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1 Afghanistan Women: year first full right to stand for election na HDR (2002) na
2 Albania Women: year first full right to stand for election 1920 19 HDR (2002) 92
3 Algeria Women: year first full right to stand for election 1962 HDR (2002) 106
4 Andorra Women: year first full right to stand for election na HDR (2002) na
5 Angola Women: year first full right to stand for election 1975 HDR (2002) 161
6 Antigua and Barbuda Women: year first full right to stand for election 1951 HDR (2002) 52
7 Argentina Women: year first full right to stand for election 1947 HDR (2002) 34
8 Armenia Women: year first full right to stand for election 1921 22 HDR (2002) 76
9 Australia Women: year first full right to stand for election 1962 HDR (2002) 5
10 Austria Women: year first full right to stand for election 1918 7 HDR (2002) 15
11 Azerbaijan Women: year first full right to stand for election 1921 23 HDR (2002) 88
12 Bahamas Women: year first full right to stand for election 1964 HDR (2002) 41
13 Bahrain Women: year first full right to stand for election 1973 HDR (2002) 39
14 Bangladesh Women: year first full right to stand for election 1972 HDR (2002) 145
15 Barbados Women: year first full right to stand for election 1950 HDR (2002) 31
16 Belarus Women: year first full right to stand for election 1919 15 HDR (2002) 56
17 Belgium Women: year first full right to stand for election 1948 HDR (2002) 4
18 Belize Women: year first full right to stand for election 1954 HDR (2002) 58
19 Benin Women: year first full right to stand for election 1956 HDR (2002) 158
20 Bhutan Women: year first full right to stand for election 1953 HDR (2002) 140
21 Bolivia Women: year first full right to stand for election 1952 HDR (2002) 114
22 Bosnia and Herzegovina Women: year first full right to stand for election na HDR (2002) na
23 Botswana Women: year first full right to stand for election 1965 HDR (2002) 126
24 Brazil Women: year first full right to stand for election 1934 HDR (2002) 73
25 Brunei Women: year first full right to stand for election na HDR (2002) 32
26 Bulgaria Women: year first full right to stand for election 1944 HDR (2002) 62
27 Burkina Faso Women: year first full right to stand for election 1958 HDR (2002) 169
28 Burundi Women: year first full right to stand for election 1961 HDR (2002) 171
29 Cambodia Women: year first full right to stand for election 1955 HDR (2002) 130
30 Cameroon Women: year first full right to stand for election 1946 HDR (2002) 135
31 Canada Women: year first full right to stand for election 1920 (partial); 1960 (full) HDR (2002) 3
32 Cape Verde Women: year first full right to stand for election 1975 HDR (2002) 100
33 Central African Republic Women: year first full right to stand for election 1986 HDR (2002) 165
34 Chad Women: year first full right to stand for election 1958 HDR (2002) 166
35 Chile Women: year first full right to stand for election 1949 HDR (2002) 38
36 China Women: year first full right to stand for election 1949 HDR (2002) 96
37 Colombia Women: year first full right to stand for election 1954 HDR (2002) 68
38 Comoros Women: year first full right to stand for election 1956 HDR (2002) 137
39 Congo (Brazzaville) Women: year first full right to stand for election 1963 HDR (2002) 136
40 Congo (Kinshasa) Women: year first full right to stand for election 1970 HDR (2002) 155
41 Costa Rica Women: year first full right to stand for election 1949 HDR (2002) 43
42 Côte d'Ivoire Women: year first full right to stand for election 1952 HDR (2002) 156
43 Croatia Women: year first full right to stand for election 1945 HDR (2002) 48
44 Cuba Women: year first full right to stand for election 1934 HDR (2002) 55
45 Cyprus Women: year first full right to stand for election 1960 HDR (2002) 26
46 Czech Republic Women: year first full right to stand for election 1920 20 HDR (2002) 33
47 Denmark Women: year first full right to stand for election 1915 4 HDR (2002) 14
48 Djibouti Women: year first full right to stand for election 1986 HDR (2002) 149
49 Dominica Women: year first full right to stand for election 1951 HDR (2002) 61
50 Dominican Republic Women: year first full right to stand for election 1942 HDR (2002) 94
51 East Timor Women: year first full right to stand for election na HDR (2002) na
52 Ecuador Women: year first full right to stand for election 1967 HDR (2002) 93
53 Egypt Women: year first full right to stand for election 1956 HDR (2002) 115
54 El Salvador Women: year first full right to stand for election 1961 HDR (2002) 104
55 Equatorial Guinea Women: year first full right to stand for election 1963 HDR (2002) 111
