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Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Government > Democracy > Female candidacy

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DEFINITION: Year in which women received the right to stand for election. Data refer to the year in which right to vote or stand for election on a universal and equal basis was recognized. Where two years are shown, the first refers to the first partial recognition of the right to stand for election.
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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH
1 Namibia 1,989 2001
=2 Central African Republic 1,986 2001
=2 Djibouti 1,986 2001
4 Zimbabwe 1,978 2001
5 Guinea-Bissau 1,977 2001
=6 Sao Tome and Principe 1,975 2001
=6 Cape Verde 1,975 2001
=6 Angola 1,975 2001
=6 Mozambique 1,975 2001
10 Swaziland 1,968 2001
=11 Botswana 1,965 2001
=11 Lesotho 1,965 2001
13 Sudan 1,964 2001
=14 Equatorial Guinea 1,963 2001
=14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,963 2001
=16 Uganda 1,962 2001
=16 Zambia 1,962 2001
=18 Malawi 1,961 2001
=18 Rwanda 1,961 2001
=18 Sierra Leone 1,961 2001
=18 Mauritania 1,961 2001
=18 Burundi 1,961 2001
23 The Gambia 1,960 2001
24 Madagascar 1,959 2001
=25 Burkina Faso 1,958 2001
=25 Guinea 1,958 2001
=25 Nigeria 1,958 2001
=25 Chad 1,958 2001
=29 Mauritius 1,956 2001
=29 Gabon 1,956 2001
=29 Benin 1,956 2001
=29 Mali 1,956 2001
=29 Comoros 1,956 2001
=34 Ethiopia 1,955 2001
=34 Eritrea 1,955 2001
36 Ghana 1,954 2001
37 Cote d'Ivoire 1,952 2001
=38 Niger 1,948 2001
=38 Seychelles 1,948 2001
40 Cameroon 1,946 2001
=41 Senegal 1,945 2001
=41 Togo 1,945 2001
43 South Africa 1,930 2001
44 Kenya 1,919 2001

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