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Chart: Gender Quota Laws Have Spread Worldwide Since 1990

Over the last 25 years, different forms of gender quotas for representation in national legislatures have spread globally. Out of 74 countries studied where gender quota laws were passed, the 2017 World Development Report finds that 26 had achieved the quotes, and as of 2016, 48 countries had yet to do so.

Read more in 11 charts from the 2017 World Development Report on Governance & The Law


 


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Tariq Khokhar

Global Data Editor & Senior Data Scientist

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