Papua New Guinea vs Tonga: Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament
Papua New Guinea
0.05 ratio
in 2026
Tonga
0.07 ratio
in 2026
Papua New Guinea rank
168th
Tonga rank
167th
Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Tonga
How they compare
Tonga currently reports 0.07 ratio against 0.05 ratio in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.02 ratio.
That makes Tonga's figure about 1.4 times Papua New Guinea's.
Across all 6 years both countries report, Tonga has been ahead every year.
Papua New Guinea ranks 168th and Tonga ranks 167th of 171 countries.
Tonga has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament, Papua New Guinea or Tonga?
- Tonga, at 0.07 ratio against 0.05 ratio in Papua New Guinea as of 2026.
- What is the difference in representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament between Papua New Guinea and Tonga?
- 0.02 ratio, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Tonga?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2021 to 2026.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Tonga rank globally for representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 168th and Tonga ranks 167th of 171 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Inter-Parliamentary Union – processed by Our World in Data, published as Representation of women in the lower chamber of parliament. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Ratio for female members of parliaments (Ratio of the proportion of women in parliament in the proportion of women in the national population with the age of eligibility as a lower bound boundary), Lower Chamber or Unicameral.