Women in parliament — all countries

Women in parliament — OPEC

Women in parliament in OPEC in 2025 — 20.1%. Since 1997, the indicator has risen by 16.7 pp.

2025 20.1% +1.3 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 20.1%2025
Period minimum 3%2000

Trend over time

1997–2025 · % of seats

Women in parliament — OPEC, 1997–2025010203019972000200320062009201220152018202120241997: 3.4%1998: 3.4%1999: 4.4%2000: 3%2001: 3.9%2002: 4.4%2003: 3.5%2004: 3.5%2005: 5%2006: 8.2%2007: 10.5%2008: 10.5%2009: 10.9%2010: 10.8%2011: 10.6%2012: 13.7%2013: 16%2014: 15.4%2015: 16%2016: 16%2017: 16.2%2018: 16.2%2019: 19.2%2020: 19.9%2021: 17.3%2022: 17.3%2023: 17%2024: 18.8%2025: 20.1%
Change over the period: +16.7 pp Annual average: 0.6 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

OPEC 20.1%
World 27.2%
Women in parliament — OPEC, by year OPEC All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 20.1 +1.3 pp
2024 18.8 +1.9 pp
2023 17 −0.4 pp
2022 17.3 +0 pp
2021 17.3 −2.6 pp
2020 19.9 +0.7 pp
2019 19.2 +3 pp
2018 16.2 −0 pp
2017 16.2 +0.2 pp
2016 16 +0.1 pp
2015 16 +0.6 pp
2014 15.4 −0.6 pp
2013 16 +2.2 pp
2012 13.7 +3.1 pp
2011 10.6 −0.2 pp
2010 10.8 −0.1 pp
2009 10.9 +0.4 pp
2008 10.5 +0 pp
2007 10.5 +2.3 pp
2006 8.2 +3.2 pp
2005 5 +1.5 pp
2004 3.5 +0 pp
2003 3.5 −0.9 pp
2002 4.4 +0.5 pp
2001 3.9 +1 pp
2000 3 −1.4 pp
1999 4.4 +1 pp
1998 3.4 +0 pp
1997 3.4

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.