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International voter
turnout per year |
|
Country |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
Average |
System |
|
Argentina |
89% |
|
78% |
|
80% |
|
|
78% |
|
|
81% |
PR |
|
Australia |
|
|
83% |
|
|
82% |
|
|
|
|
83% |
PR*** |
|
Austria |
80% |
|
|
76% |
79% |
|
|
|
|
|
78% |
PR |
|
Belgium |
85% |
|
|
|
83% |
|
|
|
|
|
84% |
PR |
|
Bolivia |
|
|
50% |
|
|
|
62% |
|
|
|
56% |
Mixed** |
|
Brazil |
|
|
|
77% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
77% |
PR |
|
Canada |
|
|
64% |
|
|
|
56% |
|
|
|
60% |
District# |
|
Chile |
|
|
82% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
82% |
PR |
|
Colombia |
26% |
|
|
29% |
|
|
|
40% |
|
|
32% |
PR |
|
Denmark |
|
|
|
82% |
|
|
|
83% |
|
|
83% |
PR |
|
Domican Republic |
|
|
|
31% |
|
62% |
|
|
|
|
47% |
PR |
|
Ecuador |
|
|
|
66% |
|
68% |
|
48% |
|
|
61% |
PR |
|
Finland |
71% |
|
|
|
71% |
|
|
|
|
|
71% |
PR |
|
France |
|
|
61% |
|
|
|
60% |
|
|
|
61% |
District$ |
|
Germany |
|
|
|
72% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
72% |
PR* |
|
Greece |
|
|
86% |
|
|
84% |
|
|
|
|
85% |
PR |
|
Guatemala |
|
|
|
14% |
33% |
|
|
|
|
|
24% |
PR |
|
Iceland |
89% |
|
|
|
88% |
|
|
|
|
|
89% |
PR |
|
Ireland |
|
74% |
|
|
|
|
67% |
|
|
|
71% |
PR*** |
|
Italy |
|
92% |
|
91% |
|
87% |
|
|
|
|
90% |
Mixed** |
|
Luxembourg |
|
|
|
60% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
60% |
PR |
|
Mexico |
50% |
|
|
66% |
|
|
54% |
|
|
60% |
58% |
Mixed** |
|
Netherlands |
|
|
|
75% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
75% |
PR |
|
Norway |
|
|
74% |
|
|
|
77% |
|
|
|
76% |
PR |
|
Peru |
|
|
|
|
58% |
|
|
|
|
|
58% |
PR |
|
Portugal |
78% |
|
|
|
79% |
|
|
|
|
|
79% |
PR |
|
Spain |
|
|
77% |
|
|
81% |
|
|
|
|
79% |
PR |
|
Sweden |
83% |
|
|
84% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
84% |
PR |
|
Switzerland |
40% |
|
|
|
36% |
|
|
|
|
|
38% |
PR |
|
Thailand |
|
58% |
|
|
64% |
65% |
|
|
|
|
62% |
District& |
|
Turkey |
80% |
|
|
|
79% |
|
|
|
|
|
80% |
PR |
|
United Kingdom |
|
75% |
|
|
|
|
69% |
|
|
|
72% |
District# |
|
United States |
|
55% |
|
39% |
|
49% |
|
35% |
|
47% |
45% |
District# |
|
Venezuela |
|
|
50% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
50% |
Mixed** |
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Data is based on Voting Age Population
(VAP) |
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Blank spaces indicate missing data or no
elections held that year |
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* 50% by single-seat, plurality
election |
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** 75% by single-seat, plurality
election |
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*** Choice Voting |
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# Single-seat districts, elected by
plurality |
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$ Single-seat districts, with majority
provision |
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& Multi-seat districts, elected by
plurality |
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~ Indicates compulsory voting |
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