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China vs Japan: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)

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

In , China's Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) was 26.54, compared to Japan's 15.70. That makes China's value 69.0% higher than Japan's.

China

Rank #91 of 184 globally

China trend
Latest (2025)
26.54
Year-over-year
+0.0%
10-year change
+12.3%
Peak
26.54 (2023)
Trough
20.27 (2006)

Japan

Rank #141 of 184 globally

Japan trend
Latest (2025)
15.70
Year-over-year
+0.0%
10-year change
+65.7%
Peak
15.70 (2024)
Trough
7.92 (2012)

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