Americas vs Costa Rica: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) … number
Americas
35.5%
in 2026
Costa Rica
49.1%
in 2026
Americas rank
6th
Costa Rica rank
8th
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) … number over time
- Americas
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 49.1% against 35.5% in Americas, a difference of 13.6%.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.4 times Americas's.
Across all 6 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 6th and Costa Rica ranks 8th of 41 groups.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments, Americas or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 49.1% against 35.5% in Americas as of 2026.
- What is the difference in proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments between Americas and Costa Rica?
- 13.6%, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Costa Rica?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2021 to 2026.
- How do Americas and Costa Rica rank globally for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Americas ranks 6th and Costa Rica ranks 8th of 41 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (% of total number of seats). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.