Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments was 2.7% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Papua New Guinea, 1997–2025
Source: Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Papua New Guinea is 2.7%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Papua New Guinea peaked at 2.7% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2017.
That places Papua New Guinea 188th out of 193 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 1.8% | — |
| 1998 | 1.8% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1.8% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1.8% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1.8% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.9% | -50.0% |
| 2004 | 0.9% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.9% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.9% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.9% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.9% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2.7% | +194.6% |
| 2013 | 2.7% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2.7% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2.7% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2.7% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0% | — |
| 2019 | 0.0% | — |
| 2020 | 0.0% | — |
| 2021 | 0.0% | — |
| 2022 | 1.7% | — |
| 2023 | 2.7% | +55.4% |
| 2024 | 2.7% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 2.7% | +0.0% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 2.7% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 22.6%, 12% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 2.7% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 16.7%, 16% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.8% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 3 |
| 2000s | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.5% | 0.0% | 2.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.6% | 0.0% | 2.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More public sector data for Papua New Guinea
- Arms imports 9.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.8663 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 600 % change on previous year (1997)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 9.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2023)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 8.6 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.003 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -6.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 91.01 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 19.87 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Papua New Guinea?
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Papua New Guinea was 2.7% in 2025, according to Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
- What is the highest proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 2.7% in 2012.
- What is the lowest proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2017.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 188th out of 193 countries with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Monthly ranking of women in national parliaments, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), published as part of Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.