Draft:National team appearances in the Women's Rugby World Cup

This article presents the national team appearances in the Women's Rugby World Cup. The article tracks the appearances, results, and debuts for all national teams that have participated in at least one Women's Rugby World Cup.

Number of appearances
Tournament appearances by team, up to and including 2021:

Results by tournament

 * PS – pool stage
 * – Not invited / Did not enter or withdrew from qualifying

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Debut of national teams
21 nations have thus far qualified for the Women's Rugby World Cup. From 1991 until 2006, each edition featured at least one new country. The 2010 tournament was the first edition with no debutant.

Result of host nations
The best result by the hosts is champions, achieved by New Zealand in 2021. The worst result was by the Netherlands in 1998.

Performance by confederation
This is a summary of the best performances of each confederation in each tournament.

Number of teams by confederation
This is a summary of the total number of participating teams by confederation in each tournament.

Appearance droughts
This section is a list of droughts associated with the participation of women's national rugby union teams in the Women's Rugby World Cups.

Longest active droughts
Does not include teams that have not yet made their first appearance or teams that no longer exist.

Longest droughts overall
Only includes droughts begun after a team's first appearance and until the team ceased to exist updated to include qualification for the 2021 Rugby World Cup.