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Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)

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1980-1982

1983-1987

1988-1992

1993-1997 2008 28 7 8

1998-2002 2009 27 16 8 2010 28 16 8

2003-2007 2011 28 16 8

2008-2012 2012 28 16 32

Country name Afghanistan

Featured indicators Social Development Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) Children in employment,

Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola

25 37

36 39

36 39

50 38

50 34

female (% of female children ages 7-14) Children in employment, male (% of male children ages 7-14) Children in employment, study and work, female (% of female children in employment, ages 7-14) Children in employment, study and work, male (% of male children in employment, ages 7-14) Children in employment, total (% of children ages 7-14) Children in employment, work only, female (% of female children in employment, ages 7-14) Children in employment, work only, male (% of male children in employment, ages 7-14) Labor participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) Labor participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) Life expectancy at birth, female (years)

Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas, The Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso

11 40 8

11 39 9

11 39 9

11 37 8

11 37 11

27 27 11 12 3 6 10 32 35

27 28 11 12 3 19 10 32 38

25 28 16 12 3 19 10 32 39

25 28 16 12 10 20 10 32 38

25 28 16 13 10 20 10 27 38 3

11

11

11

9 17 12 11 9

9 22 19 8 9

9 25 17 8 9

9 25 21 8 9

9 25 21 8 9

22 15

21 15

21 15

21 15

23 16

Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo, Dem. Rep. Congo, Rep. Costa Rica Cote d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Curacao Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica

31 16 14 22 18

31 21 14 22 18

32 21 14 22 18

31 20 14 25 21

31 20 14 25 21

11 5 15 21 8 3 8 7 37 9 21 43

10 5 14 21 8

10 5 14 21 13 3

13 13 14 21 12 3

13 15 14 21 12 3 9

8 7 37 9 24 43

8 7 39 9 24 43 7 39 11 24 45

7 39 10 24 45

14 16 38 14 19

13 16 38 14 14

13 22 38 14 13

11 22 39 14 13

11 22 39 14 13

Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt, Arab Rep. El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Faeroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Polynesia Gabon Gambia, The Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Greenland Grenada Guam Guatemala Guinea

20 25 2 17 6 22 21 22

20 32 2 19 10 22 23 22

21 32 13 19 10 22 23 28

21 32 2 19 10 22 20 28

21 32 2 26 10 22 21 28

42 18

40 19

40 19

43 19

43 27

17 9 6 32 8 15

15 8 5 33 8 17

15 8 7 33 8 17

14 8 7 33 8 19

16 8 12 33

21

13

13

13

13

13

12

12

12

13

13

Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong SAR, China Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran, Islamic Rep. Iraq Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, Dem. Rep. Korea, Rep. Kosovo

10 30 4 23

10 30 4 18

10 30 11 18

10 31 4 20

14 31 4 20

11 33 9 12 3 26 13

11 43 11 18 3 26 14

9 43 11 18 3 25 14

9 40 11 18 3 25 15

9 40 11 19 3 25 15

14 21 13 9 6 16 10 4 20 14

18 21 13 11 6 18 10 4 16 15

19 21 13 11 11 18 10 4 16 15

20 22 13 11 11 18 10 9 16 15

20 21 13 8 11 24 10 9 16 16

Kuwait Kyrgyz Republic Lao PDR Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao SAR, China Macedonia, FYR Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia, Fed. Sts.

3 26 25 20 5 25 13 8 24 18 23

8 26 25 22 3 24 13 8 24 19 20

8 23 25 20 3 24 13 8 24 19 20

8 23 25 23 3 24 10

6 23 25 23 3 27 11 17

24 19 25

24 25 22

32 8 13 11 12 10 9 3 22 17 23

33

33 13

31 13 22 10 7 10 9 3 22 19 26

33 18 22 10 7 10 9 3 22 19 37

21 10 7 10 9 3 22 17 28

21 10 7 10 9 3 22 19 26

Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru

22 25 4 11 11 35

24 26 4 11 11 39

19 26 4 11 11 39 4

20 19 4 12 17 39 4 24 33 41

20 19 15 17 17 39 6 24 33 39

27 33 41

27 33 42

24 33 41

34 19 12 7

34 21 10 7

34 21

32 40 13

32 40 13 7

36

40

40

40 1

40 1 23

23

22

22

23

17 1 13 29

9 1 13 28

9 1 13 28

9 1 13 22

9 3 13 22

Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Sint Maarten (Dutch part) Slovak Republic Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Sudan

21 20 28

21 20 27

22 20 27

23 24 29

23 24 29

11 14 56 8 15 7

11 14 56 8 17 7

11 14 56 8 17 18

11 14 56 4 18 18

13 14 56 4 17 18

22 22 24 13 25

23 22 24 13 23

23 22 24 13 23

23 22 44 13 22

43 33 44 12 24

19 13

18 14

15 14

16 32

19 32 2

8 33

7 45

7 45

7 42 27

14 42 27

Spain Sri Lanka St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Martin (French part) St. Vincent and the Grenadines Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu

36 6 7 11

37 6 7 11

37 5 7 11

36 6 7 17

36 6 7 17

18 18 26 14 47 29 12 18 30 12 29 11 3 27 23 9

22 19 26 14 46 29 12 18 31 13 29 11 3 27 28 9 17

14 26 10 14 45 29 12 19

17 25 12 14 45 29 12 19 36

17 25 12 14 45 29 12 19 36 16 39 11 4 29 27 14 17

13 29 11

16 32 11 4

29 28 9 17

29 27 14 17

Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela, RB Vietnam Virgin Islands (U.S.) West Bank and Gaza Yemen, Rep. Zambia Zimbabwe
1980-1982 1983-1987 1988-1992

31 8 23 20 17 12 18 4 19 26

32 8 23 20 17 14 22 4 18 26

31 8 23 22 17 15 22 4 17 26

35 8 18 22 17 12 22 2 17 24

35 9 18 23 18 12 22

17 24

15 15 1993-1997

14 15 1998-2002

14 15

12 15 2003-2007

12 15 2008-2012

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