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Dominican Republic
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#39out of 184 countries
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Historical trend

37.430.924.518.111.7199720112025Dominican Republic · 2025: 37.37%Dominican Republic

Analytical takeaways

  • Dominican Republic records 37.37% for Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) in 2025, ranking #39 globally out of 184 countries.
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) increased from 11.67% in 1997 to 37.37% in 2025, a gain of 25.70%.
  • 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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