Pacific Dataviz Challenge 2026

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2025 in Numbers

148

Entries from 27 Countries

43%

Static Dataviz

57%

Interactive Dataviz

278

Participants

41%

Men

59%

Women

A Challenge for everyone

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 more than $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.

Why participate?

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.

Two competitions

A main competition, open to individuals and teams, amateurs and professionals, of any age, from anywhere in the world.
A Pacific schools’ competition, for individuals and teams enrolled in primary, intermediate or secondary school in a Pacific Island country or territory.

A contestant may participate in one or both competitions, provided they meet the eligibility criteria for each.

Main competition prizes

With cash prizes across static and interactive dataviz categories, the main competition also includes the chance to participate in an international data visualisation event.
- Grand Pacific Prize
  Funded participation in Visualising Climate 2026 Conference
  
  $3,000
Interactive
- Pacific 1st Prize
  
  $2,000
- Pacific 2nd Prize
  
  $1,000
- Pacific Youth 1st Prize
  
  $1,000
- Pacific Youth 2nd Prize
  
  $500
- International Global Mention
  
  $1,500
Static
- Pacific 1st Prize
  
  $2,000
- Pacific 2nd Prize
  
  $1,000
- Pacific Youth 1st Prize
  
  $1,000
- Pacific Youth 2nd Prize
  
  $500
- International Global Mention
  
  $1,500
Schools' competition prizes

Celebrating learner-led dataviz projects from schools across the region, the Grand Pacific School Prize recognises the best-of-the-best, as well as awards for each subregion.
- Grand Pacific School Prize
  
  $500
Melanesia
- Best School Project
  
  $250
Polynesia
- Best School Project
  
  $250
Micronesia
- Best School Project
  
  $250

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. Participants in the Pacific schools’ competition can also use their own primary data—for example, data collected as part of a school project.

All data sources will need to be listed in the submission form.

Climate change

The Pacific Dataviz Challenge theme for 2026 is climate change. The official list of datasets for this year’s Challenge on the Pacific Data Hub’s .Stat Explorer:

Rules

Your dataviz must use at least one dataset from the official list.
Additional datasets can be used so long as they are accessible as open data. Participants in the Pacific schools’ competition can also use their own primary data.
Your dataviz must be made public.
Anyone of any age can participate.
Anyone from any country or territory can participate.
You are free to use any data visualisation tools of your choice.
Participation in the challenge is free of charge.
Download the complete rules (PDF)