Fiji vs Samoa: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments
Fiji
9.1%
in 2025
Samoa
9.8%
in 2025
Fiji rank
173rd
Samoa rank
170th
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments over time
- Fiji
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 9.8% against 9.1% in Fiji, a difference of 0.7%.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Fiji's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 20 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Fiji ahead.
Fiji ranks 173rd and Samoa ranks 170th of 193 countries.
Fiji has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Fiji | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.6% | 5.4% | 1.2% | Fiji |
| 2000s | 6.8% | 6.1% | 0.7% | Fiji |
| 2010s | 16.9% | 8.7% | 8.2% | Fiji |
| 2020s | 15.0% | 11.1% | 3.9% | Fiji |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments, Fiji or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 9.8% against 9.1% in Fiji as of 2025.
- What is the difference in proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments between Fiji and Samoa?
- 0.7%, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and Samoa?
- 20 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2025.
- How do Fiji and Samoa rank globally for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Fiji ranks 173rd and Samoa ranks 170th of 193 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), published as Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber held by women.