NationMaster - Zimbabwean Democracy statistics

Civil and political liberties	1.5		[99th of 140]
CPIA gender equality rating	2.5	...	[69th of 75]
CPIA policies for social inclusion/equity cluster average	2	...	[75th of 75]
CPIA property rights and rule-based governance rating	1	...	[75th of 75]
CPIA public sector management and institutions cluster average	2.1	...	[75th of 75]
CPIA transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector rating	1.5	...	[75th of 75]
Electoral system	first-past-the-post
Electoral system type	plurality
Female candidacy	1,978		[4th of 161]
Female ministers	13.6%		[59th of 125]
Female parliamentarians	10%		[90th of 157]
Female suffrage	1957
First female parliamentarian 1980 (elected and appointed)
Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Laws against homosexuality	Male only
Presidential elections > Invalid votes	1.6%		[38th of 61]
Presidential elections > Registered voter turnout	54.3%		[77th of 86]
Presidential elections > Total vote	3,046,890		[36th of 87]
Presidential elections > Voter registration	5,607,800		[30th of 86]
Presidential elections > Voting age population	5,839,000		[36th of 91]
Vote counting technology	manual

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SOURCES: 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; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

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