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Europe > Estonia > Democracy

ESTONIAN DEMOCRACY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Bertelsmann Transformation Index > Management Index 2006 7.29 [7th of 118]
Bertelsmann Transformation Index > Status Index 2006 9.29 [2nd of 119]
Bertelsmann Transformation Index>Political Transformation 9.4 [4th of 119]
Civil and political liberties 5.5 [19th of 140]
Electoral system party list
Electoral system type proportional
Female candidacy 1,918 [144th of 161]
Female parliamentarians 17.8% [43rd of 157]
Female suffrage 1918
First female parliamentarian 1919 (elected)
Parliamentary elections > Invalid votes 1.6% [71st of 110]
Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout 57.4% [123rd of 152]
Parliamentary elections > Total vote 492,356 [117th of 154]
Parliamentary elections > Turnout 46 [96th of 117]
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration 857,270 [113rd of 152]
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population 1,071,450 [117th of 163]
Post-Soviet states > Freedom House > Economic Freedom Average Index 79.63 [1st of 15]
Post-Soviet states > Freedom House > Final Weighted Average Index 85.25 [1st of 15]
Post-Soviet states > Freedom House > Individual Freedom Average Index 99.86 [1st of 15]
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SOURCES: Bertelsmann Transformation Index online, 2006; http://www.bertelsmann-transformation-index.de/fileadmin/pdf/BTI_2006_Ranking_GB.pdf; Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2000-2001, New York: Freedom House, 2001; No comment is being made on the state of democracy. Categorizations are based on the electoral law, or the last competitive election held; IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 1995. Women in Parliaments 1945-1995: A World Statistical Survey. Geneva and IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2001. Correspondence on year women received the right to vote and to stand for election and year first woman was elected or appointed to parliament. March. Geneva; calculated on the basis of data on parliamentary seats from IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2002. Parline Database. March 2002; IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 1995. Women in Parliaments 1945-1995: A World Statistical Survey. Geneva and IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2001. Correspondence on year women received the right to vote and to stand for election and year first woman was elected or appointed to parliament. March. Geneva.; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003; Wikipedia: Post-Soviet states ; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Estonia, Republic of Estonia, Eesti Vabariik, Eesti

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