Percentage of women in national parliaments in African countries 2022

Over 60 percent of the seats in Rwanda's national parliament were held by women as of December 2022. The country had the strongest female participation in politics in Africa. It also ranked first globally, with the highest proportion of women in power in lower houses than in any other nation. Second in the African ranking, Senegal registered 46 percent of parliamentary seats occupied by females. South Africa, Namibia, and Mozambique also recorded a level of women participation above 40 percent. The best performing countries regarding female representation had in common the adoption of electoral quotas for women, a condition not present in the nations on the bottom of the ranking. In the last position, Nigeria had only 3.9 percent of women holding seats in the country's House of Representatives.

截至2022年12月，卢旺达国家议会中超过60%的席位由女性占据。该国在非洲政治领域中的女性参与度位居首位，并在全球范围内排名第一，其下议院女性执政比例高于任何其他国家。在非洲排名中位居第二的塞内加尔，议会中46%的席位由女性占据。南非、纳米比亚和莫桑比克也记录了女性参与度超过40%的水平。在女性代表率方面表现最佳的国家，共同特点是采用了女性选举配额制度，而这一条件并未出现在排名末尾的国家中。在排名最后的位置，尼日利亚仅有3.9%的女性在国家的众议院中担任席位。