What is the difference in proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments between Canada and Equatorial Guinea?

0.7%, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Equatorial Guinea?

27 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2025.

Canada vs Equatorial Guinea: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments

Canada

30.3%

in 2025

Equatorial Guinea

31.0%

in 2025

Canada rank

75th

Equatorial Guinea rank

72nd

Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments over time

Canada
Equatorial Guinea

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 31.0% against 30.3% in Canada, a difference of 0.7%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 27 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 75th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 72nd of 193 countries.

Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Canada	Equatorial Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1990s	20.6%	7.5%	13.1%	Canada
2000s	21.1%	11.4%	9.7%	Canada
2010s	25.5%	17.2%	8.2%	Canada
2020s	30.3%	28.2%	2.1%	Canada

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments, Canada or Equatorial Guinea?: Equatorial Guinea, at 31.0% against 30.3% in Canada as of 2025.
What is the difference in proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments between Canada and Equatorial Guinea?: 0.7%, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Equatorial Guinea?: 27 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2025.
How do Canada and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?: Canada ranks 75th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 72nd 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: 03 September 2026

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