* Notes on the data

• Data have been compiled by the Inter-Parliamentary Union on the basis of information provided by national parliaments.
• Parliaments are classified according to the percentage of seats held by women in lower or single parliamentary chambers.
• The figures correspond to the number of seats filled in parliament at the given time. Figures evolve over time based on updates received from national parliaments with updates regularly made in the Parline database.
• When there is a gap in data it means that data on the number of women in the single or lower parliamentary chambers were/are temporarily unavailable.
  • Afghanistan: The Parliament of Afghanistan, the Jirga (National Assembly), comprising the Wolesi Jirga (House of the People) and the Meshrano Jirga (House of Elders), was effectively dissolved following the Taliban takeover in August 2021.
  • Eritrea: No information available.
  • Guinea-Bissau: Latest data reflects members elected in June 2023. The President announced the dissolution of the Parliament in December 2023 whilel the Constitution stipulates parliament cannot be dissolved within 12 months of the elections. The parliamentary mandate continues until their successors are sworn in.
  • Haiti: No functioning parliament.
  • Niger: Latest data reflects the National Assembly that was dissolved in July 2023 and the establishment of a transitional parliament has been announced.
  • Sudan (both): The Parliament of Sudan was dissolved following a coup d'état in April 2019.
  • Mauritania (Senate): The Senate was abolished by a constitutional referendum held in August 2017.
  • Myanmar: The Parliament of Myanmar, the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (Assembly of the Union), comprising the Pyithu Hluttaw (House of Representatives) and the Amyotha Hluttaw (House of Nationalities), had its most recent elections in November 2020. The military staged a coup on 1 February 2021, the day on which the newly elected parliament was due to be sworn in. Consequently, there is currently no functioning parliament in Myanmar.
  • South Africa: The figures on the distribution of seats in the Upper House do not include the 36 special rotating delegates appointed on an ad hoc basis, and all percentages given are therefore calculated on the basis of the 54 permanent seats.
  • Turkmenistan (People’s Council): The People's Council, established in March 2021, was abolished in January 2023 following the adoption of the Constitutional Law of Turkmenistan by a Joint Session of the Chambers of the Parliament.
  • Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of): No information available.
  • Yemen: Data corresponds to the composition of the House of Representatives elected in 2003, and of the Shura Council appointed in 2001.