Haiti vs Papua New Guinea: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments
Haiti
2.5%
in 2019
Papua New Guinea
2.7%
in 2025
Haiti rank
189th
Papua New Guinea rank
188th
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments over time
- Haiti
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 2.7% against 2.5% in Haiti, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Haiti's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 21 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Haiti ahead.
Haiti ranks 189th and Papua New Guinea ranks 188th of 193 countries.
Haiti has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Haiti | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.6% | 1.8% | 1.8% | Haiti |
| 2000s | 3.6% | 1.0% | 2.6% | Haiti |
| 2010s | 4.0% | 1.5% | 2.4% | Haiti |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments, Haiti or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 2.7% against 2.5% in Haiti as of 2025.
- What is the difference in proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments between Haiti and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.2%, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Haiti and Papua New Guinea?
- 21 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2019.
- How do Haiti and Papua New Guinea rank globally for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Haiti ranks 189th and Papua New Guinea ranks 188th 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.