Politics & Elections · Women in parliament · Burundi
Burundi’s women in parliament rose to 39.6% of seats in 2025.
39.6% of seats
2025
Up 1.4 pp from 2024.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
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39.6% of seats
What it is. This measure counts the seats held by women in the national parliament and expresses them as a share of all seats. Only the lower or single chamber is counted, and the Inter-Parliamentary Union supplies the data through the World Bank. It records who holds a seat on the date of the count. Committee roles, seniority and real influence over legislation are outside it.
Higher is better. A higher share means the legislature includes more women among those who vote on laws and budgets, so a rising figure is the better direction. Burundi stood at 39.6% of seats in January 2025, up from 38.2% of seats a year earlier, a gain of 1.4 percentage points. Since 2016 the lowest figure was 36.4% of seats, recorded in 2016. The latest reading is also the highest in that period.
Why it matters. Women hold 39.6% of seats in Burundi's parliament, so they take part in a large share of the votes on the budget, taxation and social laws that shape household life. Firms and the state deal with a legislature where women's votes can change the outcome on close decisions. The January 2025 figure is the highest since 2016.
| Period | Women in parliament · Burundi |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 36.4% of seats |
| 2017 | 36.4% of seats |
| 2018 | 36.4% of seats |
| 2019 | 36.4% of seats |
| 2020 | 38.2% of seats |
| 2021 | 38.2% of seats |
| 2022 | 38.2% of seats |
| 2023 | 38.2% of seats |
| 2024 | 38.2% of seats |
| 2025 | 39.6% of seats |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Women in parliament, Burundi, 2025; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/elections/women-in-parliament/burundi
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Share of seats held by women in the national parliament (lower or single house), from the Inter-Parliamentary Union via the World Bank. Unit: % of seats.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series SG.GEN.PARL.ZS), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.