Proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of in Paraguay
Paraguay: Proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of was 23.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
23.6%
Change on year
up 2.5%
World rank
17th
of 23 countries
All-time high
23.6%
in 2024
All-time low
20.8%
in 2019
Years of data
6
2019–2024
Proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of in Paraguay, 2019–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 23.6% for proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of in 2024. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.5% on the previous year and up 13.3% over ten years.
That places Paraguay 17th out of 23 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 20.8% | — |
| 2020 | 21.4% | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 21.2% | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 23.0% | +8.6% |
| 2023 | 23.0% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 23.6% | +2.5% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 23.6% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 23.6%, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 20.8% | 20.8% | 20.8% | 1 |
| 2020s | 22.5% | 21.2% | 23.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
- 14 Malta 27.3% compare
- 15 Slovakia 26.9% compare
- 16 Austria 26.1% compare
- 18 Bangladesh 23.4% compare
- 19 Kazakhstan 23.0% compare
- 20 State of Palestine 21.0% 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 proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of in Paraguay?
- Proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of in Paraguay was 23.6% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 23.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.8% in 2019.
- How does Paraguay rank for proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of?
- Paraguay ranks 17th out of 23 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.3%. 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 Proportion of elected seats held by women in deliberative bodies of local government (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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