Seats held by women in national parliaments in Oceania

14 countries in Oceania, 2025. Unit: % of seats. World ranking →

First in the ranking
46.0 %
Australia
Median country
10.2 %
half above, half below
World
27.2 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
0.0 to 46.0
Tuvalu - Australia

How to read it

Across 14 countries in Oceania, the highest value is in Australia (46.0 %) and the lowest in Tuvalu (0.0 %).

The median country is at 10.2 %: half are above, half below.

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

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Source: Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), uri: https://data.ipu.org/women-ranking/, note: For the year of 1998, the… · via World Bank WDI (SG.GEN.PARL.ZS) · licence

Women in parliament over time

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Ranking of countries

2025
In chart Share of the highest value
1Australia46.0
2New Zealand45.5
3Palau25.0
4Federated States of Micronesia21.4
5Marshall Islands12.1
6Kiribati11.1
7Nauru10.5
8Samoa9.8
9Fiji9.1
10Solomon Islands6.0
11Tonga3.8
12Papua New Guinea2.7
13Vanuatu1.9
14Tuvalu0.0
World Bank, WDI · SG.GEN.PARL.ZS · 2025 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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