Arab Region | Seats held by women in national parliaments (Arab countries, 1997–2022)
Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber held by women.
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
477
Source
| Year | Location |
value
Min
Max
|
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Algeria | 3.16 |
| 2010 | Algeria | 7.71 |
| 2017 | Algeria | 25.76 |
| 1997 | Comoros | 0 |
| 2008 | Comoros | 3.03 |
| 2009 | Comoros | 0 |
| 2013 | Comoros | 3.03 |
| 2016 | Comoros | 3.03 |
| 1997 | Egypt | 1.98 |
| 2005 | Egypt | 1.98 |
| 2008 | Egypt | 1.81 |
| 2009 | Egypt | 1.76 |
| 2020 | Egypt | 27.41 |
| 2022 | Egypt | 27.58 |
| 2008 | Iraq | 25.45 |
| 2011 | Iraq | 25.23 |
| 2012 | Iraq | 25.23 |
| 2016 | Iraq | 26.52 |
| 2019 | Iraq | 25.23 |
| 2005 | Libya | 4.74 |
| 2010 | Libya | 7.69 |
| 2014 | Libya | 15.96 |
| 2015 | Libya | 15.96 |
| 2000 | Mauritania | 3.8 |
| 2008 | Mauritania | 22.11 |
| 2009 | Mauritania | 22.11 |
| 2019 | Mauritania | 20.26 |
| 2021 | Mauritania | 20.26 |
| 2001 | Lebanon | 2.34 |
| 2002 | Lebanon | 2.34 |
| 2005 | Lebanon | 4.69 |
| 2007 | Lebanon | 4.69 |
| 2008 | Lebanon | 4.69 |
| 2009 | Lebanon | 3.13 |
| 2011 | Lebanon | 3.13 |
| 2016 | Lebanon | 3.13 |
| 2018 | Lebanon | 4.69 |
| 2019 | Lebanon | 4.69 |
| 1998 | Morocco | 0.62 |
| 2000 | Morocco | 0.62 |
| 2008 | Morocco | 10.46 |
| 2011 | Morocco | 16.96 |
| 2022 | Morocco | 24.05 |
| 1997 | Syria | 9.6 |
| 2002 | Syria | 10.4 |
| 2005 | Syria | 12 |
| 2010 | Syria | 12.4 |
| 2002 | United Arab Emirates | 0 |
| 2004 | United Arab Emirates | 0 |
| 2007 | United Arab Emirates | 22.5 |
| 2009 | United Arab Emirates | 22.5 |
| 2014 | United Arab Emirates | 17.5 |
| 2021 | United Arab Emirates | 50 |
| 2021 | Yemen | 0 |
| 1999 | Kuwait | 0 |
| 2001 | Kuwait | 0 |
| 2005 | Kuwait | 1.54 |
| 2008 | Kuwait | 3.08 |
| 2013 | Kuwait | 6.15 |
| 2014 | Kuwait | 1.54 |
| 2018 | Kuwait | 3.08 |
| 2018 | Oman | 1.18 |
| 2020 | Oman | 2.33 |
| 2006 | Qatar | 0 |
| 2007 | Qatar | 0 |
| 2017 | Qatar | 9.76 |
| 2014 | Somalia | 13.82 |
| 2018 | Somalia | 24.36 |
| 2002 | Tunisia | 11.54 |
| 2003 | Tunisia | 11.54 |
| 2008 | Tunisia | 22.75 |
| 2013 | Tunisia | 26.73 |
| 2019 | Tunisia | 22.58 |
| 2005 | Bahrain | 0 |
| 2007 | Bahrain | 2.5 |
| 2010 | Bahrain | 2.5 |
| 2011 | Bahrain | 10 |
| 2014 | Bahrain | 7.5 |
| 2019 | Bahrain | 15 |
| 1998 | Djibouti | 0 |
| 2006 | Djibouti | 10.77 |
| 2010 | Djibouti | 13.85 |
| 2011 | Djibouti | 13.85 |
| 2013 | Djibouti | 12.73 |
| 2016 | Djibouti | 12.73 |
| 2020 | Djibouti | 26.15 |
| 2021 | Djibouti | 26.15 |
| 2004 | Jordan | 5.45 |
| 2007 | Jordan | 6.36 |
| 2017 | Jordan | 15.38 |
| 2004 | Saudi Arabia | 0 |
| 2012 | Saudi Arabia | 0 |
| 2013 | Saudi Arabia | 19.87 |
| 2014 | Saudi Arabia | 19.87 |
| 2018 | Saudi Arabia | 19.87 |
| 2003 | Sudan | 9.72 |
| 2006 | Sudan | 17.78 |
| 2007 | Sudan | 18.06 |
| 2012 | Sudan | 24.58 |
| 2015 | Sudan | 30.52 |
Arab Region | Seats held by women in national parliaments (Arab countries, 1997–2022)
Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber held by women.
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
477
Source