Notes: ^aLocal Council elections were in 1990, 1998, 2003, 2007 and 2012. The results were placed in the nearest reference year in the table above; ^b18.7 per cent if ministers of state included, 6.2 per cent if excluded; ^c22.2 per cent if ministers of state included, 11.1 per cent if excluded; ^d25 per cent if ministers of state included, 18.7 per cent if excluded; ^e2 of a total of 15 ministers, incl. Prime Minister, and state ministers not included. www.jaconsulatecayman.orgdocs7JaCabinetMinistersSept2007.pdf; ^f25 per cent if ministers of state included; 20 per cent if excluded; ^g25 per cent if ministers of state included; ^hRefers to judges appointed in high courts

Sources: Office of the Prime Minister, IPU database, ECLAC Gender Observatory, Jamaica Gleaner, 16 September, 2007, www.jamaica-gleaner.com; reprinted in United Nations Development Programme (2015, p. 11)