16,482,646
                    Population (as of Feb. 8, 2019)
                    
                    9,710,655
                    Registered Voters (as of Feb. 22, 2023)
                    
                     78.88% 
                    Average Turnout
                    
                    
                    5
                    Elections in our database
                    
                    
                        V-Dem* Score:
                        
                                             
                        
                        0.186 
                    
                    
                                          
                        
                        
Regimes of the World Classification: Electoral Autocracy
                           *Varieties of Democracy Electoral Democracy Index (2024)
                        
                    
                
                
                      
                        CEDAW Status:
                        
                            Signed and Ratified
                        
                        
                        
                        
Signed Date: Oct. 17, 1980 
                    
                    
                        
Ratified Date:  Oct. 15, 1992 
                    
                    
                    
                        SIGI* Score:
                        
                        
                            
                            21.7 
                        
                        
                         
                        
Level of Discrimination: Low
                        
*Social Institutions and Gender Index    (2023) 
                        
                        
                    
                        CRPD Status:
                        
                            Signed and Ratified
                        
                    
                    
                        
                            
Signed Date: Oct. 1, 2007 
                        
                        
                            
Ratified Date:  Dec. 20, 2012 
                        
                        
                     
            
                        
                        HDI* Score:
                        
                                                
                            
                            0.606 
                        
                        
                         
                         
                        
Category: Medium
                        
 *UNDP Human Development Index  (2023)