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Africa > Lesotho > Democracy

BASOTHO DEMOCRACY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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CPIA gender equality rating 4 Time series [22nd of 75]
CPIA policies for social inclusion/equity cluster average 3.3 Time series [41st of 75]
Source: World Development Indicators database
CPIA property rights and rule-based governance rating 3.5 Time series [22nd of 75]
Source: World Development Indicators database
CPIA public sector management and institutions cluster average 3.4 Time series [24th of 75]
Source: World Development Indicators database
CPIA transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector rating 3.5 Time series [10th of 75]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Electoral system first-past-the-post
Source: World Development Indicators database
Electoral system type plurality
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 1,965 [19th 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 35.7% [11th 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 10.7% [81st of 157]
Source: IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2001. Correspondence on women in government at the ministerial level. March. Geneva
Female suffrage 1965
Source: calculated on the basis of data on parliamentary seats from IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2002. Parline Database. March 2002
First female parliamentarian 1965 (appointed)
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 0.998169862683668 Time series [30th of 183]
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 Male only
Source: Source: Millennium Development Goals Database | United Nations Statistics Division
Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout 66.7% [87th of 152]
Source: Wikipedia: Homosexuality laws of the world
Parliamentary elections > Total vote 554,386 [115th of 154]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration 831,315 [114th of 152]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population 1,001,030 [120th of 163]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003

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SOURCES: 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.; Source: Millennium Development Goals Database | United Nations Statistics Division; Wikipedia: Homosexuality laws of the world ; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Lesotho, Kingdom of Lesotho

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