Central African Republic’s women in parliament held at 11.4% of seats in 2025.

Higher is better. A higher share means women have a larger voice in making laws, and a chamber that looks more like the population it represents. The latest figure, for January 2025, is 11.4% of seats, the same as a year earlier. Since 2016 the range runs from a low of 7.2% of seats in January 2016 to a high of 12.9% of seats in January 2021. The current level is well above the starting point and sits a little under the peak reached in 2021.

Why it matters. With women holding 11.4% of seats, most decisions on family law, inheritance, land and public spending in the Central African Republic are taken by a chamber that is overwhelmingly male. Households that rely on those rules have few women among the lawmakers who write them. The figure changes only when the membership of the chamber changes, so the next election or replacement of members is the point to check for any movement.