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2026-03-28 · percent of parliamentary seats

Sub-Saharan Africa has mixed but rising representation

Rwanda and others pull regional averages up.

Policy grids compress billions of people into equal squares — the shock is in the share, not the cell. This grid divides global parliamentary seats (2026 snapshot) into colored bands — Sub-Saharan Africa (avg), Asia & Pacific, and 2 more groups — using equal squares so you compare shares, not country size on a map.

1 cell = 0.1 percent of parliamentary seats (0.1% of global parliamentary seats) · 1,000 cells

Sub-Saharan Africa has mixed but rising representation. Rwanda and others pull regional averages up.

Context

The 2026 figures from OWID — Women in parliament put Asia & Pacific at 39.5% of global parliamentary seats and Sub-Saharan Africa (avg) at 24% — about 100 percent of parliamentary seats in this edition's rounding.

Share of parliamentary seats held by women (IPU via OWID).

  • OWID — Women in parliament

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