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Civil and political liberties	5.5		[18th of 140]
Compulsory voting > Enforcement Strict enforcement (Women in 1949.)
Definition: Democracy > Compulsory voting > Enforcement
Source: Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2000-2001, New York: Freedom House, 2001
Compulsory voting > Penalty "Explanation, Fine, Infringement of civil rights or disenfranchisement, other " (Women in 1949.)
Definition: Democracy > Compulsory voting > Penalty
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Electoral system	party list
Definition: Democracy > Electoral system
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Electoral system type	proportional
Definition: Democracy > Electoral system type
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	1,921		[131st of 161]
Definition: Democracy > Female candidacy
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	55%		[1st of 125]
Definition: Democracy > Female ministers
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	24.9%		[20th of 157]
Definition: Democracy > Female parliamentarians
Source: IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2001. Correspondence on women in government at the ministerial level. March. Geneva
Female suffrage	"1919 ,1948"
Definition: Democracy > Female suffrage
Source: calculated on the basis of data on parliamentary seats from IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2002. Parline Database. March 2002
First female parliamentarian	1921 (appointed)
Definition: Democracy > First female parliamentarian
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
Gender Parity Index in primary level enrolment	0.993224965628088		[49th of 183]
Definition: Democracy > Gender Parity Index in primary level enrolment
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.
Parliamentary elections > Invalid votes	6.6%		[18th of 110]
Definition: Democracy > Parliamentary elections > Invalid votes
Source: Source: Millennium Development Goals Database | United Nations Statistics Division
Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout	90.6%		[15th of 152]
Definition: Democracy > Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Total vote	6,652,000		[39th of 154]
Definition: Democracy > Parliamentary elections > Total vote
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Turnout	83.2		[26th of 117]
Definition: Democracy > Parliamentary elections > Turnout
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration	7,343,460		[48th of 152]
Definition: Democracy > Parliamentary elections > Voter registration
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population	7,999,570		[48th of 163]
Definition: Democracy > Parliamentary elections > Voting age population
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Vote counting technology Approximately half of the votes are counted by vote counting machines
Definition: Democracy > Vote counting technology
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003

Interesting facts on Belgian Democracy

• In Belgium, 55% of government ministers are female. The country’s first female parliamentarian was appointed in 1921.

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