Women in parliament — all countries

Women in parliament — Syria

Women in parliament in Syria in 2025 — 4.9%. Ranked 174 in the world out of 184. Since 1997, the indicator has fallen by 4.7 pp.

2025 4.9% −4.7 pp vs 2024
World rank 174of 184
Period maximum 13.2%2016
Period minimum 4.9%2025

Trend over time

1997–2025 · % of seats

Women in parliament — Syria, 1997–20252.557.51012.51519972000200320062009201220152018202120241997: 9.6%1998: 9.6%1999: 10.4%2000: 10.4%2001: 10.4%2002: 10.4%2003: 12%2004: 12%2005: 12%2006: 12%2007: 12%2008: 12.4%2009: 12.4%2010: 12.4%2011: 12.4%2012: 12%2013: 12%2014: 12%2015: 12.4%2016: 13.2%2017: 13.2%2018: 13.2%2019: 13.2%2020: 11.2%2021: 11.2%2022: 11.2%2023: 10.8%2024: 9.6%2025: 4.9%
Change over the period: −4.7 pp Annual average: -0.17 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Syria 4.9%
World 27.2%
Western Asia computed 17.9%
Low-income countries computed 23.5%
Women in parliament — Syria, by year Syria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 4.9 −4.7 pp
2024 9.6 −1.2 pp
2023 10.8 −0.4 pp
2022 11.2 +0 pp
2021 11.2 +0 pp
2020 11.2 −2 pp
2019 13.2 +0 pp
2018 13.2 +0 pp
2017 13.2 +0 pp
2016 13.2 +0.8 pp
2015 12.4 +0.4 pp
2014 12 +0 pp
2013 12 +0 pp
2012 12 −0.4 pp
2011 12.4 +0 pp
2010 12.4 +0 pp
2009 12.4 +0 pp
2008 12.4 +0.4 pp
2007 12 +0 pp
2006 12 +0 pp
2005 12 +0 pp
2004 12 +0 pp
2003 12 +1.6 pp
2002 10.4 +0 pp
2001 10.4 +0 pp
2000 10.4 +0 pp
1999 10.4 +0.8 pp
1998 9.6 +0 pp
1997 9.6

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.