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Administrative
divisions
9 ethnically based states (kililoch, singular - kilil) and 2
self-governing administrations* (astedaderoch, singular - astedader);
Adis Abeba* (Addis Ababa), Afar, Amara (Amhara), Binshangul Gumuz, Dire
Dawa*, Gambela Hizboch (Gambela Peoples), Hareri Hizb (Harari People),
Oromiya (Oromia), Sumale (Somali), Tigray, Ye Debub Biheroch
Bihereseboch na Hizboch (Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples)
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Ambassadors from Finland > Current Finnish Ambassadors > Ambassador
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Kirsti Aarnio |
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Ambassadors from Israel > Current Israeli Ambassadors > Israeli
Ambassador |
Yaakov Amitai |
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Ambassadors from the United States > Other senior diplomatic
representatives > Ambassador |
Vicki Huddleston |
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Ambassadors from the United States > Other senior diplomatic
representatives > Title |
Chargé d’Affaires |
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Capital city
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Addis Ababa |
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Capital city
> Geographic coordinates |
9 02 N, 38 42 E |
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Capital city >
Name |
Addis Ababa |
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Capital city
> Time difference
UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
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Constitution
ratified 8 December 1994, effective 22 August
1995
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Corruption
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2.2 |
[142nd of 160] |
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countries' copyright length > Usual term of copyright protection
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unknown |
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CPIA equity of public resource use rating |
4.5 |
[3rd of 75] |
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CPIA quality of public administration rating |
3
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[26th of 75] |
Diplomatic representation from the US > Chief of mission
Ambassador Donald Y. YAMAMOTO |
Diplomatic representation from the US > Embassy
Entoto Street, Addis Ababa |
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Diplomatic representation from the US > FAX |
[251] 11-517-40-01 |
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Diplomatic representation from the US > Mailing address
P. O. Box 1014, Addis Ababa |
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Diplomatic representation from the US > Telephone
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[251] 11-517-40-00 |
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Diplomatic representation in the US > Chancery
3506 International Drive NW, Washington, DC 20008 |
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Diplomatic representation in the US > Chief of mission
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Ambassador Samuel ASSEFA |
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Diplomatic representation in the US > Consulate(s)
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New York |
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Diplomatic representation in the US > Consulate(s) general
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Los Angeles |
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Diplomatic representation in the US > FAX |
[1] (202) 587-0195 |
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Diplomatic representation in the US > Telephone |
[1] (202) 364-1200 |
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Elections >
Head of state |
Election by parliament |
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embassies and high commissions in Ottawa > Address
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151 Slater St, Suite 210 |
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embassies and high commissions in Ottawa > Neighbourhood
Downtown
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Executive branch
> Cabinet
Council of Ministers as provided for in the December 1994 constitution;
ministers are selected by the prime minister and approved by the House
of People's Representatives |
Executive
branch > Chief of state
President GIRMA Woldegiorgis (since 8 October 2001) |
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Executive
branch > Election results
GIRMA Woldegiorgis elected president; percent of vote by the House of
People's Representatives - 79% |
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Executive branch
> Elections
president elected by the House of People's Representatives for a
six-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held 9 October
2007 (next to be held in October 2013); prime minister designated by the
party in power following legislative elections |
Executive
branch > Head of government
Prime Minister MELES Zenawi (since August 1995) |
Federal
republic > Contemporary > Style
Federal Democratic Republic |
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Flag description
three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and red with a
yellow pentagram and single yellow rays emanating from the angles
between the points on a light blue disk centered on the three bands;
Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa, and the three main
colors of her flag were so often adopted by other African countries upon
independence that they became known as the pan-African colors
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Flag modification |
6 |
[155th of 197] |
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Foreign relations > Croatia > Date of Establishment
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October 17, 1995 |
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Foreign relations > Nepal > Date of Establishment
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April 15, 1971 |
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Foreign relations of Western Sahara > States recognizing the SADR > Date
of recognition |
February 24, 1979 |
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General government final consumption expenditure > annual % growth
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8.57 % |
[18th of 147] |
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General government final consumption expenditure > constant 2000 US$
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1,373,219,000 constant 2000 US$ |
