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Direct Democracy
Year of introducing Direct Democracy
What year were the first Direct Democracy mechanisms introduced to the legal framework?
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% Countries
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total countries/territories: 77
a . <1901
1 1.2 %
Australia ,
b . 1901-1920
0 0.0 %
c . 1921-1940
1 1.2 %
Sweden ,
d . 1941-1960
5 6.4 %
Belgium ,
Benin ,
Egypt ,
Italy ,
New Zealand ,
e . 1961-1980
9 11.6 %
Bahamas ,
Botswana ,
Cameroon ,
Iran, Islamic Republic of ,
Kiribati ,
Sri Lanka ,
Venezuela ,
Vanuatu ,
Zambia ,
f . 1981-2000
22 28.5 %
Andorra ,
Antigua and Barbuda ,
Argentina ,
Bangladesh ,
Burkina Faso ,
Bulgaria ,
Burundi ,
Brazil ,
Belarus ,
Canada ,
Costa Rica ,
Cape Verde ,
Georgia ,
Honduras ,
Saint Kitts and Nevis ,
Kazakhstan ,
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of ,
Mexico ,
Slovakia ,
Thailand ,
Turkmenistan ,
g . >2000
4 5.1 %
Bahrain ,
Guatemala ,
Montenegro ,
Nicaragua ,
h . No information available
22 28.5 %
Aruba ,
Bosnia and Herzegovina ,
Congo (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the ,
Cyprus ,
Dominican Republic ,
Western Sahara ,
Cayman Islands ,
Moldova, Republic of ,
Burma (Myanmar) ,
Rwanda ,
Turks and Caicos Islands ,
Tonga ,
Trinidad and Tobago ,
Tuvalu ,
Taiwan ,
Ukraine ,
Uruguay ,
Uzbekistan ,
Virgin Islands, British ,
Virgin Islands, U.S. ,
Viet Nam ,
Yemen ,
i . Not applicable
13 16.8 %
United Arab Emirates ,
Anguilla ,
Angola ,
Barbados ,
Brunei Darussalam ,
Belize ,
China ,
Algeria ,
Haiti ,
Cambodia ,
Tanzania, United Republic of ,
United States of America ,
Zimbabwe ,
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