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Worth remembering on Women’s Day: the US is #91 in the world when it comes to having women in its national legislative body.
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):
- Rwanda - 56%
- Andorra - 50%
- Cuba - 45%
- Sweden - 45%
- Seychelles - 44%
- Senegal - 43%
- Finland - 43%
- South Africa - 42%
- Nicaragua - 40%
- Iceland - 40%
- Norway - 40%
- Mozambique - 39%
- Denmark - 39%
- Netherlands - 39%
- Costa Rica - 39%
- Timor-Leste - 39%
- Belgium - 38%
- Argentina - 37%
- Mexico - 37%
- Tanzania - 36%
- Spain - 36%
- Uganda - 35%
- Angola - 34%
- Serbia - 33%
- Nepal - 33%
- Germany - 33%
- Macedonia - 33%
- Ecuador - 32%
- Slovenia - 32%
- New Zealand - 32%
- Algeria - 32%
- Guyana - 31%
- Burundi - 31%
- Switzerland - 29%
- Portugal - 29%
- Trinidad and Tobago - 29%
- Austria - 28%
- Ethiopia - 28%
- Afghanistan - 28%
- France - 27%
- Lesotho - 27%
- Tunisia - 27%
- Belarus - 27%
- South Sudan - 27%
- El Salvador - 26%
- Bolivia - 25%
- Iraq - 25%
- Laos - 25%
- Canada - 25%
- Australia - 25%
- Sudan - 25%
- Lithuania - 25%
- Vietnam - 24%
- Namibia - 24%
- Kazakhstan - 24%
- Singapore - 24%
- Liechtenstein - 24%
- Croatia - 24%
- Poland - 24%
- Kyrgyzstan - 23%
- Latvia - 23%
- Bulgaria - 23%
- Philippines - 23%
- Pakistan - 23%
- United Kingdom - 23%
- Malawi - 22%
- Mauritania - 22%
- Czech Republic - 22%
- Eritrea - 22%
- Uzbekistan - 22%
- Luxembourg - 22%
- Peru - 22%
- Italy - 21%
- Boznia and Herzegovina - 21%
- China - 21%
- Greece - 21%
- Cape Verde - 21%
- Estonia - 21%
- Dominican Republic - 21%
- Cambodia - 20%
- Israel - 20%
- Moldova - 20%
- Bangladesh - 20%
- Honduras - 20%
- Monaco - 19%
- Tajikistan - 19%
- Mauritius - 19%
- Slovak Republic - 19%
- Indonesia - 19%
- Sao Tome and Principe - 18%
- United States - 18%
(source: World Bank)
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