Costa Rica vs Southern Africa: Ratio for female members of parliaments (Ratio of the proportion of)
Costa Rica
1.0%
in 2026
Southern Africa
0.7%
in 2026
Costa Rica rank
7th
Southern Africa rank
7th
Ratio for female members of parliaments (Ratio of the proportion of) over time
- Costa Rica
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 1.0% against 0.7% in Southern Africa, a difference of 0.3%.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.4 times Southern Africa's.
Across all 6 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 7th and Southern Africa ranks 7th of 184 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher ratio for female members of parliaments (ratio of the proportion of), Costa Rica or Southern Africa?
- Costa Rica, at 1.0% against 0.7% in Southern Africa as of 2026.
- What is the difference in ratio for female members of parliaments (ratio of the proportion of) between Costa Rica and Southern Africa?
- 0.3%, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Southern Africa?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2021 to 2026.
- How do Costa Rica and Southern Africa rank globally for ratio for female members of parliaments (ratio of the proportion of)?
- Costa Rica ranks 7th and Southern Africa ranks 7th of 184 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as Ratio for female members of parliaments (Ratio of the proportion of women in parliament in the proportion of women in the national population with the age of eligibility as a lower bound boundary), Lower Chamber or Unicameral. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.