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South America > Brazil > Democracy

BRAZILIAN DEMOCRACY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Bertelsmann Transformation Index > Management Index 2006 6.86 [13th of 118]
Bertelsmann Transformation Index>Political Transformation 7.9 [23rd of 119]
Definition: Democracy > Bertelsmann Transformation Index>Political Transformation
Source: Bertelsmann Transformation Index online, 2006
Civil and political liberties 4 [63rd of 140]
Definition: Democracy > Civil and political liberties
Source: http://www.bertelsmann-transformation-index.de/fileadmin/pdf/BTI_2006_Ranking_GB.pdf
Compulsory voting > Enforcement
Weak enforcement (Voluntary for illiterates and those over 70.)
Definition: Democracy > Compulsory voting > Enforcement
Source: Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2000-2001, New York: Freedom House, 2001
Compulsory voting > Penalty
Fine (Voluntary for illiterates and those over 70.)
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 1,934 [114th 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 0% [121st 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 6.7% [124th 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 1934
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 1933 (elected)
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
Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Adoption No
Definition: Democracy > Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Adoption
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 No
Definition: Democracy > Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Laws against homosexuality
Source: Wikipedia: Homosexuality laws of the world
Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Same-sex Unions
Civil unions in Rio Grande do Sul.
Definition: Democracy > Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Same-sex Unions
Source: Wikipedia: Homosexuality laws of the world
Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout 0% [153rd of 152]
Definition: Democracy > Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout
Source: Wikipedia: Homosexuality laws of the world
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population 102,803,000 [6th of 163]
Definition: Democracy > Parliamentary elections > Voting age population
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Presidential elections > Total vote 91,664,300 [2nd of 87]
Definition: Democracy > Presidential elections > Total vote
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Presidential elections > Voting age population 102,803,000 [3rd of 91]
Definition: Democracy > Presidential elections > Voting age population
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Vote counting technology
"partly by hand, partly by machines"
Definition: Democracy > Vote counting technology
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003

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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; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003; 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

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Brazil, Federative Republic of Brazil, Republica Federativa do Brasil, Brasil

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