Mexico vs Post-demographic dividend: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments
Mexico
50.2%
in 2025
Post-demographic dividend
34.1%
in 2025
Mexico rank
5th
Post-demographic dividend rank
4th
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments over time
- Mexico
- Post-demographic dividend
How they compare
Mexico currently reports 50.2% against 34.1% in Post-demographic dividend, a difference of 16.1%.
That makes Mexico's figure about 1.5 times Post-demographic dividend's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Post-demographic dividend ahead.
Mexico ranks 5th and Post-demographic dividend ranks 4th of 193 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 2 and Post-demographic dividend in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | Post-demographic dividend | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16.6% | 17.7% | 1.1% | Post-demographic dividend |
| 2000s | 21.4% | 21.8% | 0.4% | Post-demographic dividend |
| 2010s | 38.7% | 28.1% | 10.6% | Mexico |
| 2020s | 49.8% | 33.6% | 16.2% | Mexico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments, Mexico or Post-demographic dividend?
- Mexico, at 50.2% against 34.1% in Post-demographic dividend as of 2025.
- What is the difference in proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments between Mexico and Post-demographic dividend?
- 16.1%, with Mexico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Post-demographic dividend?
- 29 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2025.
- How do Mexico and Post-demographic dividend rank globally for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Mexico ranks 5th and Post-demographic dividend ranks 4th 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.