala

U.A.E.


Turkmenistan

Singapore

Pakistan

Israel

China

Bangladesh

Armenia

Slovenia

San Marino

Romania

Montenegro

Luxembourg

Lithuania

Ireland

Czechia

Croatia

Bos. & Her.

Somalia

Seychelles

Morocco

Mauritania

Malawi

Lesotho

Kenya

Guinea

Eritrea

Eq. Guinea

Cabo Verde

Venezuela

Uruguay

Chile

United States

Panama

Honduras

Dominica

Vietnam

Philippines

Laos

Kazakhstan

Iraq

Afghanistan

Poland

Moldova

Latvia

Estonia

Bulgaria

Albania

South Sudan

Djibouti

Angola

Algeria

Suriname

Peru

Dominican Rep.

Canada

Australia

Nepal

U.K.


Switzerland

Netherlands

Monaco

Germany

Belarus

Zimbabwe

Uganda

Cameroon

Guyana
Trin. & Tobago

El Salvador

Timor-Leste

Serbia

Portugal

N. Macedonia

Italy

Iceland

France

Denmark

Austria

Tunisia

Tanzania

Mozambique

Ethiopia

Burundi

Ecuador

Argentina

New Zealand

Norway

Belgium

Senegal

Sweden

Spain

Finland

Andorra

South Africa

Namibia

Mexico

Costa Rica Grenada

Bolivia

Cuba

Rwanda

Nicaragua

Mongolia

Kyrgyzstan

Women hold more than 50 percent of seats

No women in national legislature

North America

South
America

Asia
Rwanda

Europe

Africa

Australia
& Oceania

NOTE: IN BICAMERAL GOVERNMENTS, ONLY LOWER HOUSE DATA ARE MEASURED. NATIONAL
LEGISLATURE DATA AS OF JULY 2019. LEGISLATION DATA AS OF MARCH 2019.
KENNEDY ELLIOTT, NGM STAFF. SOURCES: ZEINA HILAL, INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION; WORLD BANK

Women account for roughly half the world’s
population but occupy less than a quarter
of political seats. Rwanda is an outlier,
with more women in power, proportionally,
than any other country (followed by two
other authoritarian-leaning nations, Cuba
and Bolivia). But political parity—whether
through appointments or elections—
remains an elusive goal in many countries.

POWER IN NUMBERS


Quotas aren’t enough
Countries with sanctions for failing to
meet quotas, such as Costa Rica where
candidate lists below the quota are
rejected, tend to have more women
leaders. The Democratic Republic of
the Congo, which has no sanctions, has
a 50 percent quota, yet women hold
only 10 percent of seats.

Elections amplify gains
Rwanda’s post-conflict, 2003
Constitution calls for 30 percent
of legislative seats to be reserved
for women. Last year women won
double the seats required by
quota and now represent
61 percent of the legislature.

Progress takes time
Sweden’s parliament has
almost reached gender
parity with voluntary quotas
introduced in the 1970s. Since
then the number of women
holding seats has risen from
14 to 47 percent.

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