These are the countries with the most gender-equal legislatures on earth - and the US comes 99th

LEHTIKUVA/Martti Kainulainen/ReutersFinland's parliament, 42% of which are women.

Although the leaders of two of the world's most powerful countries - Germany and Britain - are female, women still have a long way to go to before politics around the world is truly gender-equal.

Only two countries have parliaments which are more than 50% female, according to a database by the Inter-Parliamentary Union.

The ranking lists 190 countries ccording to the proportion of seats in their lower (or only) houses taken by women.