Ecuador vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments
Ecuador
45.0%
in 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
27.0%
in 2025
Ecuador rank
14th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
16th
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments over time
- Ecuador
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 45.0% against 27.0% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 18.0%.
That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.7 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.
Ecuador ranks 14th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 16th of 193 countries.
Ecuador has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.5% | 10.5% | 0.0% | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 20.5% | 15.4% | 5.1% | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 37.4% | 22.4% | 15.0% | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 41.4% | 26.4% | 15.1% | Ecuador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments, Ecuador or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Ecuador, at 45.0% against 27.0% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2025.
- What is the difference in proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments between Ecuador and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 18.0%, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2025.
- How do Ecuador and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Ecuador ranks 14th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 16th 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.