2026-03-28 · percent of parliamentary seats

Sub-Saharan Africa has mixed but rising representation

Rwanda and others pull regional averages up.

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IPU aggregates via Our World in Data show mid-20s percent women MPs in sub-Saharan Africa.

Country variation is wide.