Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments was 37.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1997–2025
Source: Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) stood at 37.6%. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 29.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 37.6% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 13.6%, in 1997.
That places Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 1st out of 47 groups 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 Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 13.6% | — |
| 1998 | 16.0% | +17.5% |
| 1999 | 14.4% | -9.9% |
| 2000 | 15.5% | +7.5% |
| 2001 | 14.6% | -5.7% |
| 2002 | 16.2% | +10.6% |
| 2003 | 18.8% | +16.4% |
| 2004 | 19.2% | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 20.5% | +6.9% |
| 2006 | 20.6% | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 21.5% | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 22.7% | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 23.4% | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 23.7% | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 23.8% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 25.5% | +7.0% |
| 2013 | 26.8% | +5.4% |
| 2014 | 28.6% | +6.5% |
| 2015 | 29.1% | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 30.1% | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 30.5% | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 32.3% | +5.8% |
| 2019 | 32.8% | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 34.0% | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 35.2% | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 36.7% | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 36.6% | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 37.4% | +2.1% |
| 2025 | 37.6% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.7% | 13.6% | 16.0% | 3 |
| 2000s | 19.3% | 14.6% | 23.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 28.3% | 23.7% | 32.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.3% | 34.0% | 37.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
More public sector data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Arms imports 611.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.9814 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 64.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 611.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 106.17 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0105 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 12.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 66.10 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 19.76 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 37.6% 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 Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 37.6% in 2025.
- What is the lowest proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.6% in 1997.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 1st out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 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.