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The number of seats held by women in single or lower chambers of national parliaments, expressed as a percentage of all occupied seats. Seats refer to the number of parliamentary mandates, or the number of members of parliament.

Long-Term Objective

SDG Target

The long-term objective for this indicator is a value of 50.

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IPU

Seats held by women in national parliament

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China

India

Indonesia

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Nigeria

Pakistan

Russian Federation

United States

Source: IPU

SDG 1

Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90/day

Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20/day

Poverty rate after taxes and transfers

SDG 5

Demand for family planning satisfied by modern methods

Ratio of female-to-male mean years of education received

Ratio of female-to-male labor force participation rate

Seats held by women in national parliament

Gender wage gap

Seats held by women in national parliament