Number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Number of seats held by women in national parliaments was 50 in 2026. ▲ Rising
Number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Nicaragua, 2000–2026
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Nicaragua recorded 50 for number of seats held by women in national parliaments in 2026. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 31.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Nicaragua peaked at 50 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 9, in 2000.
That places Nicaragua 80th out of 210 countries with data for 2026, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9 | — |
| 2001 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 19 | +111.1% |
| 2003 | 19 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 19 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 19 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 19 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 17 | -10.5% |
| 2008 | 17 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 17 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 19 | +11.8% |
| 2011 | 19 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 37 | +94.7% |
| 2013 | 37 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 37 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 36 | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 38 | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 42 | +10.5% |
| 2018 | 42 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 41 | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 43 | +4.9% |
| 2021 | 44 | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 46 | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 47 | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 49 | +4.3% |
| 2025 | 50 | +2.0% |
| 2026 | 50 | +0.0% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 50 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 29, 1.7× the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 50 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 19, 2.6× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Nicaragua changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +111.1% | 9 | 19 |
| 2012 | +94.7% | 19 | 37 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16.4 | 9 | 19 | 10 |
| 2010s | 34.8 | 19 | 42 | 10 |
| 2020s | 47 | 43 | 50 | 7 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
More gender data for Nicaragua
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 1,949 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -0.4088 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 5,493 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 5,493 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 1.7 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 64,268 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 66,389 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 64,149 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 66,225 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 64,050 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Nicaragua?
- Number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Nicaragua was 50 in 2026, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest number of seats held by women in national parliaments recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 50 in 2025.
- What is the lowest number of seats held by women in national parliaments recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 in 2000.
- How does Nicaragua rank for number of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Nicaragua ranks 80th out of 210 countries with data for 2026.
- Is number of seats held by women in national parliaments rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nicaragua data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Number of seats held by women in national parliaments (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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