Barbados vs Seychelles: Share of women in parliament
Barbados
26.7%
in 2025
Seychelles
26.5%
in 2025
Barbados rank
86th
Seychelles rank
88th
Share of women in parliament over time
- Barbados
- Seychelles
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 26.7% against 26.5% in Seychelles, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1949 it was Seychelles ahead.
Barbados ranks 86th and Seychelles ranks 88th of 174 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 1 and Seychelles in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Seychelles | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1950s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1960s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1970s | 6.2% | 12.3% | 6.1% | Seychelles |
| 1980s | 3.8% | 24.0% | 20.2% | Seychelles |
| 1990s | 7.9% | 23.2% | 15.3% | Seychelles |
| 2000s | 11.6% | 26.5% | 14.9% | Seychelles |
| 2010s | 15.3% | 32.2% | 16.9% | Seychelles |
| 2020s | 24.5% | 23.1% | 1.4% | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of women in parliament, Barbados or Seychelles?
- Barbados, at 26.7% against 26.5% in Seychelles as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of women in parliament between Barbados and Seychelles?
- 0.2%, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Seychelles?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1949 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and Seychelles rank globally for share of women in parliament?
- Barbados ranks 86th and Seychelles ranks 88th of 174 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Share of women in parliament. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of women in the lower or single chamber of the legislature.