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Europe > Latvia > Democracy

Bertelsmann Transformation Index > Management Index 2006 6.78 [16th of 118]
Bertelsmann Transformation Index > Status Index 2006 8.2 [14th of 119]
Bertelsmann Transformation Index>Political Transformation 8.3 [19th of 119]
Civil and political liberties 5.5 [25th of 140]
Electoral system party list
Electoral system type proportional
Female candidacy 1,918 [150th of 161]
Female ministers 14.7% [56th of 125]
Female parliamentarians 17% [48th of 157]
Female suffrage 1918
Parliamentary elections > Invalid votes 0.5% [101st of 110]
Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout 71.9% [68th of 152]
Parliamentary elections > Total vote 964,667 [104th of 154]
Parliamentary elections > Turnout 51.9 [84th of 117]
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration 1,341,940 [106th of 152]
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population 1,858,210 [109th of 163]
Post-Soviet states > Freedom House > Economic Freedom Average Index 66.13 [4th of 15]
Post-Soviet states > Freedom House > Final Weighted Average Index 76.55 [3rd of 15]
Post-Soviet states > Freedom House > Individual Freedom Average Index 99.77 [2nd 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; 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; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003; Wikipedia: Post-Soviet states ; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Latvia, Republic of Latvia, Latvijas Republika, Latvija

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