Nauru vs Samoa: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
Nauru
10.5%
in 2025
Samoa
9.8%
in 2025
Nauru rank
168th
Samoa rank
170th
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) over time
- Nauru
- Samoa
How they compare
Nauru currently reports 10.5% against 9.8% in Samoa, a difference of 0.7%.
That makes Nauru's figure about 1.1 times Samoa's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Samoa ahead.
Nauru ranks 168th and Samoa ranks 170th of 193 countries.
Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nauru | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0% | 6.1% | 6.1% | Samoa |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 6.9% | 6.9% | Samoa |
| 2010s | 5.3% | 7.3% | 2.0% | Samoa |
| 2020s | 10.5% | 11.1% | 0.6% | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments, Nauru or Samoa?
- Nauru, at 10.5% against 9.8% in Samoa as of 2025.
- What is the difference in proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments between Nauru and Samoa?
- 0.7%, with Nauru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nauru and Samoa?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2025.
- How do Nauru and Samoa rank globally for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Nauru ranks 168th 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.