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Reading no. 2024/068

SocietyObserved dataAnnual fixture: International Women's Day

Share of parliamentary seats held by women in the Pacific

50.4%

Pacific

New ZealandAustraliaFijiSamoaNauruSolomon IslandsMicronesiaKiribati

Share of seats in national parliaments held by women, latest known year of each territory up to 2022: the top ten of the Pacific.

  1. New Zealand50.4
  2. Australia38.4
  3. Fiji19.6
  4. Samoa13.0
  5. Nauru10.5
  6. Solomon Islands8.0
  7. Micronesia7.1
  8. Kiribati6.7
  9. Palau6.3
  10. Tuvalu6.3

The first territory of the ranking, New Zealand, has 50.4% of women among its members of parliament.

Observation

Method

World Bank indicator SG.GEN.PARL.ZS , read for seventeen Pacific territories from 2016 to 2022. The latest published value of each is kept, then the ten highest are ranked.

Source

Nature

Observed data

Value read at the source and reproduced without processing.

Recurring annual series. This reading is published every year on this date.

Confidence

Medium

See also

2026/067 · 8 Mar45.5%Share of parliamentary seats held by women in the Pacific2025/067 · 8 Mar44.3%Share of parliamentary seats held by women in the Pacific2024/135 · 14 May21.3% of GDPHealth expenditure as a share of gross domestic product, Pacific2025/043 · 12 Feb96.1%Share of the population using the internet in the Pacific

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