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Brazil vs United States: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)

Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.

In , Brazil's Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) was 18.13, compared to United States's 28.94. That makes Brazil's value 37.3% lower than United States's.

Brazil

Rank #133 of 184 globally

Brazil trend
Latest (2025)
18.13
Year-over-year
+3.3%
10-year change
+82.4%
Peak
18.13 (2025)
Trough
8.58 (2010)

United States

Rank #82 of 184 globally

United States trend
Latest (2025)
28.94
Year-over-year
+0.7%
10-year change
+49.5%
Peak
28.97 (2023)
Trough
16.32 (2006)

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Source: World Bank Open Data (SG.GEN.PARL.ZS), CC BY 4.0.