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Appendix 6-I:
Percentage of Seats Held by Women in National Parliaments

From Chapter 6: Achieving Gender Equality through G7 and G20 Governance, by Julia Kulik
In Accountability for Effectiveness in Global Governance
edited by John Kirton and Marina Larionova
available from Routledge, 2018

Country 2006 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
South Africa 32.8 33 44.5 44.5 42.3 42.3 42.3 41.5
Mexico 22.6 23.2 27.6 26.2 26.2 36.8 36.8 37.4
Argentina 35 40 38.5 38.5 37.4 37.4 .. 36.6
Germany 31.6 32.2 32.8 32.8 32.9 32.9 36.5 36.5
Italy 17.3 21.3 21.3 21.3 21.6 21.4 31.4 31.4
France 12.2 18.2 18.9 18.9 18.9 26.9 26.9 26.2
Australia 24.7 26.7 27.3 24.7 24.7 24.7 26 26
Canada 20.8 22.1 22.1 22.1 24.8 24.7 24.7 25.1
China 20.3 21.3 21.3 21.3 21.3 21.3 23.4 23.4
United Kingdom 19.7 19.5 19.5 22 22.3 22.5 22.5 22.6
Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 0 0 0 19.9 19.9
United States 16.3 17 16.8 16.8 16.8 18 17.9 19.3
Indonesia 11.3 11.6 17.9 18 18.2 18.6 18.6 16.9
Korea 13.4 13.7 14.7 14.7 14.7 15.7 15.7 16.3
Turkey 4.4 9.1 9.1 9.1 14.2 14.2 14.4 14.4
Russia 9.8 14 14 14 13.6 13.6 13.6 13.6
India 8.3 9.1 10.8 10.8 11 11 11 11.4
Brazil 8.8 9 8.8 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.6 9.9

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