APPENDIX 2
There are 68 countries with a greater percentage
of women in their parliaments, and these are listed below. It
should be noted that all of these countries have a democratic
system which is comparable with the UK's, and some are one-party
states.
These figures are compiled by the Inter Parliamentary
Union, and are available from their website at www.ipu.org
|
| Rank | Country
| % MPs Women | Last Election
|
|
| 1. | Rwanda | 56.3%
| 2008 |
| 2. | Sweden | 47.0%
| 2006 |
| 3. | Cuba | 43.2%
| 2008 |
| 4. | Finland | 41.5%
| 2007 |
| 5. | Netherlands | 41.3%
| 2006 |
| 6. | Argentina | 40.0%
| 2007 |
| 7. | Denmark | 38.0%
| 2007 |
| 8. | Angola | 37.3%
| 2008 |
| 9. | Costa Rica | 36.8%
| 2006 |
| 10. | Spain | 36.3%
| 2008 |
| 11. | Norway | 36.1%
| 2005 |
| 12. | Belgium | 35.3%
| 2007 |
| 13. | Mozambique | 34.8%
| 2004 |
| 14. | New Zealand | 33.6%
| 2008 |
| 15. | Iceland | 33.3%
| 2007 |
| 16. | Nepal | 33.2%
| 2008 |
| 17. | South Africa | 33.0%
| 2004 |
| 18. | Germany | 32.2%
| 2005 |
| 19. | Belarus | 31.8%
| 2008 |
| 20. | FYR Macedonia | 31.7%
| 2008 |
| 21. | Uganda | 30.7%
| 2006 |
| 22. | Burundi | 30.5%
| 2005 |
| 23. | Tanzania | 30.4%
| 2005 |
| 24. | Guyana | 30.0%
| 2006 |
| 25. | Peru | 29.2%
| 2006 |
| 26. | Timor-Leste | 29.2%
| 2007 |
| 27. | Switzerland | 28.5%
| 2007 |
| 28. | Portugal | 28.3%
| 2005 |
| 29. | Afghanistan | 27.7%
| 2005 |
| 30. | Austria | 27.3%
| 2008 |
| 31. | Namibia | 26.9%
| 2004 |
| 32. | Trinidad & Tobago
| 26.8% | 2007
|
| 33. | Australia | 26.7%
| 2007 |
| 34. | Vietnam | 25.8%
| 2007 |
| 35. | Kyrgyzstan | 25.6%
| 2007 |
| 36. | Iraq | 25.5%
| 2005 |
| 37. | Suriname | 25.5%
| 2005 |
| 38. | Lao PDR | 25.2%
| 2006 |
| 39. | Andorra | 25.0%
| 2005 |
| 40. | Ecuador | 25.0%
| 2006 |
| 41. | Lesotho | 25.0%
| 2007 |
| 42. | Monaco | 25.0%
| 2008 |
| 43. | Singapore | 24.5%
| 2006 |
| 44. | Liechtenstein | 24.0%
| 2005 |
| 45. | Seychelles | 23.5%
| 2007 |
| 46. | Honduras | 23.4%
| 2005 |
| 47. | Luxemburg | 23.3%
| 2004 |
| 48. | Mexico | 23.3%
| 2006 |
| 49. | Tunisia | 22.8%
| 2004 |
| 50. | Pakistan | 22.5%
| 2008 |
| 51. | United Arab Emirates |
22.5% | 2006
|
| 52. | Canada | 22.1%
| 2008 |
| 53. | Mauritania | 22.1%
| 2006 |
| 54. | Eritrea | 22.0%
| 1994 |
| 55. | Senegal | 22.0%
| 2007 |
| 56. | Ethiopia | 21.9%
| 2005 |
| 57. | Moldova | 21.8%
| 2005 |
| 58. | Bulgaria | 21.7%
| 2005 |
| 59. | Serbia | 21.6%
| 2008 |
| 60. | China | 21.3%
| 2008 |
| 61. | Italy | 21.3%
| 2008 |
| 62. | Croatia | 20.9%
| 2007 |
| 63. | Estonia | 20.8%
| 2007 |
| 64. | Philippines | 20.5%
| 2007 |
| 65. | Poland | 20.2%
| 2007 |
| 66. | Korea DPR | 20.1%
| 2003 |
| 67. | Latvia | 20.0%
| 2006 |
| 68. | Dominican Republic |
19.7% | 2006
|
| 69. | United Kingdom | 19.5%
| 2005 |
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