Papua New Guinea vs Tonga: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments
Papua New Guinea
2.7%
in 2025
Tonga
3.8%
in 2025
Papua New Guinea rank
188th
Tonga rank
185th
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Tonga
How they compare
Tonga currently reports 3.8% against 2.7% in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 1.1%.
That makes Tonga's figure about 1.4 times Papua New Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 188th and Tonga ranks 185th of 193 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 1 and Tonga in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.8% | 0.0% | 1.8% | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 1.1% | 1.8% | 0.7% | Tonga |
| 2010s | 1.5% | 3.3% | 1.8% | Tonga |
| 2020s | 1.6% | 4.9% | 3.2% | 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, Papua New Guinea or Tonga?
- Tonga, at 3.8% against 2.7% in Papua New Guinea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments between Papua New Guinea and Tonga?
- 1.1%, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Tonga?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2025.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Tonga rank globally for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 188th 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.