In the various regions of the world, only the Nordic countries reached a level of women's political representation close to parity, at 40 per cent in 2003, more than double the average for all developed countries.
在世界的各个地区，只有北欧国家的妇女参政接近平等水平，2003年为40％，比所有发达国家的平均数高一倍以上。