Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Guinea
Guinea: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments was 29.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Guinea, 1997–2025
Source: Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Guinea stood at 29.6%. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of up 35.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Guinea peaked at 29.6% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 7.0%, in 1997.
Guinea ranks 80th of 193 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Guinea, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 7.0% | — |
| 1998 | 8.8% | +25.0% |
| 1999 | 8.8% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 8.8% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 8.8% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 19.3% | +120.0% |
| 2004 | 19.3% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 19.3% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 19.3% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 19.3% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 21.9% | +13.6% |
| 2015 | 21.9% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 21.9% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 21.9% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 21.9% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 22.8% | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 16.7% | -26.9% |
| 2022 | 29.6% | +77.8% |
| 2023 | 29.6% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 29.6% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 29.6% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.2% | 7.0% | 8.8% | 3 |
| 2000s | 16.3% | 8.8% | 19.3% | 7 |
| 2010s | 22.1% | 21.9% | 22.8% | 6 |
| 2020s | 27.0% | 16.7% | 29.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
More public sector data for Guinea
- Arms imports 6.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.4066 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 500 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 6.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 38.12 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0225 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 11.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 562.46 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 4.07 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Guinea?
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Guinea was 29.6% in 2025, according to Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
- What is the highest proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 29.6% in 2022.
- What is the lowest proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.0% in 1997.
- How does Guinea rank for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Guinea ranks 80th out of 193 countries with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), published as part of Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber held by women.