Latin America & Caribbean vs Nicaragua: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments
Latin America & Caribbean
36.6%
in 2025
Nicaragua
54.9%
in 2025
Latin America & Caribbean rank
2nd
Nicaragua rank
3rd
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments over time
- Latin America & Caribbean
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 54.9% against 36.6% in Latin America & Caribbean, a difference of 18.3%.
That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.5 times Latin America & Caribbean's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Latin America & Caribbean ahead.
Latin America & Caribbean ranks 2nd and Nicaragua ranks 3rd of 47 groups.
Across the 4 decades both report, Latin America & Caribbean averaged higher in 2 and Nicaragua in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Latin America & Caribbean | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.3% | 10.4% | 3.9% | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 2000s | 19.5% | 18.3% | 1.1% | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 2010s | 27.3% | 40.7% | 13.3% | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 35.3% | 51.6% | 16.4% | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments, Latin America & Caribbean or Nicaragua?
- Nicaragua, at 54.9% against 36.6% in Latin America & Caribbean as of 2025.
- What is the difference in proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments between Latin America & Caribbean and Nicaragua?
- 18.3%, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean and Nicaragua?
- 28 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2025.
- How do Latin America & Caribbean and Nicaragua rank globally for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Latin America & Caribbean ranks 2nd and Nicaragua ranks 3rd of 47 groups.
- 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.