Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries): Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments was 34.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), 1997–2025
Source: Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). Measured in %.
Analysis
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) recorded 34.3% 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 0.9% on the previous year and up 41.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 34.3% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 11.2%, in 1997.
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 3rd of 47 groups on this measure, 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 & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 11.2% | — |
| 1998 | 12.9% | +14.5% |
| 1999 | 11.8% | -8.7% |
| 2000 | 12.6% | +7.3% |
| 2001 | 11.8% | -6.9% |
| 2002 | 14.0% | +19.1% |
| 2003 | 15.4% | +9.9% |
| 2004 | 16.0% | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 17.4% | +8.9% |
| 2006 | 17.6% | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 18.6% | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 18.6% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 19.3% | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 19.6% | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 19.5% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 21.2% | +8.6% |
| 2013 | 21.8% | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 23.9% | +9.9% |
| 2015 | 24.2% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 25.5% | +5.5% |
| 2017 | 26.5% | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 27.7% | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 28.3% | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 29.5% | +4.1% |
| 2021 | 31.4% | +6.7% |
| 2022 | 32.9% | +4.6% |
| 2023 | 33.1% | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 34.0% | +2.6% |
| 2025 | 34.3% | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12.0% | 11.2% | 12.9% | 3 |
| 2000s | 16.1% | 11.8% | 19.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.8% | 19.5% | 28.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 32.5% | 29.5% | 34.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
More public sector data for Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
- Arms imports 644.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.9954 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 67.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 644.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 113.41 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0109 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 10.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 73.38 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 19.32 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
All data for Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) was 34.3% 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 & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 34.3% in 2025.
- What is the lowest proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments recorded in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.2% in 1997.
- How does Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 3rd out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments rising or falling in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 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.