Nigeria vs South Africa: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.
In , Nigeria's Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) was 4.21, compared to South Africa's 44.86. That makes Nigeria's value 90.6% lower than South Africa's.
Nigeria
Rank #177 of 184 globally
- Latest (2025)
- 4.21
- Year-over-year
- +7.7%
- 10-year change
- -24.2%
- Peak
- 7.22 (2020)
- Trough
- 3.38 (2019)
South Africa
Rank #16 of 184 globally
- Latest (2025)
- 44.86
- Year-over-year
- +0.4%
- 10-year change
- +6.8%
- Peak
- 46.75 (2020)
- Trough
- 32.75 (2006)
Source: World Bank Open Data (SG.GEN.PARL.ZS), CC BY 4.0.