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Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)

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Timeline:

This timeline shows a graph from 1991 to 2017 of Latin America & Caribbean . No data until 1990. Number of actual observations by date: 21.

Source name:

World Development Indicators

Source organization:

Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) (www.ipu.org).

Categories, topics:

Public Sector, Gender, Social Development

Last updated:

apr 23, 2017

Indicators value changes by year

Meaning:

20.183

Minimum:

11.907

jan 1, 1991

Maximum:

28.708

jan 1, 2017

At the date of observation

Value

Absolute change

Change from the previous value

jan 1, 1991

11.907

+11.907

0.0%

jan 1, 1998

13.139

+1.232

10.34%

jan 1, 1999

15.348

+2.209

16.81%

jan 1, 2000

14.336

-1.011

-6.59%

jan 1, 2001

15.16

+0.823

5.74%

jan 1, 2002

14.333

-0.827

-5.46%

jan 1, 2003

16.079

+1.746

12.19%

jan 1, 2004

18.45

+2.371

14.75%

jan 1, 2005

19.013

+0.563

3.05%

jan 1, 2006

20.215

+1.202

6.32%

jan 1, 2007

20.349

+0.133

0.66%

jan 1, 2008

21.117

+0.768

3.78%

jan 1, 2009

22.172

+1.055

5.0%

jan 1, 2010

22.712

+0.54

2.43%

jan 1, 2011

23.023

+0.311

1.37%

jan 1, 2012

23.039

+0.016

0.07%

jan 1, 2013

24.491

+1.453

6.3%

jan 1, 2014

24.81

+0.319

1.3%

jan 1, 2015

27.54

+2.73

11.0%

jan 1, 2016

27.908

+0.369

1.34%