Mauritania vs Paraguay: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments
Mauritania
23.3%
in 2025
Paraguay
23.8%
in 2025
Mauritania rank
110th
Paraguay rank
107th
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments over time
- Mauritania
- Paraguay
How they compare
Paraguay currently reports 23.8% against 23.3% in Mauritania, a difference of 0.5%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Paraguay ahead.
Mauritania ranks 110th and Paraguay ranks 107th of 193 countries.
Mauritania has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.5% | 2.5% | 0.0% | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 13.6% | 9.5% | 4.2% | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 23.1% | 14.0% | 9.0% | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 21.8% | 20.0% | 1.8% | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments, Mauritania or Paraguay?
- Paraguay, at 23.8% against 23.3% in Mauritania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments between Mauritania and Paraguay?
- 0.5%, with Paraguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Paraguay?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2025.
- How do Mauritania and Paraguay rank globally for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Mauritania ranks 110th 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.