Costa Rica vs Norway: Gender of the chief executive
Costa Rica
0
in 2025
Norway
0
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
18th
Norway rank
18th
Gender of the chief executive over time
- Costa Rica
- Norway
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0 against 0 in Norway, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 187 shared years of data; in 1838 it was Norway ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 18th and Norway ranks 18th of 176 countries.
Norway has averaged higher in every one of the 20 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 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 | 0.3 | 0.3 | Norway |
| 1990s | 0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | Norway |
| 2000s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | Norway |
| 2020s | 0 | 0.1667 | 0.1667 | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gender of the chief executive, Costa Rica or Norway?
- Costa Rica, at 0 against 0 in Norway as of 2025.
- What is the difference in gender of the chief executive between Costa Rica and Norway?
- 0, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Norway?
- 187 years are reported by both, from 1838 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Norway rank globally for gender of the chief executive?
- Costa Rica ranks 18th and Norway 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.