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Women in parliament — Costa Rica

Women in parliament in Costa Rica in 2025 — 49.1%. Ranked 8 in the world out of 184. Since 1997, the indicator has risen by 33.3 pp.

2025 49.1% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 8of 184
Period maximum 49.1%2024
Period minimum 15.8%1997

Trend over time

1997–2025 · % of seats

Women in parliament — Costa Rica, 1997–2025020406019972000200320062009201220152018202120241997: 15.8%1998: 19.3%1999: 19.3%2000: 19.3%2001: 19.3%2002: 35.1%2003: 35.1%2004: 35.1%2005: 35.1%2006: 38.6%2007: 36.8%2008: 36.8%2009: 36.8%2010: 38.6%2011: 38.6%2012: 38.6%2013: 38.6%2014: 33.3%2015: 33.3%2016: 33.3%2017: 35.1%2018: 45.6%2019: 45.6%2020: 45.6%2021: 45.6%2022: 47.4%2023: 47.4%2024: 49.1%2025: 49.1%
Change over the period: +33.3 pp Annual average: 1.19 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Costa Rica

Costa Rica 49.1%
World 27.2%
Latin America & Caribbean 36.6%
Central America computed 33.7%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 26.1%
Women in parliament — Costa Rica, by year Costa Rica All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 49.1 +0 pp
2024 49.1 +1.8 pp
2023 47.4 +0 pp
2022 47.4 +1.8 pp
2021 45.6 +0 pp
2020 45.6 +0 pp
2019 45.6 +0 pp
2018 45.6 +10.5 pp
2017 35.1 +1.8 pp
2016 33.3 +0 pp
2015 33.3 +0 pp
2014 33.3 −5.3 pp
2013 38.6 +0 pp
2012 38.6 +0 pp
2011 38.6 +0 pp
2010 38.6 +1.8 pp
2009 36.8 +0 pp
2008 36.8 +0 pp
2007 36.8 −1.8 pp
2006 38.6 +3.5 pp
2005 35.1 +0 pp
2004 35.1 +0 pp
2003 35.1 +0 pp
2002 35.1 +15.8 pp
2001 19.3 +0 pp
2000 19.3 +0 pp
1999 19.3 +0 pp
1998 19.3 +3.5 pp
1997 15.8 —

Central America, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

NI Nicaragua 54.9 MX Mexico 50.2 CR Costa Rica 49.1 SV El Salvador 31.7 HN Honduras 29.7 PA Panama 21.7 GT Guatemala 20 BZ Belize 12.5
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About the indicator

The share of seats held by women in the national parliament (in bicameral systems, in the lower or single chamber). Data of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. The indicator depends directly on the electoral system and on the presence of quotas: in countries with proportional representation and gender quotas the share is consistently higher.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.

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