Women in parliament — all countries

Women in parliament — Melanesia

Women in parliament in Melanesia in 2025 — 4.9%. Since 1998, the indicator has risen by 2.2 pp.

2025 4.9% −0 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 7.8%2022
Period minimum 0.9%2011

Trend over time

1998–2025 · % of seats

Women in parliament — Melanesia, 1998–20250246819982001200420072010201320162019202220251998: 2.7%1999: 3.8%2000: 1.3%2001: 2.5%2002: 2.5%2003: 2.1%2004: 3.3%2005: 3.3%2006: 1.6%2007: 1.6%2008: 1.6%2009: 1.6%2010: 1.6%2011: 0.9%2012: 1.6%2013: 1.6%2014: 4.7%2015: 5.2%2016: 5.2%2017: 4.5%2018: 5.4%2019: 5.9%2020: 6.5%2021: 7.4%2022: 7.8%2023: 5.9%2024: 4.9%2025: 4.9%
Change over the period: +2.2 pp Annual average: 0.08 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Melanesia

Melanesia 4.9%
World 27.2%
Women in parliament — Melanesia, by year Melanesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 4.9 −0 pp
2024 4.9 −0.9 pp
2023 5.9 −1.9 pp
2022 7.8 +0.4 pp
2021 7.4 +0.9 pp
2020 6.5 +0.6 pp
2019 5.9 +0.5 pp
2018 5.4 +0.9 pp
2017 4.5 −0.7 pp
2016 5.2 +0 pp
2015 5.2 +0.5 pp
2014 4.7 +3.1 pp
2013 1.6 +0 pp
2012 1.6 +0.6 pp
2011 0.9 −0.6 pp
2010 1.6 +0 pp
2009 1.6 +0 pp
2008 1.6 +0 pp
2007 1.6 +0 pp
2006 1.6 −1.7 pp
2005 3.3 +0 pp
2004 3.3 +1.2 pp
2003 2.1 −0.4 pp
2002 2.5 +0 pp
2001 2.5 +1.2 pp
2000 1.3 −2.5 pp
1999 3.8 +1.1 pp
1998 2.7

About the indicator

The share of seats held by women in the national parliament (in bicameral systems, in the lower or single chamber). Data of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. The indicator depends directly on the electoral system and on the presence of quotas: in countries with proportional representation and gender quotas the share is consistently higher.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.