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

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

Global rank#27out of 184 countries
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Historical trend

40.632.825.017.29.4199720112025Dominica · 2025: 40.63%Dominica

Analytical takeaways

  • Dominica records 40.63% for Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) in 2025, ranking #27 globally out of 184 countries.
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) increased from 9.38% in 1997 to 40.63% in 2025, a gain of 31.25%.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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