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CPIA gender equality rating	4.5		[4th of 75]
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CPIA policies for social inclusion/equity cluster average	3.8		[15th of 75]
DEFINITION: The policies for social inclusion and equity cluster includes gender equality, equity of public resource use, building human resources, social protection and labor, and policies and institutions for environmental sustainability.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
CPIA property rights and rule-based governance rating	4		[4th of 75]
DEFINITION: Property rights and rule-based governance assess the extent to which private economic activity is facilitated by an effective legal system and rule-based governance structure in which property and contract rights are reliably respected and enforced.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
CPIA public sector management and institutions cluster average	3.9		[2nd of 75]
DEFINITION: The public sector management and institutions cluster includes property rights and rule-based governance, quality of budgetary and financial management, efficiency of revenue mobilization, quality of public administration, and transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
CPIA transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector rating	4.5		[2nd of 75]
DEFINITION: Transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector assess the extent to which the executive can be held accountable for its use of funds and for the results of its actions by the electorate and by the legislature and judiciary, and the extent to which public employees within the executive are required to account for administrative decisions, use of resources, and results obtained. The three main dimensions assessed here are the accountability of the executive to oversight institutions and of public employees for their performance, access of civil society to information on public affairs, and state capture by narrow vested interests.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Electoral system	first-past-the-post
DEFINITION: worldpolicy.org
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Electoral system type	plurality
DEFINITION: worldpolicy.org
SOURCE: No comment is being made on the state of democracy. Categorizations are based on the electoral law, or the last competitive election held
Female candidacy	1,924		[130th of 161]
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.
SOURCE: No comment is being made on the state of democracy. Categorizations are based on the electoral law, or the last competitive election held
Female ministers	33.3%		[15th of 125]
DEFINITION: Women in government at ministerial level in 2000 (as % of total). Data were provided by states based on their definition of national executive and may therefore include women serving as ministers and vice ministers and those holding other ministerial positions, including parliamentary secretaries.
SOURCE: 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
Female parliamentarians	13.8%		[62nd of 157]
DEFINITION: Seats in parliament held by women (as % of total). Data are as of 8 March 2002. Where there are lower and upper houses, data refer to the weighted average of women's shares of seats in both houses.
SOURCE: IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2001. Correspondence on women in government at the ministerial level. March. Geneva
Female suffrage	1924
DEFINITION: Year in which women received the right to vote. 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 vote.
SOURCE: calculated on the basis of data on parliamentary seats from IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2002. Parline Database. March 2002
First female parliamentarian	1979 (appointed)
DEFINITION: Year first woman elected or appointed to parliament.
SOURCE: 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
Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Laws against discrimination	No
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: 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.
Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Laws against homosexuality	Male only
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Homosexuality laws of the world
Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Min - Max Penalty	Fine-10 years
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Homosexuality laws of the world
Parliamentary elections > Invalid votes	2.6%		[56th of 110]
DEFINITION: The number of invalid votes, as reported by each country.
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Homosexuality laws of the world
Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout	53.7%		[132nd of 152]
DEFINITION: The proportion of registered voters who actually voted.
SOURCE: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Total vote	64,305		[137th of 154]
DEFINITION: The total number of votes cast in the relevant election. Total vote includes valid and invalid votes, as well as blank votes in cases where these are separated from invalid votes. More information on valid, invalid and blank votes can be found at aceproject.org
SOURCE: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration	119,844		[134th of 152]
DEFINITION: The number of registered voters. The figure represents the number of names on the voters' register at the time that the registration process closes, as reported by the electoral management body.
SOURCE: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population	82,140		[145th of 163]
DEFINITION: International IDEA has chosen to use not only the reported registration rate to calculate turnout percentages, but also the voting age population (VAP) which includes all citizens above the legal voting age
SOURCE: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003

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