How does Ireland compare with other parliamentary democracies?

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These countries have more women in parliament than Ireland: they have more advanced parliamentary democracies?

[Source of this data is Inter-Parliamentary Union from information provided by national parliaments in 2011]

WORLD CLASSIFICATION
Rank Country Lower or single House
Elections Seats* Women % W
1 Rwanda 9 2008 80 45 56.30%
2 Andorra 4 2011 28 15 53.60%
3 Seychelles 9 2011 31 14 45.20%
4 Sweden 9 2010 349 157 45.00%
5 South Africa 1 4 2009 400 178 44.50%
6 Cuba 1 2008 586 253 43.20%
7 Iceland 4 2009 63 27 42.90%
8 Finland 4 2011 200 85 42.50%
9 Norway 9 2009 169 67 39.60%
10 Belgium 6 2010 150 59 39.30%
“ Netherlands 6 2010 150 59 39.30%
11 Mozambique 10 2009 250 98 39.20%
12 Denmark 9 2011 179 70 39.10%
13 Angola 9 2008 220 85 38.60%
“ Costa Rica 2 2010 57 22 38.60%
14 Spain 3 2008 350 128 36.60%
15 United Republic of Tanzania 10 2010 350 126 36.00%
16 Uganda 2 2011 375 131 34.90%
17 New Zealand 11 2008 122 41 33.60%
18 Nepal 4 2008 594 197 33.20%
19 Germany 9 2009 622 204 32.80%
20 Ecuador 4 2009 124 40 32.30%
21 Burundi 7 2010 106 34 32.10%
22 Belarus 9 2008 110 35 31.80%
23 The F.Y.R. of Macedonia 6 2011 123 38 30.90%
24 Guyana 8 2006 70 21 30.00%
25 Switzerland 10 2011 200 59 29.50%
26 Timor-Leste 6 2007 65 19 29.20%
27 Trinidad and Tobago 5 2010 42 12 28.60%
28 Austria 9 2008 183 51 27.90%
29 Ethiopia 5 2010 547 152 27.80%
30 Afghanistan 9 2010 249 69 27.70%
31 Portugal 6 2011 230 61 26.50%
“ South Soudan 8 2011 332 88 26.50%
32 Mexico 7 2009 500 131 26.20%
33 Monaco 2 2008 23 6 26.10%
34 Bolivia 12 2009 130 33 25.40%
35 Iraq 3 2010 325 82 25.20%
36 Sudan 4 2010 346 87 25.10%
37 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 4 2011 132 33 25.00%
38 Australia 8 2010 150 37 24.70%
“ Canada 5 2011 308 76 24.70%
39 Namibia 11 2009 78 19 24.40%
“ Viet Nam 5 2011 500 122 24.40%
40 Lesotho 2 2007 120 29 24.20%
41 Lichenstein 2 2009  25  6 24.00%
“ Poland 10 2011 458 110 24.00%
42 Croatia 11 2007 153 36 23.50%
43 Kyrgyzstan 10 2010 120 28 23.30%
44 Senegal 6 2007 150 34 22.70%
45 Pakistan 2 2008 342 76 22.20%
“ Singapore 5 2011 90 20 22.20%
46 Mauritania 11 2006 95 21 22.10%
“ Philippines 5 2010 280 62 22.10%
47 Czech Republic 5 2010 200 44 22.00%
“ Eritrea 2 1994 150 33 22.00%
“ United Kingdom 5 2010 650 143 22.00%
“ Uzbekistan 12 2009 150 33 22.00%
48 Serbia 5 2008 250 54 21.60%
49 Peru 4 2011 130 28 21.50%
50 China 3 2008 2987 637 21.30%
“ Italy 4 2008 630 134 21.30%
51 Cambodia 7 2008 123 26 21.10%
52 Latvia 9 2011 100 21 21.00%
53 Bulgaria 7 2009 240 50 20.80%
“ Cape Verde 2 2011 72 15 20.80%
“ Dominican Republic 5 2010 183 38 20.80%
“ Malawi 5 2009 192 40 20.80%
54 Nicaragua 11 2006 92 19 20.70%
55 Luxembourg 6 2009 60 12 20.00%
56 Estonia 3 2011 101 20 19.80%
57 Israel 2 2009 120 23 19.20%
58 Lithuania 10 2008 141 27 19.10%
59 El Salvador 1 2009 84 16 19.00%
“ Tajikistan 2 2010 63 12 19.00%
60 France 6 2007 577 109 18.90%
61 Mauritius 5 2010 69 13 18.80%
“ Republic of Moldova 11 2010 101 19 18.80%
62 Bangladesh 12 2008 345 64 18.60%
63 Sao Tome and Principe 8 2010 55 10 18.20%
64 Honduras 11 2009 128 23 18.00%
“ Indonesia 4 2009 560 101 18.00%
65 Kazakhstan 8 2007 107 19 17.80%
66 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12 2010 23 4 17.40%
67 Greece 10 2009 300 52 17.30%
68 Venezuela 9 2010 165 28 17.00%
69 Turkmenistan 12 2008 125 21 16.80%
“ United States of America 2 11 2010 434 73 16.80%
70 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 2010 42 7 16.70%
“ San Marino 11 2008 60 10 16.70%
71 Albania 6 2009 140 23 16.40%
72 Azerbaijan 11 2010 125 20 16.00%
“ Slovakia 6 2010 150 24 16.00%
73 Thailand 7 2011 500 79 15.80%
74 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 3 2009 687 107 15.60%
75 Burkina Faso 5 2007 111 17 15.30%
76 Uruguay 10 2009 99 15 15.20%

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