What is the difference in proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments between Dominican Republic and Guyana?

1.3%, with Dominican Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Guyana?

27 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2025.

Dominican Republic vs Guyana: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments

Dominican Republic

37.4%

in 2025

Guyana

36.1%

in 2025

Dominican Republic rank

39th

Guyana rank

42nd

Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments over time

Dominican Republic
Guyana

How they compare

Dominican Republic currently reports 37.4% against 36.1% in Guyana, a difference of 1.3%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 27 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Guyana ahead.

Dominican Republic ranks 39th and Guyana ranks 42nd of 193 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Dominican Republic	Guyana	Difference	Ahead
1990s	16.1%	18.5%	2.4%	Guyana
2000s	18.0%	25.6%	7.6%	Guyana
2010s	23.2%	31.2%	8.0%	Guyana
2020s	31.0%	36.5%	5.5%	Guyana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments, Dominican Republic or Guyana?: Dominican Republic, at 37.4% against 36.1% in Guyana as of 2025.
What is the difference in proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments between Dominican Republic and Guyana?: 1.3%, with Dominican Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Guyana?: 27 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2025.
How do Dominican Republic and Guyana rank globally for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?: Dominican Republic ranks 39th and Guyana ranks 42nd 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.