[71st of 145] |
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General government final consumption expenditure > constant 2000 US$
(per capita) |
19.272 constant 2000 US$ per c |
[108th of 146] |
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General government final consumption expenditure > constant LCU
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11189190000 |
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General government final consumption expenditure > current LCU
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13766120000 |
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General government final consumption expenditure > current US$
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1,591,151,000 $ |
[85th of 169] |
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General government final consumption expenditure > current US$ (per $
GDP) |
0.142 $ per $1 of GDP |
[78th of 184] |
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General government final consumption expenditure > current US$ (per
capita) |
22.33 $ per capita |
[137th of 184] |
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Government type |
federal republic |
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Heads of Missions from the United Kingdom |
Robert Dewar |
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Heads of Missions from the United Kingdom > Resident Heads of Missions >
Type |
Embassy |
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Independence
oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world
- at least 2,000 years |
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International
organization participation
ACP, AfDB, AU, COMESA, FAO, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA,
IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer),
IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD,
UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO,
WMO, WTO (observer) |
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Judicial branch
Federal Supreme Court (the president and vice president of the Federal
Supreme Court are recommended by the prime minister and appointed by the
House of People's Representatives; for other federal judges, the prime
minister submits to the House of People's Representatives for
appointment candidates selected by the Federal Judicial Administrative
Council) |
Legal origin
English
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Legal system
based on civil law; currently transitional mix of national and regional
courts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
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Legislative branch
bicameral Parliament consists of the House of Federation (or upper
chamber responsible for interpreting the constitution and
federal-regional issues) (108 seats; members are chosen by state
assemblies to serve five-year terms) and the House of People's
Representatives (or lower chamber responsible for passing legislation)
(547 seats; members are directly elected by popular vote from
single-member districts to serve five-year terms) |
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Legislative
branch > A note
irregularities and violence at a number of polling stations necessitated
the rescheduling of voting in certain constituencies; voting postponed
in Somali
regional state because of severe
drought
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Legislative
branch > Election results
percent of vote - NA; seats by party - EPRDF 327, CUD 109, UEDF 52, SPDP
23, OFDM 11, BGPDUF 8, ANDP 8, independent 1, others 6, undeclared 2
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Legislative
branch > Elections
last held 15 May 2005 (next to be held in 2010) |
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Legislative
branch > Note
some seats still remain vacant as detained opposition MPs did not take
their seats |
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Management time dealing with officials > % of management time
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2.05 % |
[5th of 38] |
National holiday
National Day (defeat of MENGISTU regime), 28 May |
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Parliamentary
seats > Female |
2% |
[127th of 143] |
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Policy uncertainty > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major
business constraint |
38.21 % |
[5th of 38] |
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political
parties > Dominant party |
• |
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Political
parties and leaders
Afar National Democratic Party or ANDP; Benishangul Gumuz People's
Democratic Unity Front or BGPDUF [Mulualem BESSE]; Coalition for Unity
and Democratic Party or CUDP [AYELE Chamisso] (awarded to AYELE by the
National Electoral Board on 11 January 2008, but AYELE has virtually no
support among former CUD MPs, other CUD MPs must now be affiliated with
their original CUD-precursor parties); Ethiopian People's Revolutionary
Democratic Front or EPRDF [MELES Zenawi] (an alliance of Amhara National
Democratic Movement or ANDM, Oromo People's Democratic Organization or
OPDO, the South Ethiopian People's Democratic Front or SEPDF, and
Tigrayan Peoples' Liberation Front or TPLF); Gurage Nationalities'
Democratic Movement or GNDM; Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement or
OFDM [BULCHA Demeksa]; Omoro People's Congress or OPC [IMERERA Gudina];
Somali People's Democratic Party or SPDP; United Ethiopian Democratic
Forces or UEDF [BEYENE Petros] |
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Political
pressure groups and leaders
Ethiopian People's Patriotic Front or EPPF; Ogaden National Liberation
Front or ONLF; Oromo Liberation Front or OLF [DAOUD Ibsa] |
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Prime minister |
Meles Zenawi |
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Procedures to build a warehouse > number |
12 |
[144th of 168] |
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Procedures to build a warehouse > number (per capita)
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0.168 per 1 million people |
[156th of 170] |
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Procedures to enforce a contract > number |
30 |
[101st of 170] |
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Procedures to enforce a contract > number (per capita)
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0.421 per 1 million people |
[153rd of 171] |
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Procedures to register property > number |
13 |
[5th of 167] |
