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Africa > Uganda > Democracy

UGANDAN DEMOCRACY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Bertelsmann Transformation Index > Management Index 2006 5.55 [41st of 118]
Bertelsmann Transformation Index>Political Transformation 5.85 [66th of 119]
Civil and political liberties 1.5 [116th of 140]
CPIA gender equality rating 3.5 Time series [46th of 75]
Electoral system first-past-the-post
Electoral system type plurality
Female candidacy 1,962 [31st of 161]
Female ministers 44% [5th of 125]
Female parliamentarians 24.7% [21st of 157]
Female suffrage 1962
First female parliamentarian 1962 (appointed)
Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Laws against homosexuality Male only
Parliamentary elections > Invalid votes 2.7% [52nd of 110]
Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout 70.3% [70th of 152]
Parliamentary elections > Total vote 7,576,140 [34th of 154]
Parliamentary elections > Turnout 74.2 [38th of 117]
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population 10,206,500 [44th of 163]
Presidential elections > Total vote 7,576,140 [18th of 87]
Presidential elections > Turnout 74.2 [29th of 82]
Presidential elections > Voting age population 10,206,500 [23rd 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; World Development Indicators database; 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 ; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Uganda, Republic of Uganda

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