Kenya vs Paraguay: Share of women in parliament
Kenya
23.4%
in 2025
Paraguay
23.8%
in 2025
Kenya rank
100th
Paraguay rank
98th
Share of women in parliament over time
- Kenya
- Paraguay
How they compare
Paraguay currently reports 23.8% against 23.4% in Kenya, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 106 shared years of data; in 1909 it was Paraguay ahead.
Kenya ranks 100th and Paraguay ranks 98th of 174 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 2 and Paraguay in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1910s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1920s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1930s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1940s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1950s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1960s | 0.1% | 2.4% | 2.3% | Paraguay |
| 1970s | 2.4% | 4.2% | 1.7% | Paraguay |
| 1980s | 1.9% | 2.7% | 0.7% | Paraguay |
| 1990s | 2.7% | 3.4% | 0.7% | Paraguay |
| 2000s | 7.0% | 8.1% | 1.2% | Paraguay |
| 2010s | 17.1% | 13.9% | 3.2% | Kenya |
| 2020s | 22.7% | 20.0% | 2.7% | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of women in parliament, Kenya or Paraguay?
- Paraguay, at 23.8% against 23.4% in Kenya as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of women in parliament between Kenya and Paraguay?
- 0.4%, with Paraguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Paraguay?
- 106 years are reported by both, from 1909 to 2025.
- How do Kenya and Paraguay rank globally for share of women in parliament?
- Kenya ranks 100th and Paraguay ranks 98th of 174 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Share of women in parliament. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of women in the lower or single chamber of the legislature.