Kenya vs Paraguay: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments
Kenya
23.4%
in 2025
Paraguay
23.8%
in 2025
Kenya rank
108th
Paraguay rank
107th
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments over time
- Kenya
- Paraguay
How they compare
Paraguay currently reports 23.8% against 23.4% in Kenya, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 108th and Paraguay ranks 107th of 193 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 3 and Paraguay in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.3% | 2.5% | 0.8% | Kenya |
| 2000s | 6.6% | 8.1% | 1.5% | Paraguay |
| 2010s | 17.2% | 14.4% | 2.8% | Kenya |
| 2020s | 22.8% | 20.0% | 2.8% | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments, Kenya or Paraguay?
- Paraguay, at 23.8% against 23.4% in Kenya as of 2025.
- What is the difference in proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments between Kenya and Paraguay?
- 0.4%, with Paraguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Paraguay?
- 28 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2025.
- How do Kenya and Paraguay rank globally for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Kenya ranks 108th and Paraguay ranks 107th 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.