El Salvador vs Singapore: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments
El Salvador
31.7%
in 2025
Singapore
32.3%
in 2025
El Salvador rank
65th
Singapore rank
62nd
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments over time
- El Salvador
- Singapore
How they compare
Singapore currently reports 32.3% against 31.7% in El Salvador, a difference of 0.6%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1997 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 65th and Singapore ranks 62nd of 193 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 2 and Singapore in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Singapore | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16.3% | 4.6% | 11.7% | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 13.0% | 16.9% | 3.9% | Singapore |
| 2010s | 27.6% | 23.6% | 4.0% | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 29.8% | 29.9% | 0.1% | Singapore |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments, El Salvador or Singapore?
- Singapore, at 32.3% against 31.7% in El Salvador as of 2025.
- What is the difference in proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments between El Salvador and Singapore?
- 0.6%, with Singapore ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Singapore?
- 29 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2025.
- How do El Salvador and Singapore rank globally for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- El Salvador ranks 65th and Singapore ranks 62nd 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.