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1 Afghanistan Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) na
2 Albania Women: Parliament 5.2 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 94
3 Algeria Women: Parliament 4.0 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 107
4 Andorra Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) na
5 Angola Women: Parliament 15.5 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 160
6 Antigua and Barbuda Women: Parliament 8.3 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 37
7 Argentina Women: Parliament 21.3 % of seats 22 2000 HDR (2000) 35
8 Armenia Women: Parliament 3.1 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 93
9 Australia Women: Parliament 25.1 % of seats 15 2000 HDR (2000) 4
10 Austria Women: Parliament 25.1 % of seats 16 2000 HDR (2000) 16
11 Azerbaijan Women: Parliament 12.0 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 90
12 Bahamas Women: Parliament 19.6 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 33
13 Bahrain Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 41
14 Bangladesh Women: Parliament 9.1 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 146
15 Barbados Women: Parliament 20.4 % of seats 24 2000 HDR (2000) 30
16 Belarus Women: Parliament 13.4 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 57
17 Belgium Women: Parliament 24.9 % of seats 17 2000 HDR (2000) 7
18 Belize Women: Parliament 13.5 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 58
19 Benin Women: Parliament 6.0 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 157
20 Bhutan Women: Parliament 2.0 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 142
21 Bolivia Women: Parliament 10.2 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 114
22 Bosnia and Herzegovina Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) na
23 Botswana Women: Parliament 17.0 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 122
24 Brazil Women: Parliament 5.9 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 74
25 Brunei Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 32
26 Bulgaria Women: Parliament 10.8 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 60
27 Burkina Faso Women: Parliament 10.5 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 172
28 Burundi Women: Parliament 6.0 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 170
29 Cambodia Women: Parliament 9.3 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 136
30 Cameroon Women: Parliament 5.6 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 134
31 Canada Women: Parliament 22.7 % of seats 19 2000 HDR (2000) 1
32 Cape Verde Women: Parliament 11.1 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 105
33 Central African Republic Women: Parliament 7.3 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 166
34 Chad Women: Parliament 2.4 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 167
35 Chile Women: Parliament 8.9 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 38
36 China Women: Parliament 21.8 % of seats 21 2000 HDR (2000) 99
37 Colombia Women: Parliament 12.2 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 68
38 Comoros Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 137
39 Congo (Brazzaville) Women: Parliament 12.0 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 139
40 Congo (Kinshasa) Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 152
41 Costa Rica Women: Parliament 19.3 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 48
42 Côte d'Ivoire Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 154
43 Croatia Women: Parliament 16.1 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 49
44 Cuba Women: Parliament 27.6 % of seats 12 2000 HDR (2000) 56
45 Cyprus Women: Parliament 7.1 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 22
46 Czech Republic Women: Parliament 13.9 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 34
47 Denmark Women: Parliament 37.4 % of seats 2 2000 HDR (2000) 15
48 Djibouti Women: Parliament 0.0 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 149
49 Dominica Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 51
50 Dominican Republic Women: Parliament 14.5 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 87
51 East Timor Women: Parliament na % of seats     2000 HDR (2000) na
52 Ecuador Women: Parliament 14.6 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 91
53 Egypt Women: Parliament 2.0 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 119
54 El Salvador Women: Parliament 16.7 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 104
55 Equatorial Guinea Women: Parliament 5.0 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 131
56 Eritrea Women: Parliament 14.7 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 159
57 Estonia Women: Parliament 17.8 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 46
58 Ethiopia Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 171
59 Fiji Islands Women: Parliament 10.7 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 66
60 Finland Women: Parliament 36.5 % of seats 3 2000 HDR (2000) 11
61 France Women: Parliament 9.1 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 12
62 Gabon Women: Parliament 9.5 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 123
63 Gambia Women: Parliament 2.0 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 161
64 Georgia Women: Parliament 7.2 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 70
65 Germany Women: Parliament 33.6 % of seats 6 2000 HDR (2000) 14
66 Ghana Women: Parliament 9.0 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 129
67 Greece Women: Parliament 6.3 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 25
68 Grenada Women: Parliament 17.9 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 54
69 Guatemala Women: Parliament 8.8 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 120
70 Guinea Women: Parliament 8.8 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 162
71 Guinea-Bissau Women: Parliament 7.8 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 169
72 Guyana Women: Parliament 18.5 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 96
73 Haiti Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 150
74 Honduras Women: Parliament 9.4 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 113
75 Hungary Women: Parliament 8.3 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 43
76 Iceland Women: Parliament 34.9 % of seats 5 2000 HDR (2000) 5
77 India Women: Parliament 8.9 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 128
78 Indonesia Women: Parliament 8.0 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 109
79 Iran Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 97
80 Iraq Women: Parliament 6.4 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 126
81 Ireland Women: Parliament 13.7 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 18
82 Israel Women: Parliament 12.5 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 23
83 Italy Women: Parliament 10.0 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 19
84 Jamaica Women: Parliament 16.0 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 83
85 Japan Women: Parliament 9.0 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 9
86 Jordan Women: Parliament 2.5 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 92
87 Kazakhstan Women: Parliament 11.2 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 73
88 Kenya Women: Parliament 3.6 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 138
89 Kiribati Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) na
90 Korea, North Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) na
91 Korea, South Women: Parliament 4.0 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 31
92 Kuwait Women: Parliament 0.0 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 36
93 Kyrgyzstan Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 98
94 Laos Women: Parliament 21.2 % of seats 23 2000 HDR (2000) 140
95 Latvia Women: Parliament 17.0 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 63
96 Lebanon Women: Parliament 2.3 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 82
97 Lesotho Women: Parliament 10.7 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 127
