Table 6-2

Percentage of government positions occupied by women, 1996
Latin America and the Caribbean


Country or area                 Percentage of positions occupied by women
                             Ministerial         Sub-ministerial        Total
                             level               level

Antigua and Barbuda               0.0                42.1                26.7
Argentina                         0.0                 5.6                 5.2
Bahamas                          18.8                34.0                30.3
Barbados                         30.8                23.5                25.5
Belize                            0.0                 8.8                 6.0
Bolivia                           0.0                 8.3                 7.3
Brazil                            4.3                15.1                13.7
Chile                            14.3                 8.5                10.3
Colombia                         12.5                22.6                20.5
Costa Rica                       11.1                35.2                27.2
Cuba                              2.7                11.9                 9.1
Dominica                         18.2                26.5                25.0
Dominican Republic                4.0                11.9                 9.8
Ecuador                           6.2                 2.8                 3.4
El Salvador                       6.2                27.0                26.8
Grenada                          21.4                23.1                22.5
Guatemala                        13.3                22.2                16.7
Guyana                            5.6                20.0                14.6
Haiti                            29.4                15.8                22.2
Honduras                         10.0                15.9                14.1
Jamaica                           5.6                18.4                14.3
Mexico                           15.8                 5.9                 7.5
Nicaragua                        15.8                17.9                17.4
Panama                           16.7                 6.5                 9.4
Paraguay                          6.7                 3.7                 4.3
Peru                              5.6                15.5                13.2
Saint Kitts and Nevis             0.0                25.0                16.7
Saint Lucia                       9.1                 0.0                 5.0
St. Vincent and the Grenadines   20.0                18.8                19.2
Suriname                          0.0                17.6                11.3
Trinidad and Tobago              16.0                12.5                13.8
Uruguay                           6.7                16.7                13.7
Venezuela                        11.1                17.9                14.5

Sources:
Data compiled by the Division for the Advancement of Women of the United Nations Secretariat based on information from the Worldwide Government Directory (Bethesda, Maryland, January 1996).

Technical notes:
Decision-making positions in Government are defined as ministers or equivalent, deputy or assistant ministers or equivalent, secretaries of state or permanent secretaries or equivalent, and deputy of state or director of Government or equivalent. In the table, "ministerial level" positions refer to ministers or equivalent positions only, while "sub-ministerial level" positions refer to the rest of the positions enumerated above.

Statistical symbols and conventions used in the tables