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

0.0%, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.

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

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

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

Equatorial Guinea

31.0%

in 2025

Latvia

31.0%

in 2025

Equatorial Guinea rank

72nd

Latvia rank

72nd

Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments over time

Equatorial Guinea
Latvia

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 31.0% against 31.0% in Latvia, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Latvia ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 72nd and Latvia ranks 72nd of 193 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Equatorial Guinea	Latvia	Difference	Ahead
1990s	7.5%	11.7%	4.2%	Latvia
2000s	10.8%	19.6%	8.8%	Latvia
2010s	17.2%	22.7%	5.4%	Latvia
2020s	28.2%	30.7%	2.5%	Latvia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments, Equatorial Guinea or Latvia?: Equatorial Guinea, at 31.0% against 31.0% in Latvia as of 2025.
What is the difference in proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments between Equatorial Guinea and Latvia?: 0.0%, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Latvia?: 28 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2025.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Latvia rank globally for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?: Equatorial Guinea ranks 72nd and Latvia 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.