Country

Year

Type of Election

% Turnout of Registered Voters

Algeria

1995

Presidential

75.69

1997

Parliamentary

65.6

1999

Presidential

60.91

Anguilla

1999

Parliamentary

74.35

Antigua & Barbuda

1999

House of Representatives

63.6

Argentina

1995

Presidential

80.9

Armenia

1996

Presidential

61

1998

Presidential

63.48/68.14*

1999

National Assembly

51.72

Australia

1996

Legislative

96.3

1998

Legislative

95.16

Austria

1995

Parliamentary

82.74

1998

Presidential

74.4

Azerbaijan

1993

Presidential

97.6

Belarus

1995

Parliamentary

64.7/56.2*

Belgium

1995

Parliamentary

91.15

1999

Parliamentary

90.5

Benin

1999

National Assembly

68.43

Brazil

1998

Presidential

78.52

Bulgaria

1996

Presidential

49.79

Cameroon

1997

Presidential

81.35

Canada

1993

Prime Ministerial

73

1997

General

67

Chile

1993

Presidential

90

Cote D' Ivoire

1996

Legislative

50.34

Croatia

1995

Legislative

68.79

1997

Presidential

54.62

Cyprus

1996

Legislative

90.13

Czech Republic

1996

Legislative

76.29

1998

Legislative

73.86

Djibouti

1999

Presidential

56.28

Dominican Republic

1998

Legislative

52.97

Ecuador

1996

Presidential

73

El Salvador

1999

Presidential

38.57

Estonia

1999

Parliamentary

57.43

Finland

1999

Parliamentary

65.27

Gabon

1993

Presidential

86

The Gambia

1996

Parliamentary

73.21

Georgia

1995

Presidential

46.83

Germany

1994

Parliamentary

71

1996

Parliamentary

67.5

Ghana

1996

Presidential

78.21

Greece

1993

General

78.23

1996

Parliamentary

76.34

Grenada

1999

Parliamentary

56.67

Guatemala

1995

Pres./Legislative

46.8

Guinea

1993

Presidential

78

1998

Presidential

69.83

Hungary

1998

Legislative

56.98

Iceland

1995

Parliamentary

87.4

1996

Presidential

85.9

1999

Parliamentary

84.07

India

1991

Parliamentary

55.71

1996

Parliamentary

57.94

1998

Parliamentary

61.97

Indonesia

1999

Parliamentary

93.3

Italy

1995

Regional

77.4

Ireland

1997

Presidential

47.6

Israel

1999

Parliamentary

78.73

Japan

1995

Parliamentary

44.5

Kazakhstan

1999

Presidential

87.05

Korea (ROK)

1996

Parliamentary

63.9

Macedonia

1994

Presidential

77.8

Malawi

1999

Presidential

93.76

Mexico

1994

Presidential

77.16

1997

Legislative

56.87

Moldova

1996

Presidential

68.22/71.63*

1998

Parliamentary

86.6

Montenegro

1998

Parliamentary

76.04

Mozambique

1994

Presidential

87.8

Nepal

1999

House of Representatives

65.79

Nicaragua

1996

Presidential

76.38

Nigeria

1999

Presidential

52.26

Northern Ireland

1996

Forum Election

64.69

Panama

1999

Presidential

75.94

Poland

1993

Parliamentary

52.1

1995

Presidential

64.70/68.23*

Portugal

1995

Parliamentary

67.2

1996

Presidential

66.3

Romania

1996

Presidential

76.01/75.90*

Russia

1993

Parliamentary

54.8

1995

Parliamentary

65

1996

Presidential

69.56/68.89*

Saint Lucia

1997

General

65.77

Senegal

1998

Legislative

39.28

Serbia

1993

Parliamentary

62.3

1997

Parliamentary

57.47

Slovakia

1998

Parliamentary

84.24

1999

Presidential

73.83/75.42*

Slovenia

1996

Parliamentary

73.67

South Africa

1995

Local

41.81

1999

National Assembly

89.28

Sweden

1994

Parliamentary

87.3

Tajikstan

1994

Presidential

89

Tanzania

1995

Presidential

76.67

Taiwan (ROC)

1996

Presidential

75.2

Thailand

1995

Parliamentary

62

Turkey

1995

Parliamentary

85.2

1999

Parliamentary

87.09

Ukraine

1998

Parliamentary

86.6

United States

1992

Presidential

76

1994

Legislative

68.5

1996

Presidential

65.97

1998

Legislative

51.54

Venezuela

1998

Presidential

63.76

Zambia

1996

Presidential

58.23

Zimbabwe

1995

Parliamentary

31.8

* 2 Rounds of elections.

Compiled by: FEC Office of Election Administration

(202) 694-1095

Statistics courtesy of The International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES) and various national election commissions.