Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Cape Verde
Cape Verde: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments was 44.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Cape Verde, 1997–2025
Source: Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). Measured in %.
Analysis
Cape Verde recorded 44.4% for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in 2025. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.
That represents a change of up 14.3% on the previous year and up 113.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Cape Verde peaked at 44.4% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 11.1%, in 1997.
That places Cape Verde 17th out of 193 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Cape Verde, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 11.1% | — |
| 1998 | 11.1% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 11.1% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 11.1% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 11.1% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 11.1% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 11.1% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 11.1% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 11.1% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 15.3% | +37.5% |
| 2007 | 18.1% | +18.2% |
| 2008 | 18.1% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 18.1% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 18.1% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 20.8% | +15.4% |
| 2012 | 20.8% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 20.8% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 20.8% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 20.8% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 23.6% | +13.3% |
| 2017 | 23.6% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 23.6% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 23.6% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 25.0% | +5.9% |
| 2021 | 38.9% | +55.6% |
| 2022 | 38.9% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 41.7% | +7.1% |
| 2024 | 38.9% | -6.7% |
| 2025 | 44.4% | +14.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.1% | 11.1% | 11.1% | 3 |
| 2000s | 13.6% | 11.1% | 18.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.7% | 18.1% | 23.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 38.0% | 25.0% | 44.4% | 6 |
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More public sector data for Cape Verde
- Arms imports 3.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2019)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 5.84 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2019)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0013 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2019)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 3.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2019)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 32.06 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0062 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 17.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 16.83 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 744.42 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2019)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per square kilometre 3,562 current USD per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Cape Verde?
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Cape Verde was 44.4% in 2025, according to Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
- What is the highest proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments recorded in Cape Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 44.4% in 2025.
- What is the lowest proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments recorded in Cape Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.1% in 1997.
- How does Cape Verde rank for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Cape Verde ranks 17th out of 193 countries with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments rising or falling in Cape Verde?
- Over the last ten years it is up 113.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cape Verde data come from?
- The figures come from Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), published as part of Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber held by women.