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Central America and the Caribbean > El Salvador > Democracy

SALVADORAN DEMOCRACY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Bertelsmann Transformation Index > Management Index 2006 6.24 [27th of 118]
Bertelsmann Transformation Index>Political Transformation 7.35 [33rd of 119]
Source: Bertelsmann Transformation Index online, 2006
Civil and political liberties 4.5 [48th of 140]
Source: http://www.bertelsmann-transformation-index.de/fileadmin/pdf/BTI_2006_Ranking_GB.pdf
Electoral system party list
Source: Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2000-2001, New York: Freedom House, 2001
Electoral system type proportional
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 1,961 [32nd of 161]
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 20% [33rd of 125]
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 9.5% [95th of 157]
Source: IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2001. Correspondence on women in government at the ministerial level. March. Geneva
Female suffrage 1939
Source: calculated on the basis of data on parliamentary seats from IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2002. Parline Database. March 2002
First female parliamentarian 1961 (elected)
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
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 2.6% [55th of 110]
Source: Wikipedia: Homosexuality laws of the world
Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout 38.1% [149th of 152]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Total vote 1,242,840 [97th of 154]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Turnout 37.9 [100th of 117]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration 3,264,720 [80th of 152]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population 3,275,330 [85th of 163]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Presidential elections > Total vote 1,223,220 [70th of 87]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Presidential elections > Turnout 38.1 [70th of 82]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Presidential elections > Voting age population 3,209,850 [57th of 91]
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; 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: El Salvador, Republic of El Salvador, Republica de El Salvador

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