Government > Democracy Stats: compare key data on Australia & Samoa

Parliamentary elections > Invalid votes: The number of invalid votes, as reported by each country.
Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout: The proportion of registered voters who actually voted.
Parliamentary elections > Total vote: The total number of votes cast in the relevant election. Total vote includes valid and invalid votes, as well as blank votes in cases where these are separated from invalid votes. More information on valid, invalid and blank votes can be found at aceproject.org
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration: The number of registered voters. The figure represents the number of names on the voters' register at the time that the registration process closes, as reported by the electoral management body.
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population: International IDEA has chosen to use not only the reported registration rate to calculate turnout percentages, but also the voting age population (VAP) which includes all citizens above the legal voting age
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population per 1000: International IDEA has chosen to use not only the reported registration rate to calculate turnout percentages, but also the voting age population (VAP) which includes all citizens above the legal voting age. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.

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STAT	Australia	Samoa
Gender Parity Index in primary level enrolment	0.994 Ranked 47th.	0.996 Ranked 41st. About the same as Australia
Parliamentary elections > Invalid votes	4.8% Ranked 26th. 8 times more than Samoa	0.6% Ranked 98th.
Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout	94.9% Ranked 3rd. 15% more than Samoa	82.5% Ranked 32nd.
Parliamentary elections > Total vote	12.05 million Ranked 27th. 157 times more than Samoa	76,934 Ranked 135th.
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration	12.71 million Ranked 34th. 136 times more than Samoa	93,213 Ranked 135th.
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population	14.04 million Ranked 36th. 140 times more than Samoa	100,416 Ranked 142nd.
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population per 1000	705.65 Ranked 44th. 25% more than Samoa	565.16 Ranked 77th.

SOURCES: Source: Millennium Development Goals Database | United Nations Statistics Division; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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