Latin America and Caribbean Compared by Government > Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament
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DEFINITION:
Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber occupied by women.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Costa Rica | 38.6% | 2006 | ||
2 | Cuba | 36% | 2006 | ||
3 | Argentina | 35% | 2006 | ||
4 | Peru | 29.2% | 2006 | ||
5 | Guyana | 29% | 2006 | ||
6 | Grenada | 26.7% | 2006 | ||
7 | Suriname | 25.5% | 2006 | ||
8 | Mexico | 24.2% | 2005 | ||
9 | Honduras | 23.4% | 2006 | ||
10 | Nicaragua | 20.7% | 2006 | ||
11 | The Bahamas | 20% | 2006 | ||
12 | Dominican Republic | 19.7% | 2006 | ||
13 | Trinidad and Tobago | 19.4% | 2006 | ||
14 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 18.2% | 2006 | ||
15 | Venezuela | 18% | 2006 | ||
16 | Bolivia | 16.9% | 2006 | ||
=17 | El Salvador | 16.7% | 2006 | ||
=17 | Panama | 16.7% | 2006 | ||
19 | Ecuador | 16% | 2005 | ||
20 | Chile | 15% | 2006 | ||
21 | Barbados | 13.3% | 2006 | ||
22 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 13% | 2004 | ||
23 | Dominica | 12.9% | 2006 | ||
24 | Colombia | 12.1% | 2005 | ||
25 | Jamaica | 11.7% | 2006 | ||
26 | Uruguay | 11.1% | 2006 | ||
27 | Antigua and Barbuda | 10.5% | 2006 | ||
28 | Paraguay | 10% | 2006 | ||
29 | Brazil | 8.6% | 2005 | ||
30 | Guatemala | 8.2% | 2006 | ||
31 | Belize | 6.7% | 2006 | ||
32 | Saint Lucia | 5.6% | 2006 | ||
33 | Haiti | 2.4% | 2006 |