98 Liberia Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) na
99 Libya Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 72
100 Liechtenstein Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) na
101 Lithuania Women: Parliament 17.5 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 52
102 Luxembourg Women: Parliament 16.7 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 17
103 Macedonia Women: Parliament 7.5 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 69
104 Madagascar Women: Parliament 8.0 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 141
105 Malawi Women: Parliament 8.3 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 163
106 Malaysia Women: Parliament 12.2 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 61
107 Maldives Women: Parliament 6.0 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 89
108 Mali Women: Parliament 12.2 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 165
109 Malta Women: Parliament 9.2 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 27
110 Marshall Islands Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) na
111 Mauritania Women: Parliament 2.2 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 147
112 Mauritius Women: Parliament 7.6 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 71
113 Mexico Women: Parliament 18.0 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 55
114 Micronesia, Federated States of Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) na
115 Moldova Women: Parliament 8.9 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 102
116 Monaco Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) na
117 Mongolia Women: Parliament 7.9 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 117
118 Morocco Women: Parliament 0.7 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 124
119 Mozambique Women: Parliament 30.0 % of seats 8 2000 HDR (2000) 168
120 Myanmar Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 125
121 Namibia Women: Parliament 20.4 % of seats 25 2000 HDR (2000) 115
122 Nauru Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) na
123 Nepal Women: Parliament 6.4 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 144
124 Netherlands Women: Parliament 32.9 % of seats 7 2000 HDR (2000) 8
125 New Zealand Women: Parliament 29.2 % of seats 9 2000 HDR (2000) 20
126 Nicaragua Women: Parliament 9.7 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 116
127 Niger Women: Parliament 1.2 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 173
128 Nigeria Women: Parliament 3.3 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 151
129 Norway Women: Parliament 36.4 % of seats 4 2000 HDR (2000) 2
130 Oman Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 86
131 Pakistan Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 135
132 Palau Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) na
133 Panama Women: Parliament 9.9 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 59
134 Papua New Guinea Women: Parliament 1.8 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 133
135 Paraguay Women: Parliament 8.0 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 81
136 Peru Women: Parliament 10.8 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 80
137 Philippines Women: Parliament 12.9 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 77
138 Poland Women: Parliament 12.7 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 44
139 Portugal Women: Parliament 18.7 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 28
140 Qatar Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 42
141 Romania Women: Parliament 5.6 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 64
142 Russia Women: Parliament 5.7 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 62
143 Rwanda Women: Parliament 17.1 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 164
144 Saint Kitts and Nevis Women: Parliament 13.3 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 47
145 Saint Lucia Women: Parliament 13.8 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 88
146 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Women: Parliament 4.8 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 79
147 Samoa Women: Parliament 8.2 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 95
148 San Marino Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) na
149 Sao Tome and Principe Women: Parliament 9.1 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 132
150 Saudi Arabia Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 75
151 Senegal Women: Parliament 14.0 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 155
152 Seychelles Women: Parliament 23.5 % of seats 18 2000 HDR (2000) 53
153 Sierra Leone Women: Parliament 8.8 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 174
154 Singapore Women: Parliament 4.3 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 24
155 Slovakia Women: Parliament 14.0 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 40
156 Slovenia Women: Parliament 10.0 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 29
157 Solomon Islands Women: Parliament 2.0 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 121
158 Somalia Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) na
159 South Africa Women: Parliament 28.0 % of seats 11 2000 HDR (2000) 103
160 Spain Women: Parliament 18.0 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 21
161 Sri Lanka Women: Parliament 4.9 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 84
162 Sudan Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 143
163 Suriname Women: Parliament 15.7 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 67
164 Swaziland Women: Parliament 6.3 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 112
165 Sweden Women: Parliament 42.7 % of seats 1 2000 HDR (2000) 6
166 Switzerland Women: Parliament 22.4 % of seats 20 2000 HDR (2000) 13
167 Syria Women: Parliament 10.4 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 111
168 Tajikistan Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 110
169 Tanzania Women: Parliament 16.4 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 156
170 Thailand Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 76
171 Togo Women: Parliament 4.9 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 145
172 Tonga Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) na
173 Trinidad and Tobago Women: Parliament 19.4 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 50
174 Tunisia Women: Parliament 11.5 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 101
175 Turkey Women: Parliament 4.2 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 85
176 Turkmenistan Women: Parliament 26.0 % of seats 13 2000 HDR (2000) 100
177 Tuvalu Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) na
178 Uganda Women: Parliament 17.9 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 158
179 Ukraine Women: Parliament 7.8 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 78
180 United Arab Emirates (UAE) Women: Parliament 0.0 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 45
181 United Kingdom (UK) Women: Parliament 17.1 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 10
182 United States of America (USA) Women: Parliament 12.5 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 3
183 Uruguay Women: Parliament 11.5 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 39
184 Uzbekistan Women: Parliament 6.8 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 106
185 Vanuatu Women: Parliament 0.0 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 118
186 Vatican Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) na
187 Venezuela Women: Parliament 28.6 % of seats 10 2000 HDR (2000) 65
188 Vietnam Women: Parliament 26.0 % of seats 14 2000 HDR (2000) 108
189 Yemen Women: Parliament 0.7 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 148
190 Yugoslavia Women: Parliament na % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) na
191 Zambia Women: Parliament 10.1 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 153
192 Zimbabwe Women: Parliament 14.0 % of seats 2000 HDR (2000) 130
193 World Women: Parliament 13.6 % of seats       HDR (2000) 193