Data and Statistics

This information kit was published on the occasion of the 50th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. It is composed of six data sheets on women's participation in politics over the past sixty years.

This website presents a chronology of women's suffrage in countries throughout the world.

This website offers information from the past and present regarding the numbers of women presiding as speakers of national parliaments in countries throughout the world.

These tables present data from the Inter-Parliamentary Union's statistical archives on the number of women in national parliaments. The archive contains information from 1997 to the current date.

This table presents information on the percentage of women in the two regional parliamentary assemblies elected by direct suffrage: the European Parliament and the Central American Parliament.

This table lists data on world averages and regional averages of women in parliament. It is compiled by the Inter-Parliamentary Union on the basis of information provided by national parliaments.

This table lists country-specific data concerning the number of women presently holding seats in national parliaments.