Women in parliament — all countries

Women in parliament — Mauritania

Women in parliament in Mauritania in 2025 — 23.3%. Ranked 107 in the world out of 184. Since 1997, the indicator has risen by 22 pp.

2025 23.3% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 107of 184
Period maximum 25.2%2014
Period minimum 1.3%1997

Trend over time

1997–2025 · % of seats

Women in parliament — Mauritania, 1997–2025010203019972000200320062009201220152018202120241997: 1.3%1998: 3.8%1999: 3.8%2000: 3.8%2003: 3.7%2004: 3.7%2006: 17.9%2007: 22.1%2008: 22.1%2009: 22.1%2010: 22.1%2011: 22.1%2012: 22.1%2014: 25.2%2015: 25.2%2016: 25.2%2017: 25.2%2018: 20.3%2019: 20.3%2020: 20.3%2021: 20.3%2022: 20.3%2023: 23.3%2024: 23.3%2025: 23.3%
Change over the period: +22 pp Annual average: 0.79 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Mauritania 23.3%
World 27.2%
Western Africa computed 22%
Women in parliament — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 23.3 +0 pp
2024 23.3 +0 pp
2023 23.3 +3 pp
2022 20.3 +0 pp
2021 20.3 +0 pp
2020 20.3 +0 pp
2019 20.3 +0 pp
2018 20.3 −4.9 pp
2017 25.2 +0 pp
2016 25.2 +0 pp
2015 25.2 +0 pp
2014 25.2
2012 22.1 +0 pp
2011 22.1 +0 pp
2010 22.1 +0 pp
2009 22.1 +0 pp
2008 22.1 +0 pp
2007 22.1 +4.2 pp
2006 17.9
2004 3.7 +0 pp
2003 3.7
2000 3.8 +0 pp
1999 3.8 +0 pp
1998 3.8 +2.5 pp
1997 1.3

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.