Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels) | Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber held by women.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Sub-Saharan Africa
Records
53
Source
Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels) | Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
10.20501724 1997
1998
1999
11.5821736 2000
12.28469979 2001
13.46486214 2002
13.71844733 2003
14.73683867 2004
16.2389124 2005
16.64047649 2006
17.30862135 2007
17.80272972 2008
18.46857717 2009
18.74536704 2010
20.54599239 2011
21.38235437 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels) | Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber held by women.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Sub-Saharan Africa
Records
53
Source