Women in national parliament in Samoa

Women held 9.8% of seats in the national parliament of Samoa in 2025.

Measure: Women in national parliament Unit: % of seats in the single or lower chamber Data: 1997 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Samoa, 2025 9.8% % of seats in the single or lower chamber
Change from 2024 −3.2percentage points 2024: 13.0%
World, 2025 27.2% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 164th of 184 See the full ranking

Women in national parliament in Samoa over time

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% of seats in the single or lower chamber. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Women in national parliament (% of seats in the single or lower chamber), 2001 to 2025
Period SamoaWorld
2025 9.8% 27.2%
2024 13.0% 27.0%
2023 13.0% 26.7%
2022 13.0% 26.5%
2021 7.8% 26.1%
2020 10.0% 25.6%
2019 10.0% 24.6%
2018 10.0% 24.1%
2017 10.0% 23.6%
2016 10.0% 23.1%
2015 6.1% 22.8%
2014 6.1% 22.2%
2013 4.1% 21.8%
2012 4.1% 20.8%
2011 4.1% 19.8%
2010 8.2% 19.2%
2009 8.2% 19.0%
2008 8.2% 18.4%
2007 8.2% 17.9%
2006 6.1% 17.0%
2005 6.1% 16.5%
2004 6.1% 15.9%
2003 6.1% 15.2%
2002 6.1% 15.2%
2001 6.1% 14.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −3.2 percentage points from 13.0% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 6.1%, the figure has changed by +3.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 184 countries with data for 2025, Samoa has the 164th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 27.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
Inter-Parliamentary Union
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SG.GEN.PARL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1997 to 2025 for Samoa
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Inter-Parliamentary Union