Number of Female Members of Knesset
(1949 - Present)
| Year/Knesset | Female Members | % of Knesset |
| Twenth-Fourth Knesset (2021) | 36 | 30% |
| Twenty-Third Knesset (2020) | 38 | 32% |
| Twenty-Second Knesset (2019) | 28 | 23% |
| Twenty-First Knesset (2019) | 30* | 25% |
| 30 | 25% | |
| 27 | 23% | |
| 25 | 21% | |
| 17 | 14% | |
| 18 | 15% | |
| 14 | 12% | |
| 9 | 8% | |
| 11 | 9% | |
| 7 | 6% | |
| 10 | 8% | |
| 8 | 7% | |
| 8 | 7% | |
| 10 | 8% | |
| 8 | 7% | |
| 9 | 8% | |
| 10 | 8% | |
| 9 | 8% | |
| 12 | 10% | |
| 11 | 9% | |
| 11 | 9% |
*Gadeer Mreeh of the Blue and White Party became the first woman of Druze ethnicity to become a Member of Knesset.
In some Knessets, the number of women increased partway through a term because male MKs resigned. That is how the 20th Knesset had a total of 37 women.
Sources: The Knesset.
Israel Democracy Institute.
“Druze Woman Set To Enter Knesset In Israeli First,” Jerusalem Post, (April 10, 2019).
Lee Yaron, “On International Women's Day, a Look at Female Representation in Israel's Parliament,” Haaretz, (March 8, 2020).
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