Parliament

Afghanistan

Composition

House of the People · IPU Parline

Age distribution

Under 305.7%

30–4545.2%

45+49.2%

Indicator	Value
Parliament	House of the PeopleIPU Parline [2024]
Structure	BicameralIPU Parline [2024]
Total seats	250 seatsIPU Parline [2024]
Electoral system	Other systemIPU Parline [2024]
Last election	2018-10-20IPU Parline [2024]
Next election (expected)	No authoritative open source found
Voter turnout	45.23 %International IDEA Voter Turnout [2018]
Speaker	No authoritative open source found
Women members (seats)	No authoritative open source found
Women in parliament	27 %World Bank WDI [2021]
Average member age	No authoritative open source found

Section metadata

Data year2024

EditionDatabook 2026

Coverage7/11

LicenseCC-BY

Datasets on this page

IPU Parline
ipu_parline
Edition: 2024
International IDEA Voter Turnout
idea_voter_turnout
Edition: 2026
World Bank WDI
world_bank_wdi
Edition: 2024

About this data

Afghanistan's parliament on Databook compiles 7 indicators from 3 open datasets including IPU Parline, International IDEA Voter Turnout, World Bank WDI. Key figures include parliament (House of the People), structure (Bicameral). Data is referenced to 2024. Every value carries its source and publication year, published under open licenses.