Worth remembering on Women’s Day: the US is #91 in the world when it comes to having women

Worth remembering on Women’s Day: the US is #91 in the world when it comes to having women in its national legislative body. 

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What do Rwanda, Afghanistan, and Iraq beat America at? Having women in congress/parliament

Countries with better representation of women in government than the United States (hat tip to our Women in Public Service Project):

1. Rwanda - 56%
2. Andorra - 50%
3. Cuba - 45%
4. Sweden - 45%
5. Seychelles - 44%
6. Senegal - 43%
7. Finland - 43%
8. South Africa - 42%
9. Nicaragua - 40%
10. Iceland - 40%
11. Norway - 40%
12. Mozambique - 39%
13. Denmark - 39%
14. Netherlands - 39%
15. Costa Rica - 39%
16. Timor-Leste - 39%
17. Belgium - 38%
18. Argentina - 37%
19. Mexico - 37%
20. Tanzania - 36%
21. Spain - 36%
22. Uganda - 35%
23. Angola - 34%
24. Serbia - 33%
25. Nepal - 33%
26. Germany - 33%
27. Macedonia - 33%
28. Ecuador - 32%
29. Slovenia - 32%
30. New Zealand - 32%
31. Algeria - 32%
32. Guyana - 31%
33. Burundi - 31%
34. Switzerland - 29%
35. Portugal - 29%
36. Trinidad and Tobago - 29%
37. Austria - 28%
38. Ethiopia - 28%
39. Afghanistan - 28%
40. France - 27%
41. Lesotho - 27%
42. Tunisia - 27%
43. Belarus - 27%
44. South Sudan - 27%
45. El Salvador - 26%
46. Bolivia - 25%
47. Iraq - 25%
48. Laos - 25%
49. Canada - 25%
50. Australia - 25%
51. Sudan - 25%
52. Lithuania - 25%
53. Vietnam - 24%
54. Namibia - 24%
55. Kazakhstan - 24%
56. Singapore - 24%
57. Liechtenstein - 24%
58. Croatia - 24%
59. Poland - 24%
60. Kyrgyzstan - 23%
61. Latvia - 23%
62. Bulgaria - 23%
63. Philippines - 23%
64. Pakistan - 23%
65. United Kingdom - 23%
66. Malawi - 22%
67. Mauritania - 22%
68. Czech Republic - 22%
69. Eritrea - 22%
70. Uzbekistan - 22%
71. Luxembourg - 22%
72. Peru - 22%
73. Italy - 21%
74. Boznia and Herzegovina - 21%
75. China - 21%
76. Greece - 21%
77. Cape Verde - 21%
78. Estonia - 21%
79. Dominican Republic - 21%
80. Cambodia - 20%
81. Israel - 20%
82. Moldova - 20%
83. Bangladesh - 20%
84. Honduras - 20%
85. Monaco - 19%
86. Tajikistan - 19%
87. Mauritius - 19%
88. Slovak Republic - 19%
89. Indonesia - 19%
90. Sao Tome and Principe - 18%
91. United States - 18%

(source: World Bank)