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Africa > Nigeria > Democracy

NIGERIAN DEMOCRACY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Bertelsmann Transformation Index > Management Index 2006 5.33 [45th of 118]
Bertelsmann Transformation Index>Political Transformation 6.05 [62nd of 119]
Definition: Democracy > Bertelsmann Transformation Index>Political Transformation
Source: Bertelsmann Transformation Index online, 2006
Civil and political liberties 3 [77th of 140]
Definition: Democracy > Civil and political liberties
Source: http://www.bertelsmann-transformation-index.de/fileadmin/pdf/BTI_2006_Ranking_GB.pdf
CPIA gender equality rating 3 Time series [52nd of 75]
Definition: Democracy > CPIA gender equality rating
Source: Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2000-2001, New York: Freedom House, 2001
Electoral system first-past-the-post
Definition: Democracy > Electoral system
Source: World Development Indicators database
Electoral system type plurality
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 1,958 [43rd 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 8.6% [85th 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 3.3% [141st 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 1958
Definition: Democracy > Female suffrage
Source: calculated on the basis of data on parliamentary seats from IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2002. Parline Database. March 2002
Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Laws against homosexuality Yes*
Definition: Democracy > Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Laws against homosexuality
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 2.4% [61st of 110]
Definition: Democracy > Parliamentary elections > Invalid votes
Source: Wikipedia: Homosexuality laws of the world
Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout 84.8% [29th of 152]
Definition: Democracy > Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Total vote 49,136,200 [7th of 154]
Definition: Democracy > Parliamentary elections > Total vote
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Turnout 93.1 [9th of 117]
Definition: Democracy > Parliamentary elections > Turnout
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration 57,938,900 [10th of 152]
Definition: Democracy > Parliamentary elections > Voter registration
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population 52,792,800 [11th of 163]
Definition: Democracy > Parliamentary elections > Voting age population
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Presidential elections > Total vote 30,280,100 [6th of 87]
Definition: Democracy > Presidential elections > Total vote
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Presidential elections > Turnout 57.4 [59th of 82]
Definition: Democracy > Presidential elections > Turnout
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Presidential elections > Voting age population 52,792,800 [5th of 91]
Definition: Democracy > Presidential elections > Voting age population
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; 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; Wikipedia: Homosexuality laws of the world ; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Nigeria, Federal Republic of Nigeria

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