Vanuatu Statistics Office - Gender Statistics

Gender Statistics

	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Seats held by women in national government (%)	0	0	0	0	4.0%	4.0%	4.0%	4.0%	4.0%
Total seats in Parliament	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52
Female MPs	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	2
Male MPs	52	52	52	51	50	50	50	50	50
Paid employees	19,448	26,976	18,607	17,297	17,222	35,450	34,688	16,406	n.a
Male	12,647	n.a.	11,904	10,965	10,800	11,147	9,749	10,193	n.a
Female	6,801	n.a.	6,703	6,332	6,422	24,303	24,939	6,213	n.a

Source: Vanuatu Statistics Office