Women in parliament — all countries

Women in parliament — Gambia

Women in parliament in the Gambia in 2025 — 8.6%. Ranked 168 in the world out of 184. Since 1997, the indicator has risen by 6.6 pp.

2025 8.6% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 168of 184
Period maximum 13.2%2003
Period minimum 2%1997

Trend over time

1997–2025 · % of seats

Women in parliament — Gambia, 1997–202505101519972000200320062009201220152018202120241997: 2%1998: 2%1999: 2%2000: 2%2001: 2%2002: 5.7%2003: 13.2%2004: 13.2%2005: 13.2%2006: 13.2%2007: 9.4%2008: 9.4%2009: 7.5%2010: 7.5%2011: 7.5%2012: 7.5%2013: 7.5%2014: 9.4%2015: 9.4%2016: 9.4%2017: 10.3%2018: 10.3%2019: 10.3%2020: 8.6%2021: 8.6%2022: 8.6%2023: 8.6%2025: 8.6%
Change over the period: +6.6 pp Annual average: 0.23 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Gambia 8.6%
World 27.2%
Western Africa computed 22%
Low-income countries computed 23.5%
Women in parliament — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 8.6
2023 8.6 +0 pp
2022 8.6 +0 pp
2021 8.6 +0 pp
2020 8.6 −1.7 pp
2019 10.3 +0 pp
2018 10.3 +0 pp
2017 10.3 +0.9 pp
2016 9.4 +0 pp
2015 9.4 +0 pp
2014 9.4 +1.9 pp
2013 7.5 +0 pp
2012 7.5 +0 pp
2011 7.5 +0 pp
2010 7.5 +0 pp
2009 7.5 −1.9 pp
2008 9.4 +0 pp
2007 9.4 −3.8 pp
2006 13.2 +0 pp
2005 13.2 +0 pp
2004 13.2 +0 pp
2003 13.2 +7.5 pp
2002 5.7 +3.6 pp
2001 2 +0 pp
2000 2 +0 pp
1999 2 +0 pp
1998 2 +0 pp
1997 2

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.