Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments was 49.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Costa Rica, 1997–2025
Source: Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Costa Rica is 49.1%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.
That represents a change of up 47.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Costa Rica peaked at 49.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 15.8%, in 1997.
That places Costa Rica 8th 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 Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 15.8% | — |
| 1998 | 19.3% | +22.2% |
| 1999 | 19.3% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 19.3% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 19.3% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 35.1% | +81.8% |
| 2003 | 35.1% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 35.1% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 35.1% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 38.6% | +10.0% |
| 2007 | 36.8% | -4.5% |
| 2008 | 36.8% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 36.8% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 38.6% | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 38.6% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 38.6% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 38.6% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 33.3% | -13.6% |
| 2015 | 33.3% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 33.3% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 35.1% | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 45.6% | +30.0% |
| 2019 | 45.6% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 45.6% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 45.6% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 47.4% | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 47.4% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 49.1% | +3.7% |
| 2025 | 49.1% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18.1% | 15.8% | 19.3% | 3 |
| 2000s | 32.8% | 19.3% | 38.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 38.1% | 33.3% | 45.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.4% | 45.6% | 49.1% | 6 |
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More public sector data for Costa Rica
- Arms imports 8.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2019)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 1.6 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2019)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2019)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 8.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2019)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 0 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 0 current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 156.68 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2019)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per square kilometre 0 current USD per square kilometre (2023)
- Tax revenue 13.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Costa Rica?
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Costa Rica was 49.1% 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 Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 49.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.8% in 1997.
- How does Costa Rica rank for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Costa Rica ranks 8th out of 193 countries with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica 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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About this data
Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber held by women.