Women in power

WOMEN IN POWER Percentage of cabinet positions and legislative seats held by women Cabinet Positions Legislators Nicaragua 46% 40% Bolivia 45% 25% Ecuador 40% 32% Costa Rica 29% | 39% Venezuela 39% 17% Argentina 18% |37% Colombia 33% | 12% Trinidad and Tobago 18% 29% Panama 29% 9% United States 27% 17% Brazil 27% 9% Mexico 21% 26% El Salvador 11% 26% Peru 17% 22% Dominican Republic 13% 21% China 12% 21% Honduras 18% 20% Jamaica 20% 13% Chile 18% 14% Paraguay 7%| |13% Bahamas 13% Guatemala |13% Uruguay 7% 12% Barbados 12% 10% Latin America and the Caribbean 21% 20% Source: World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap Report, 2012. Inter-American Development Bank | 2012 www.iadb.org