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

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

Global rank#17out of 184 countries
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Historical trend

44.436.127.819.411.1199720112025Cabo Verde · 2025: 44.44%Cabo Verde

Analytical takeaways

  • Cabo Verde records 44.44% for Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) in 2025, ranking #17 globally out of 184 countries.
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) increased from 11.11% in 1997 to 44.44% in 2025, a gain of 33.33%.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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