Seats held by women in national parliaments in South America

12 countries in South America, 2025. Unit: % of seats. World ranking →

First in the ranking
50.8 %
Bolivia
Median country
32.8 %
half above, half below
World
27.2 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
18.1 to 50.8
Brazil - Bolivia

How to read it

Across 12 countries in South America, the highest value is in Bolivia (50.8 %) and the lowest in Brazil (18.1 %).

The median country is at 32.8 %: half are above, half below.

Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber held by women.

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Source: Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), uri: https://data.ipu.org/women-ranking/, note: For the year of 1998, the… · via World Bank WDI (SG.GEN.PARL.ZS) · licence

Women in parliament over time

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Ranking of countries

2025
In chart Share of the highest value
1Bolivia50.8
2Ecuador45.0
3Peru41.5
4Argentina41.2
5Guyana36.1
6Chile33.5
7Venezuela32.1
8Suriname31.4
9Uruguay31.3
10Colombia29.4
11Paraguay23.8
12Brazil18.1
World Bank, WDI · SG.GEN.PARL.ZS · 2025 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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