Cape Verde vs Upper middle income: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments
Cape Verde
44.4%
in 2025
Upper middle income
27.0%
in 2025
Cape Verde rank
17th
Upper middle income rank
19th
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments over time
- Cape Verde
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 44.4% against 27.0% in Upper middle income, a difference of 17.4%.
That makes Cape Verde's figure about 1.6 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Upper middle income ahead.
Cape Verde ranks 17th and Upper middle income ranks 19th of 193 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 1 and Upper middle income in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.1% | 14.9% | 3.8% | Upper middle income |
| 2000s | 13.6% | 16.3% | 2.7% | Upper middle income |
| 2010s | 21.7% | 22.4% | 0.7% | Upper middle income |
| 2020s | 38.0% | 26.3% | 11.6% | Cape Verde |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments, Cape Verde or Upper middle income?
- Cape Verde, at 44.4% against 27.0% in Upper middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments between Cape Verde and Upper middle income?
- 17.4%, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Upper middle income?
- 28 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2025.
- How do Cape Verde and Upper middle income rank globally for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Cape Verde ranks 17th and Upper middle income ranks 19th of 193 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), published as Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber held by women.