Women in parliament — all countries

Women in parliament — Kenya

Women in parliament in Kenya in 2025 — 23.4%. Ranked 105 in the world out of 184. Since 1997, the indicator has risen by 20.4 pp.

2025 23.4% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 105of 184
Period maximum 23.4%2022
Period minimum 3%1997

Trend over time

1997–2025 · % of seats

Women in parliament — Kenya, 1997–2025010203019972000200320062009201220152018202120241997: 3%1998: 3.6%1999: 3.6%2000: 3.6%2001: 3.6%2002: 3.6%2003: 7.1%2004: 7.1%2005: 7.1%2006: 7.3%2007: 7.2%2008: 9.8%2009: 9.8%2010: 9.8%2011: 9.8%2012: 9.8%2013: 18.6%2014: 19.1%2015: 19.7%2016: 19.7%2017: 21.8%2018: 21.8%2019: 21.8%2020: 21.8%2021: 21.6%2022: 23.4%2023: 23.3%2024: 23.3%2025: 23.4%
Change over the period: +20.4 pp Annual average: 0.73 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Kenya 23.4%
World 27.2%
Eastern Africa computed 29.5%
Women in parliament — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 23.4 +0.1 pp
2024 23.3 +0 pp
2023 23.3 −0.2 pp
2022 23.4 +1.8 pp
2021 21.6 −0.2 pp
2020 21.8 +0 pp
2019 21.8 +0 pp
2018 21.8 +0 pp
2017 21.8 +2.1 pp
2016 19.7 +0 pp
2015 19.7 +0.6 pp
2014 19.1 +0.6 pp
2013 18.6 +8.8 pp
2012 9.8 +0 pp
2011 9.8 +0 pp
2010 9.8 +0 pp
2009 9.8 +0 pp
2008 9.8 +2.6 pp
2007 7.2 −0.1 pp
2006 7.3 +0.2 pp
2005 7.1 +0 pp
2004 7.1 +0 pp
2003 7.1 +3.6 pp
2002 3.6 +0 pp
2001 3.6 +0 pp
2000 3.6 +0 pp
1999 3.6 −0 pp
1998 3.6 +0.6 pp
1997 3

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.