Kuwait vs Papua New Guinea: Share of women in parliament
Kuwait
2.0%
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
2.7%
in 2025
Kuwait rank
171st
Papua New Guinea rank
170th
Share of women in parliament over time
- Kuwait
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 2.7% against 2.0% in Kuwait, a difference of 0.7%.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.4 times Kuwait's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1962 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Kuwait ranks 171st and Papua New Guinea ranks 170th of 174 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 3 and Papua New Guinea in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1970s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1980s | 0.0% | 1.3% | 1.3% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 1.5% | 1.1% | 0.4% | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 5.3% | 1.5% | 3.7% | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 2.9% | 1.4% | 1.4% | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of women in parliament, Kuwait or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 2.7% against 2.0% in Kuwait as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of women in parliament between Kuwait and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.7%, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Papua New Guinea?
- 52 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
- How do Kuwait and Papua New Guinea rank globally for share of women in parliament?
- Kuwait ranks 171st and Papua New Guinea ranks 170th of 174 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Share of women in parliament. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of women in the lower or single chamber of the legislature.