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East Asia & Pacific
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)

Within the “East Asia & Pacific” group, Australia leads Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) in 2025 at 46.00%, while Tuvalu sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 0.00%. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.011.523.034.546.0AustraliaAustralia: 46.00%46.0New ZealandNew Zealand: 45.53%45.5Timor-LesteTimor-Leste: 35.38%35.4SingaporeSingapore: 32.32%32.3Viet NamViet Nam: 31.38%31.4PhilippinesPhilippines: 28.34%28.3ChinaChina: 26.54%26.5MongoliaMongolia: 25.40%25.4PalauPalau: 25.00%25.0Lao PDRLao PDR: 21.95%22.0IndonesiaIndonesia: 21.90%21.9Micronesia, Fed. Sts.Micronesia, Fed. Sts.: 21.43%21.4

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Australia 46.00%
2 New Zealand 45.53%
3 Timor-Leste 35.38%
4 Singapore 32.32%
5 Viet Nam 31.38%
6 Philippines 28.34%
7 China 26.54%
8 Mongolia 25.40%
9 Palau 25.00%
10 Lao PDR 21.95%
11 Indonesia 21.90%
12 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 21.43%
13 Korea, Rep. 20.33%
14 Thailand 19.60%
15 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 17.61%
16 Japan 15.70%
17 Cambodia 13.60%
18 Malaysia 13.51%
19 Marshall Islands 12.12%
20 Brunei Darussalam 11.43%
21 Kiribati 11.11%
22 Naoero 10.53%
23 Samoa 9.80%
24 Fiji 9.09%
25 Solomon Islands 6.00%
26 Tonga 3.85%
27 Papua New Guinea 2.70%
28 Vanuatu 1.92%
29 Tuvalu 0.00%

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the East Asia & Pacific group for Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) in 2025, Australia leads with a gap of 0.47% to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 29 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Tuvalu at 0.00%.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.