Government > Democracy Stats: compare key data on Samoa & United Kingdom

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	Samoa	United Kingdom
Gender Parity Index in primary level enrolment	0.996 Ranked 41st.	0.999 Ranked 31st. About the same as Samoa
Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout	82.5% Ranked 32nd. 39% more than United Kingdom	59.4% Ranked 118th.
Parliamentary elections > Total vote	76,934 Ranked 135th.	26.37 million Ranked 15th. 343 times more than Samoa
Parliamentary elections > Turnout	76.6 Ranked 33th. 33% more than United Kingdom	57.6 Ranked 73th.
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration	93,213 Ranked 135th.	44.4 million Ranked 13th. 476 times more than Samoa
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population	100,416 Ranked 142nd.	45.8 million Ranked 13th. 456 times more than Samoa
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population per 1000	565.16 Ranked 77th.	768.96 Ranked 25th. 36% more than Samoa

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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