What is the difference in proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments between Belize and Democratic Republic of Congo?

0.3%, with Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Democratic Republic of Congo?

21 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2025.

Belize vs Democratic Republic of Congo: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)

Belize

12.5%

in 2025

Democratic Republic of Congo

12.8%

in 2025

Belize rank

162nd

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

161st

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

Belize
Democratic Republic of Congo

How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 12.8% against 12.5% in Belize, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 21 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Belize ranks 162nd and Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 161st of 193 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Belize averaged higher in 1 and Democratic Republic of Congo in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belize	Democratic Republic of Congo	Difference	Ahead
2000s	3.9%	9.6%	5.7%	Democratic Republic of Congo
2010s	4.9%	9.2%	4.3%	Democratic Republic of Congo
2020s	13.1%	12.8%	0.2%	Belize

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments, Belize or Democratic Republic of Congo?: Democratic Republic of Congo, at 12.8% against 12.5% in Belize as of 2025.
What is the difference in proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments between Belize and Democratic Republic of Congo?: 0.3%, with Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Democratic Republic of Congo?: 21 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2025.
How do Belize and Democratic Republic of Congo rank globally for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?: Belize ranks 162nd and Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 161st of 193 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), published as Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
Unit: %
Source: Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 240 places, 6,573 data points, 1997–2025
Last refreshed: 29 October 2026

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