These are the countries with the most gender-equal legislatures on earth - and the US comes 99th
1. Rwanda — 61.3% women in its lower house
2. Bolivia — 53.1%
3. Cuba — 48.9%
4. Nicaragua — 45.7%
5. Sweden — 43.6%
6. Mexico — 42.6%
7. Finland — 42.0%
=8. Senegal — 41.8%
=8. South Africa — 41.8%
10. Norway — 41.4%
11. Namibia — 41.3%
12. Mozambique — 39.6%
13. Spain — 39.1%
14. France — 39.0%
15. Ethiopia — 38.8%
16. New Zealand — 38.3%
=17. Argentina — 38.1%
=17. Iceland — 38.1%
=19. Belgium — 38.0%
=19. Ecuador — 38.0%
21. Macedonia — 37.5%
22. Denmark — 37.4%
Way down in the list is the US, who came 99th with women making 19.4% of the House of Representatives.
Other G7 countries, except for France, also didn't do too well. Here's how they ranked.
39. United Kingdom — 32.0%
43. Italy — 31.0%
45. Germany — 30.7%
64. Canada — 26.3%
157. Japan — 10.1%
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