Over 60 percent of the seats in Rwanda's national parliament were held by women as of December 2022. The country had the strongest female participation in politics in Africa. It also ranked first globally, with the highest proportion of women in power in lower houses than in any other nation. Second in the African ranking, Senegal registered 46 percent of parliamentary seats occupied by females. South Africa, Namibia, and Mozambique also recorded a level of women participation above 40 percent. The best performing countries regarding female representation had in common the adoption of electoral quotas for women, a condition not present in the nations on the bottom of the ranking. In the last position, Nigeria had only 3.9 percent of women holding seats in the country's House of Representatives.
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Africa as of 2022, by country
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IPU. (December 31, 2022). Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Africa as of 2022, by country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1248493/percentage-of-women-in-national-parliaments-in-african-countries/
IPU. "Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Africa as of 2022, by country." Chart. December 31, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1248493/percentage-of-women-in-national-parliaments-in-african-countries/
IPU. (2022). Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Africa as of 2022, by country. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1248493/percentage-of-women-in-national-parliaments-in-african-countries/
IPU. "Proportion of Seats Held by Women in National Parliaments in Africa as of 2022, by Country." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1248493/percentage-of-women-in-national-parliaments-in-african-countries/
IPU, Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Africa as of 2022, by country Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1248493/percentage-of-women-in-national-parliaments-in-african-countries/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Africa as of 2022, by country [Graph], IPU, December 31, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1248493/percentage-of-women-in-national-parliaments-in-african-countries/
