Maldives vs Tonga: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments
Maldives
3.2%
in 2025
Tonga
3.8%
in 2025
Maldives rank
186th
Tonga rank
185th
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments over time
- Maldives
- Tonga
How they compare
Tonga currently reports 3.8% against 3.2% in Maldives, a difference of 0.6%.
That makes Tonga's figure about 1.2 times Maldives's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Maldives ahead.
Maldives ranks 186th and Tonga ranks 185th of 193 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Maldives averaged higher in 3 and Tonga in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.2% | 0.0% | 6.2% | Maldives |
| 2000s | 8.7% | 1.8% | 6.9% | Maldives |
| 2010s | 6.0% | 3.3% | 2.7% | Maldives |
| 2020s | 4.1% | 4.9% | 0.7% | Tonga |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments, Maldives or Tonga?
- Tonga, at 3.8% against 3.2% in Maldives as of 2025.
- What is the difference in proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments between Maldives and Tonga?
- 0.6%, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Tonga?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2025.
- How do Maldives and Tonga rank globally for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Maldives ranks 186th and Tonga ranks 185th 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.