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What percentage of registered voters participate in national elections?

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Definition:	Voter turnout in parliamentary elections
Year:	2019
Unit:	Percent
Direction:	High values translate into high scores
Source 1:	IDEA
Data for:	AUS, AUT, BEL, BGR, CAN, CHL, HRV, CYP, CZE, DNK, EST, FIN, DEU, GRC, HUN, ISL, IRL, ISR, ITA, JPN, KOR, LVA, LTU, LUX, MLT, MEX, NLD, NZL, NOR, POL, PRT, ROU, SVK, SVN, ESP, SWE, CHE, TUR, GBR, USA
Exceptions:	BGR (2017), CHL (2017), HRV (2016), CYP (2016), CZE (2017), DEU (2017), HUN (2018), ISL (2016), IRL (2016), ITA (2018), JPN (2014), KOR (2016), LVA (2018), LTU (2016), LUX (2018), MLT (2017), MEX (2018), NLD (2017), NZL (2017), NOR (2017), ROU (2016), SVK (2016), SVN (2018), SWE (2018), TUR (2018), USA (2016)
Annotation:	International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA): Voter Turnout Database: Variable: Voter turnout URL: https://www.idea.int/data-to… extracted March 3rd, 2020
Source 2:	IFES Election Guide
Data for:	FRA
Exceptions:	FRA (2017)
Annotation:	France, election years 2007 to 2019: Election Guide: French Republic URL: http://www.electionguide.org… accessed May 22nd, 2019 France, election years 1997 and 2002: Norske Senter for Forskiningsdata, European Election Database, France. URL: https://nsd.no/european_elec… http://eed.nsd.uib.no/webvie… http://eed.nsd.uib.no/webvie… extracted May 22nd, 2019

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Maximum:	100
Minimum:	28.92
/	Above/Below IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Distance:	Distance=(value for calculation-minimum)/(maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=1+relative distance*9

Additional annotations and exceptions

Data for France refer to round 1 of the National Assembly elections

Top group

Score

Voter Turnout

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Malta

9.0

92.06

Australia

9.0

91.89

Upper middle group

Luxembourg

8.7

89.66

Belgium

8.5

88.39

Sweden

8.4

87.18

Turkey

8.3

86.22

Denmark

8.1

84.6

Netherlands

7.7

81.93

New Zealand

7.4

79.75

Iceland

7.4

79.18

Norway

7.2

78.22

Germany

7.0

76.15

Austria

6.9

75.59

Italy

6.6

72.93

Spain

6.4

71.76

Israel

6.2

69.83

Hungary

6.2

69.67

Finland

6.0

68.73

Lower middle group

Canada

5.9

67.65

5.9

67.55

Cyprus

5.8

66.74

USA

5.6

65.44

Ireland

5.6

65.09

Estonia

5.4

63.67

Mexico

5.3

63.21

Poland

5.2

61.74

Czechia

5.0

60.84

Slovakia

4.9

59.82

South Korea

4.7

58.03

Greece

4.7

57.91

Latvia

4.2

54.58

Bulgaria

4.2

53.85

Japan

4.0

52.66

Slovenia

4.0

52.64

Croatia

4.0

52.59

Lithuania

3.8

50.64

France

3.5

48.70

Portugal

3.5

48.57

Chile

3.2

46.53

Switzerland

3.1

45.12

Bottom group

Romania

2.1

37.79

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