| Country | Year women received right to vote or stand for election | Year women first elected (E) or appointed (A) to parliament | % Parliamentary Seats Occupied by Women 1995 2008 Jan. 2011 | ||
| Algeria | 1962 | 1962 (A) | 7 | 7.7 | 7.7 |
| Bahrain | 1973+ | 2006 | 0 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Egypt | 1956 | 1957 (E) | 2 | 1.8 | 12.7 |
| Iran | 1963 | 1963 (A) | 4 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| Iraq | 1980 | 1980 (E) | 11 | 25.5 | 25.2 |
| Jordan | 1974 | 1989 (A) | 1 | 6 | 10.8 |
| Kuwait | 2005 | 2009 (E) | 0 | 0 | 7.7 |
| Lebanon | 1952 | 1991 (A) | 2 | 4.7 | 3.1 |
| Libya | 1964 | + | 0 | 7.7 | 7.7 |
| Morocco | 1963 | 1993 (E) | 1 | 10.5 | 10.5 |
| Oman | ** | ** | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qatar | ** | ** | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | ** | ** | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Syria | 1953 | 1973 (E) | 10 | 12.4 | 12.4 |
| Turkey | 1930 | 1934 (E) | 9.1 | 9.1 | |
| Tunisia | 1959 | 1959 (E) | 7 | 22.8 | 27.6 |
| UAE | 2006 | 2006 (A) | 0 | 22.5 | 22.5 |
| Yemen | 1967*** | 1990 (E+) | 1 | 0 | 0.3 |
Sources: Interparliamentary Union, Women in National Parliaments http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/classif.htm last accessed February 2011; and UN, The World’s Women 2000, Table 6A and its updated on-line version as of 28 June 2005. +No information or confirmation available ** Women’s right to vote and to stand for election not yet recognized. *** Refers to the former People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen