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Procedures to register property > number (per capita)
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182.441 per 1 billion people |
[131st of 167] |
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Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > %
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21.9 % |
[44th of 174] |
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Start-up procedures to register a business > number
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7
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[132nd of 171] |
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Start-up procedures to register a business > number (per capita)
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0.098 per 1 million people |
[157th of 171] |
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Status
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pseudo-democracy |
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Suffrage
18 years of age; universal |
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Time required to build a warehouse > days |
133 days |
[131st of 168] |
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Time required to enforce a contract > days |
690 days |
[36th of 171] |
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Time required to register property > days |
43 days |
[97th of 167] |
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Time required to start a business > days |
16 days |
[142nd of 171] |
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Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours |
212 hours |
[99th of 169] |
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Time to resolve insolvency > years |
2.4 years |
[98th of 151] |
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Trademarks,
nonresidents |
103 |
[95th of 99] |
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Trademarks,
nonresidents (per capita) |
1.822 per 1 million people |
[122nd of 146] |
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Trademarks,
residents |
239 |
[74th of 98] |
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Trademarks,
residents (per capita) |
4.228 per 1 million people |
[115th of 142] |
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Transnational
Issues > Disputes > International
Eritrea and Ethiopia agreed to abide by the 2002 Eritrea-Ethiopia
Boundary Commission's (EEBC) delimitation decision, but neither party
responded to the revised line detailed in the November 2006 EEBC
Demarcation Statement; UN Peacekeeping Mission to Ethiopia and Eritrea
(UNMEE), which has monitored the 25-km-wide Temporary Security Zone in
Eritrea since 2000, is extended for six months in 2007 despite Eritrean
restrictions on its operations and reduced force of 17,000; the
undemarcated former British administrative line has little meaning as a
political separation to rival clans within Ethiopia's Ogaden and
southern Somalia's Oromo region; Ethiopian forces invaded southern
Somalia and routed Islamist Courts from Mogadishu in January 2007;
"Somaliland" secessionists provide port facilities in Berbera and trade
ties to landlocked Ethiopia; civil unrest in eastern Sudan has hampered
efforts to demarcate the porous boundary with Ethiopia |
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UN membership date |
13 Nov. 1945 |
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United Nations
mission
http://www.un.int/ethiopia/eth_page/fs_mst.htm |
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Washington,
D.C. embassies > Neighborhood |
Cleveland Park |
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Bertelsmann Transformation Index > Management Index 2006
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4.12 |
[83rd of 118] |
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Bertelsmann Transformation Index > Status Index 2006
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4.19 |
[92nd of 119] |
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Bertelsmann Transformation Index>Political Transformation
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4.17 |
[79th of 119] |
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Civil
and political liberties |
2 |
[94th of 140] |
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CPIA gender equality rating |
3 |
[54th of 75] |
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CPIA policies for social inclusion/equity cluster average
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3.6 |
[24th of 75] |
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CPIA property rights and rule-based governance rating
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2.5 |
[50th of 75] |
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CPIA public sector management and institutions cluster average
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3.1 |
[43rd of 75] |
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CPIA transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public
sector rating |
2.5 |
[52nd of 75] |
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Electoral
system |
first-past-the-post |
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Electoral
system type |
plurality |
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Female
candidacy |
1,955 |
[57th of 161] |
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Female
parliamentarians |
7.8% |
[119th of 157] |
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Female
suffrage |
1955 |
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First
female parliamentarian |
1957 (elected) |
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Gender Parity Index in primary level enrolment |
0.8832102600401 |
[8th of 183] |
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Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Laws against
homosexuality |
Yes |
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Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout |
90% |
[17th of 152] |
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Parliamentary elections > Total vote |
18,226,800 |
[21st of 154] |
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Parliamentary elections > Turnout |
60 |
[67th of 117] |
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Parliamentary elections > Voter registration |
20,252,000 |
[27th of 152] |
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Parliamentary elections > Voting age population |
30,386,400 |
[23rd of 163] |
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Parliamentary elections > Voting age population (per capita)
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415.951 per 1,000 people |
[131st of 162] |
