Costa Rica vs Iceland: Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament
Costa Rica
0.96 ratio
in 2026
Iceland
0.94 ratio
in 2026
Costa Rica rank
6th
Iceland rank
8th
Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament over time
- Costa Rica
- Iceland
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.96 ratio against 0.94 ratio in Iceland, a difference of 0.02 ratio.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2021 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 6th and Iceland ranks 8th of 171 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament, Costa Rica or Iceland?
- Costa Rica, at 0.96 ratio against 0.94 ratio in Iceland as of 2026.
- What is the difference in representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament between Costa Rica and Iceland?
- 0.02 ratio, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Iceland?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2021 to 2026.
- How do Costa Rica and Iceland rank globally for representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament?
- Costa Rica ranks 6th and Iceland ranks 8th of 171 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Inter-Parliamentary Union – processed by Our World in Data, published as Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.