Women in parliament — all countries

Women in parliament — Liberia

Women in parliament in Liberia in 2025 — 11%. Ranked 161 in the world out of 184. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 3.1 pp.

2025 11% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 161of 184
Period maximum 12.5%2005
Period minimum 5.3%2004

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of seats

Women in parliament — Liberia, 2000–20254681012142000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 7.8%2001: 7.8%2002: 7.8%2003: 7.8%2004: 5.3%2005: 12.5%2006: 12.5%2007: 12.5%2008: 12.5%2009: 12.5%2010: 12.5%2011: 9.6%2012: 11%2013: 11%2014: 11%2015: 11%2016: 11%2017: 9.9%2018: 12.3%2019: 12.3%2020: 12.3%2021: 11%2022: 11%2023: 11%2024: 11%2025: 11%
Change over the period: +3.1 pp Annual average: 0.13 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Liberia 11%
World 27.2%
Western Africa computed 22%
Low-income countries computed 23.5%
Women in parliament — Liberia, by year Liberia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 11 +0 pp
2024 11 +0 pp
2023 11 +0 pp
2022 11 +0 pp
2021 11 −1.4 pp
2020 12.3 +0 pp
2019 12.3 +0 pp
2018 12.3 +2.5 pp
2017 9.9 −1.1 pp
2016 11 +0 pp
2015 11 +0 pp
2014 11 +0 pp
2013 11 +0 pp
2012 11 +1.4 pp
2011 9.6 −2.9 pp
2010 12.5 +0 pp
2009 12.5 +0 pp
2008 12.5 +0 pp
2007 12.5 +0 pp
2006 12.5 +0 pp
2005 12.5 +7.2 pp
2004 5.3 −2.5 pp
2003 7.8 +0 pp
2002 7.8 +0 pp
2001 7.8 +0 pp
2000 7.8

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.