Number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Paraguay
Paraguay: Number of seats held by women in national parliaments was 19 in 2026. ▲ Rising
Number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Paraguay, 2000–2026
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 19 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 58.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Paraguay peaked at 19 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2, in 2000.
That places Paraguay 144th 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 Paraguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2 | — |
| 2001 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 8 | +300.0% |
| 2005 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 8 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 10 | +25.0% |
| 2010 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 10 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 12 | +20.0% |
| 2015 | 12 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 12 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 11 | -8.3% |
| 2018 | 11 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 12 | +9.1% |
| 2020 | 13 | +8.3% |
| 2021 | 12 | -7.7% |
| 2022 | 14 | +16.7% |
| 2023 | 15 | +7.1% |
| 2024 | 19 | +26.7% |
| 2025 | 19 | +0.0% |
| 2026 | 19 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.8 | 2 | 10 | 10 |
| 2010s | 11 | 10 | 12 | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.86 | 12 | 19 | 7 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
- 141 Luxembourg 21 compare
- 141 San Marino 21 compare
- 143 United Arab Emirates 20 compare
- 144 El Salvador 19 compare
- 144 Jamaica 19 compare
- 147 Micronesia 18 compare
- 147 Tajikistan 18 compare
More gender data for Paraguay
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 1,993 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -0.2942 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 5,415 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 5,415 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 1.53 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 65,495 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 68,548 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 65,498 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 68,560 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 65,610 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Paraguay?
- Number of seats held by women in national parliaments in Paraguay was 19 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 Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 19 in 2024.
- What is the lowest number of seats held by women in national parliaments recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 in 2000.
- How does Paraguay rank for number of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Paraguay ranks 144th out of 210 countries with data for 2026.
- Is number of seats held by women in national parliaments rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 58.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Paraguay 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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