The Pacific Dataviz Challenge is a competition for all—of any age, background or skillset—that encourages storytelling, design, innovation and technical skill in the visualisation of Pacific data.
Participants, individually or as a team, are invited to create data visualisations that highlight important issues or opportunities facing the Pacific region.
Your submission could be an infographic, animation, dashboard, web app, poster, PDF report, drawing—almost anything you can imagine and create.
Powered by the Pacific Data Hub, the foremost portal for Pacific knowledge, the Pacific Dataviz Challenge gives you the opportunity to compete for both recognition and prizes from a total pool of $15,000 USD.
What is ‘dataviz’ exactly?
The art of representing complex information visually and comprehensibly, data visualisation (dataviz) transforms raw numbers into graphs, maps, charts, or other visual forms.
This helps tell a story on trends, patterns and relationships within the data.
Another important aspect to the competition, ‘open data’ refers to data that are publicly available to anyone for any purpose.
Dataviz beginner? Stay tuned
Throughout the competition period, we’ll be sharing resources for dataviz learners—follow us on social media to learn more.
Why participate?
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Build skills, boost your CV, deepen your understanding of key issues, and make real-world impact.
Plus through our events and webinars, connect with fellow creators and global dataviz experts—while exploring new tools and techniques in this fast-growing discipline.
Categories & prizes
The Pacific Dataviz Challenge 2025 features three prize categories, each awarding two prizes—one for the best Interactive visualisation and one for the best Static visualisation.
Open ($3000 USD per prize): Open to all participants worldwide, recognising the most inspiring and innovative dataviz entries, regardless of age, nationality or residence.
Pacific ($3000 USD per prize): Reserved for individuals or teams who self-identify as Pacific Islanders in the entry form, highlighting talent from and for the Pacific region.
Pacific Youth ($1500 USD per prize): For Pacific entrants under the age of 26 (born after 2000), to support and celebrate the next generation of dataviz creators in the region.
Open
Interactive
$3000 USD
Static
$3000 USD
Pacific
Interactive
$3000 USD
Static
$3000 USD
Pacific Youth
Interactive
$1500 USD
Static
$1500 USD
Official datasets & theme
Participants in the Pacific Dataviz Challenge need to use at least one dataset from the official list which changes for each year’s competition with the theme.
Participants are also free to incorporate other datasets from the Pacific Data Hub, or any other source of open data. All data sources will need to be listed in the submission form.
Keep up to date on the 2025 Pacific Dataviz Challenge: leave your e-mail address with us and follow us on social media.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, you can participate as a team and as an individual, and apply to both categories, interactive and static. This means that if you're really motivated, you can submit one data visualisation individually and another one as a team for the interactive category. You can repeat the process with the static category and thus increase your chances of winning a prize through four entries.
Yes, absolutely! You’ll just need to include a signed parental authorisation when registering. If you’re a minor and you win one of the many prizes in the challenge, the money will be transferred to your legal guardian’s bank account. To encourage young talent from the Pacific to take part, we’ve created a special “Pacific Youth” award of $1,500 USD — available in both the static and interactive categories — and reserved for those born after the year 2000. So don’t hesitate to give it a go!
You must use at least one dataset provided by the organisers on the Pacific Dataviz Challenge website, sourced from the Pacific Data Hub (the Pacific Community's open data platform). You may also incorporate additional datasets to cross-reference and enhance your data visualisation, as long as they are publicly available as open data.
Your dataviz must be created in either English or French. Similarly, you can choose to fill out your registration form in either English or French.
There are no limitations: you can use any tools of your choice!
The challenge opens on Wednesday, 1 June 2025. You have two months to participate and submit your original creation before July 31st at 11:59 PM (GMT+11, New Caledonia time).
This challenge is open to everyone without restrictions. You simply need to submit your data visualisation before 31 July by filling out the form available on the website and using at least one of the datasets provided by the organisers. People of all ages can participate.
Thinking about entering the Pacific Dataviz Challenge? Learn from some of the greatest!
Join us for a compelling conversation with four incredible minds using data in radically different—yet deeply impactful—ways:
🌺 Dr Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson— An award-winning Samoan journalist using indigenous knowledge and storytelling to spotlight climate and cultural issues across the Pacific. 🏉 Jeremy Chéradame — Lead Data Scientist for the French Rugby Federation, turning performance data into elite-level decisions for one of the world’s top rugby teams 🚗 Pawel Jastrzebski — Automotive engineer and data analyst with a passion for insightful visual storytelling using Python and powerful dashboards. 🧠 Thabata Romanowski — Data visualisation expert from Aotearoa New Zealand, championing design thinking in data and leading initiatives like The Data Design Manifesto.