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Oceania > Vanuatu > Democracy

NI-VANUATU DEMOCRACY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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CPIA gender equality rating 3 Time series [63rd of 75]
CPIA property rights and rule-based governance rating 3 Time series [28th of 75]
Source: World Development Indicators database
CPIA public sector management and institutions cluster average 3.1 Time series [40th of 75]
Source: World Development Indicators database
CPIA transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector rating 3 Time series [25th of 75]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Electoral system
single non-transferable vote
Source: World Development Indicators database
Electoral system type semi-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 1,975 [9th 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 parliamentarians 0% [157th of 157]
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 suffrage "1975 ,1980"
Source: calculated on the basis of data on parliamentary seats from IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2002. Parline Database. March 2002
First female parliamentarian 1987 (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 > Adoption 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.
Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Laws against discrimination No
Source: Wikipedia: Homosexuality laws of the world
Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Laws against homosexuality
No, age of consent for homosexuality is 18, while it is 15 for heterosexuality
Source: Wikipedia: Homosexuality laws of the world
Parliamentary elections > Invalid votes 0.1% [111st of 110]
Source: Wikipedia: Homosexuality laws of the world
Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout 39.9% [147th of 152]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Total vote 42,778 [141st of 154]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Turnout 47.6 [90th of 117]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration 107,297 [135th of 152]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population 89,820 [144th of 163]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Vote counting technology
"manual, might try using vote counting machines during upcoming elections but presently by hand."
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; 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

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Vanuatu, Republic of Vanuatu

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