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Central America and the Caribbean > Guatemala > Democracy

Bertelsmann Transformation Index > Management Index 2006 5.01 [57th of 118]
Bertelsmann Transformation Index>Political Transformation 5.65 [68th of 119]
Civil and political liberties 3.5 [74th of 140]
Compulsory voting > Enforcement Not enforced (-)
Compulsory voting > Penalty None (-)
Electoral system
parallel: first-past-the-post
Electoral system type semi-proportional
Female candidacy 1,946 [95th of 161]
Female ministers 0% [118th of 125]
Female parliamentarians 8.8% [108th of 157]
Female suffrage 1946
First female parliamentarian 1956 (elected)
Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Laws against homosexuality No
Parliamentary elections > Invalid votes 3.6% [38th of 110]
Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout 40.4% [146th of 152]
Parliamentary elections > Total vote 1,800,680 [85th of 154]
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population 5,784,820 [63rd of 163]
Presidential elections > Total vote 1,800,680 [58th of 87]
Presidential elections > Turnout 31.1 [73rd of 82]
Presidential elections > Voting age population 5,784,820 [37th of 91]

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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; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003; 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; IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2001. Correspondence on women in government at the ministerial level. 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.; Wikipedia: Homosexuality laws of the world

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Guatemala, Republic of Guatemala, Republica de Guatemala

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