Politics & Elections · Women in parliament · South Sudan
South Sudan’s women in parliament held at 32.4% of seats in 2025.
32.4% of seats
2025
No change from 2024.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
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32.4% of seats
What it is. This measure counts the seats women hold in the national parliament, using the lower house or the only house, as a share of all seats. The Inter-Parliamentary Union compiles the figures and the World Bank republishes them. It is a headcount of seats at a point in time, so it moves when elections are held or members are replaced. It says nothing about which committees women sit on or how much influence they have.
Higher is better. Higher is better because a larger share of seats means more women take part in debating laws and voting on budgets. The latest figure is 32.4% of seats in January 2025, level with January 2024, a change of 0 percentage points over the year. Since 2016 the share has ranged from 28.5% of seats in 2016 to 32.4% of seats in 2021. The current figure therefore sits at the top of that range, matching the 2021 peak.
Why it matters. At 32.4% of seats, women form a sizeable bloc in South Sudan's legislature, with real weight in votes on bills and budgets. That gives households a better chance that issues such as family law, schooling and health spending are raised in the chamber. The share has stayed flat for a year, so any further gain would need to come through the next change in membership.
| Period | Women in parliament · South Sudan |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 28.5% of seats |
| 2017 | 28.5% of seats |
| 2018 | 28.5% of seats |
| 2019 | 28.5% of seats |
| 2020 | 28.5% of seats |
| 2021 | 32.4% of seats |
| 2022 | 32.4% of seats |
| 2023 | 32.4% of seats |
| 2024 | 32.4% of seats |
| 2025 | 32.4% 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, South Sudan, 2025; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/elections/women-in-parliament/south-sudan
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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.