Women in parliament — all countries

Women in parliament — Sierra Leone

Women in parliament in Sierra Leone in 2025 — 29.5%. Ranked 79 in the world out of 184. Since 1999, the indicator has risen by 20.8 pp.

2025 29.5% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 79of 184
Period maximum 29.5%2024
Period minimum 8.8%1999

Trend over time

1999–2025 · % of seats

Women in parliament — Sierra Leone, 1999–2025010203019992002200520082011201420172020202320251999: 8.8%2000: 8.8%2001: 8.8%2003: 14.5%2004: 14.5%2005: 14.5%2006: 14.5%2007: 13.2%2008: 13.2%2009: 13.2%2010: 13.2%2011: 12.9%2012: 12.4%2013: 12.4%2014: 12.1%2015: 12.4%2016: 12.4%2017: 12.4%2018: 12.3%2019: 12.3%2020: 12.3%2021: 12.3%2022: 12.3%2023: 28.2%2024: 29.5%2025: 29.5%
Change over the period: +20.8 pp Annual average: 0.8 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Sierra Leone 29.5%
World 27.2%
Western Africa computed 22%
Low-income countries computed 23.5%
Women in parliament — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 29.5 +0 pp
2024 29.5 +1.3 pp
2023 28.2 +15.9 pp
2022 12.3 +0 pp
2021 12.3 +0 pp
2020 12.3 +0 pp
2019 12.3 +0 pp
2018 12.3 −0.1 pp
2017 12.4 +0 pp
2016 12.4 +0 pp
2015 12.4 +0.3 pp
2014 12.1 −0.3 pp
2013 12.4 +0 pp
2012 12.4 −0.5 pp
2011 12.9 −0.3 pp
2010 13.2 +0 pp
2009 13.2 +0 pp
2008 13.2 +0 pp
2007 13.2 −1.3 pp
2006 14.5 +0 pp
2005 14.5 +0 pp
2004 14.5 +0 pp
2003 14.5
2001 8.8 +0 pp
2000 8.8 +0 pp
1999 8.8

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.