Women in parliament — all countries

Women in parliament — Burkina Faso

Women in parliament in Burkina Faso in 2025 — 18.3%. Ranked 131 in the world out of 184. Since 1997, the indicator has risen by 9.3 pp.

2025 18.3% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 131of 184
Period maximum 18.3%2024
Period minimum 6.3%2020

Trend over time

1997–2025 · % of seats

Women in parliament — Burkina Faso, 1997–20250510152019972000200320062009201220152018202120241997: 9%1998: 8.1%1999: 8.1%2000: 8.1%2001: 8.1%2002: 11.7%2003: 11.7%2004: 11.7%2005: 11.7%2006: 11.7%2007: 15.3%2008: 15.3%2009: 15.3%2010: 15.3%2011: 15.3%2012: 15.7%2013: 15.7%2015: 9.4%2016: 9.4%2017: 11%2018: 11%2019: 13.4%2020: 6.3%2021: 6.3%2022: 16.9%2023: 16.9%2024: 18.3%2025: 18.3%
Change over the period: +9.3 pp Annual average: 0.33 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso 18.3%
World 27.2%
Western Africa computed 22%
Low-income countries computed 23.5%
Women in parliament — Burkina Faso, by year Burkina Faso All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 18.3 +0 pp
2024 18.3 +1.4 pp
2023 16.9 +0 pp
2022 16.9 +10.6 pp
2021 6.3 +0 pp
2020 6.3 −7.1 pp
2019 13.4 +2.4 pp
2018 11 +0 pp
2017 11 +1.6 pp
2016 9.4 +0 pp
2015 9.4
2013 15.7 +0 pp
2012 15.7 +0.4 pp
2011 15.3 +0 pp
2010 15.3 +0 pp
2009 15.3 +0 pp
2008 15.3 +0 pp
2007 15.3 +3.6 pp
2006 11.7 +0 pp
2005 11.7 +0 pp
2004 11.7 +0 pp
2003 11.7 +0 pp
2002 11.7 +3.6 pp
2001 8.1 +0 pp
2000 8.1 +0 pp
1999 8.1 +0 pp
1998 8.1 −0.9 pp
1997 9

About the indicator

The share of seats held by women in the national parliament (in bicameral systems, in the lower or single chamber). Data of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. The indicator depends directly on the electoral system and on the presence of quotas: in countries with proportional representation and gender quotas the share is consistently higher.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.