Government > Democracy Stats: compare key data on Japan & 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 > Turnout: The number of votes divided by the Voting Age Population figure, expressed as a percentage.
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	Japan	Samoa
Gender Parity Index in primary level enrolment	1 Ranked 20th. 1% more than Samoa	0.996 Ranked 41st.
Parliamentary elections > Invalid votes	3% Ranked 46th. 5 times more than Samoa	0.6% Ranked 98th.
Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout	60.6% Ranked 113th.	82.5% Ranked 32nd. 36% more than Japan
Parliamentary elections > Total vote	60.88 million Ranked 5th. 791 times more than Samoa	76,934 Ranked 135th.
Parliamentary elections > Turnout	59 Ranked 69th.	76.6 Ranked 33th. 30% more than Japan
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration	100.43 million Ranked 6th. 1077 times more than Samoa	93,213 Ranked 135th.
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population	103.16 million Ranked 5th. 1027 times more than Samoa	100,416 Ranked 142nd.
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population per 1000	807.68 Ranked 10th. 43% 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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