List of countries who have the highest percentages of female legislators, as of 2008. All countries with 25% or more female parliamentarians are listed here, in order. Rwanda has the highest percentage of women in high governing office at 56% (as a comparison, the USA's percentage is 17% and the UK's is 20%). Source: World Bank.
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Rwanda
Kigali2
Sweden
Stockholm3
South Africa
Bloemfontein, Cape Town4
Cuba
Havana5
Iceland
Reykjavik6
Argentina
Buenos Aires7
Finland
Helsinki8
The Netherlands
9
Norway
Oslo10
Denmark
Copenhagen11
Angola
Luanda12
Costa Rica
San José13
Spain
Madrid14
Andorra
Andorra la Vella15
Belgium
City of Brussels16
Mozambique
Maputo17
New Zealand
Wellington18
Nepal
Kathmandu19
Germany
Berlin20
Ecuador
Quito21
Belarus
Minsk22
Uganda
Kampala23
Burundi
Bujumbura24
Tanzania
Dodoma25
Guyana
Georgetown