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CPIA gender equality rating	4		[20th of 75]
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CPIA policies for social inclusion/equity cluster average	3.9		[6th 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		[5th 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	4		[1st 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		[3rd 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
Gender Parity Index in primary level enrolment	0.995768840476891		[41st of 183]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database		View time series
Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Adoption	No
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Source: Millennium Development Goals Database | United Nations Statistics Division
Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Laws against discrimination	No
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Homosexuality laws of the world
Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Laws against homosexuality	Yes
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Homosexuality laws of the world
Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Min - Max Penalty	Fine-7 years
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Homosexuality laws of the world
Parliamentary elections > Invalid votes	0.6%		[99th 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	82.5%		[32nd of 152]
DEFINITION: The proportion of registered voters who actually voted.
SOURCE: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Total vote	76,934		[136th 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 > Turnout	76.6		[33rd of 117]
DEFINITION: The number of votes divided by the Voting Age Population figure, expressed as a percentage.
SOURCE: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration	93,213		[136th 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	100,416		[143rd 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
Vote counting technology	manual
SOURCE: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003

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