Brazil vs Costa Rica: Gender of the chief executive
Brazil
0
in 2025
Costa Rica
0
in 2025
Brazil rank
18th
Costa Rica rank
18th
Gender of the chief executive over time
- Brazil
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 0 against 0 in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 187 shared years of data; in 1838 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Brazil ranks 18th and Costa Rica ranks 18th of 176 countries.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 20 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | Brazil |
| 1880s | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | Brazil |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | Brazil |
| 2020s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gender of the chief executive, Brazil or Costa Rica?
- Brazil, at 0 against 0 in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in gender of the chief executive between Brazil and Costa Rica?
- 0, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Costa Rica?
- 187 years are reported by both, from 1838 to 2025.
- How do Brazil and Costa Rica rank globally for gender of the chief executive?
- Brazil ranks 18th and Costa Rica ranks 18th of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Gender of the chief executive. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The variable denotes whether the chief executive of government in office on December 31 is a woman.