Costa Rica vs Western Europe: Ratio for female members of parliaments (Ratio of the proportion of)
Costa Rica
1.0%
in 2026
Western Europe
0.7%
in 2026
Costa Rica rank
7th
Western Europe rank
5th
Ratio for female members of parliaments (Ratio of the proportion of) over time
- Costa Rica
- Western Europe
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 1.0% against 0.7% in Western Europe, a difference of 0.3%.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.4 times Western Europe's.
Across all 6 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 7th and Western Europe ranks 5th 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 Western Europe?
- Costa Rica, at 1.0% against 0.7% in Western Europe as of 2026.
- What is the difference in ratio for female members of parliaments (ratio of the proportion of) between Costa Rica and Western Europe?
- 0.3%, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Western Europe?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2021 to 2026.
- How do Costa Rica and Western Europe rank globally for ratio for female members of parliaments (ratio of the proportion of)?
- Costa Rica ranks 7th and Western Europe ranks 5th 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.