56 Eritrea Women: year first full right to stand for election 1955 HDR (2002) 157
57 Estonia Women: year first full right to stand for election 1918 8 HDR (2002) 42
58 Ethiopia Women: year first full right to stand for election 1955 HDR (2002) 168
59 Fiji Islands Women: year first full right to stand for election 1963 HDR (2002) 72
60 Finland Women: year first full right to stand for election 1906 2 HDR (2002) 10
61 France Women: year first full right to stand for election 1944 HDR (2002) 12
62 Gabon Women: year first full right to stand for election 1956 HDR (2002) 117
63 Gambia Women: year first full right to stand for election 1960 HDR (2002) 160
64 Georgia Women: year first full right to stand for election 1921 24 HDR (2002) 81
65 Germany Women: year first full right to stand for election 1918 9 HDR (2002) 17
66 Ghana Women: year first full right to stand for election 1954 HDR (2002) 129
67 Greece Women: year first full right to stand for election 1952 HDR (2002) 24
68 Grenada Women: year first full right to stand for election 1951 HDR (2002) 83
69 Guatemala Women: year first full right to stand for election 1946 HDR (2002) 120
70 Guinea Women: year first full right to stand for election 1958 HDR (2002) 159
71 Guinea-Bissau Women: year first full right to stand for election 1977 HDR (2002) 167
72 Guyana Women: year first full right to stand for election 1945 HDR (2002) 103
73 Haiti Women: year first full right to stand for election 1950 HDR (2002) 146
74 Honduras Women: year first full right to stand for election 1955 HDR (2002) 116
75 Hungary Women: year first full right to stand for election 1918 10 HDR (2002) 35
76 Iceland Women: year first full right to stand for election 1915 5 HDR (2002) 7
77 India Women: year first full right to stand for election 1950 HDR (2002) 124
78 Indonesia Women: year first full right to stand for election 1945 HDR (2002) 110
79 Iran Women: year first full right to stand for election 1963 HDR (2002) 98
80 Iraq Women: year first full right to stand for election na HDR (2002) na
81 Ireland Women: year first full right to stand for election 1928 HDR (2002) 18
82 Israel Women: year first full right to stand for election 1948 HDR (2002) 22
83 Italy Women: year first full right to stand for election 1945 HDR (2002) 20
84 Jamaica Women: year first full right to stand for election 1944 HDR (2002) 86
85 Japan Women: year first full right to stand for election 1947 HDR (2002) 9
86 Jordan Women: year first full right to stand for election 1974 HDR (2002) 99
87 Kazakhstan Women: year first full right to stand for election 1993 HDR (2002) 79
88 Kenya Women: year first full right to stand for election 1963 HDR (2002) 134
89 Kiribati Women: year first full right to stand for election na HDR (2002) na
90 Korea, North Women: year first full right to stand for election na HDR (2002) na
91 Korea, South Women: year first full right to stand for election 1948 HDR (2002) 27
92 Kuwait Women: year first full right to stand for election na HDR (2002) 45
93 Kyrgyzstan Women: year first full right to stand for election 1918 11 HDR (2002) 102
94 Laos Women: year first full right to stand for election 1958 HDR (2002) 143
95 Latvia Women: year first full right to stand for election 1918 12 HDR (2002) 53
96 Lebanon Women: year first full right to stand for election 1952 HDR (2002) 75
97 Lesotho Women: year first full right to stand for election 1965 HDR (2002) 132
98 Liberia Women: year first full right to stand for election na HDR (2002) na
99 Libya Women: year first full right to stand for election 1964 HDR (2002) 64
100 Liechtenstein Women: year first full right to stand for election na HDR (2002) na
101 Lithuania Women: year first full right to stand for election 1921 25 HDR (2002) 49
102 Luxembourg Women: year first full right to stand for election 1919 16 HDR (2002) 16
103 Macedonia Women: year first full right to stand for election 1946 HDR (2002) 65
104 Madagascar Women: year first full right to stand for election 1959 HDR (2002) 147
105 Malawi Women: year first full right to stand for election 1961 HDR (2002) 163
106 Malaysia Women: year first full right to stand for election 1957 HDR (2002) 59
107 Maldives Women: year first full right to stand for election 1932 HDR (2002) 84
108 Mali Women: year first full right to stand for election 1956 HDR (2002) 164
109 Malta Women: year first full right to stand for election 1947 HDR (2002) 30
110 Marshall Islands Women: year first full right to stand for election na HDR (2002) na
111 Mauritania Women: year first full right to stand for election 1961 HDR (2002) 152
112 Mauritius Women: year first full right to stand for election 1956 HDR (2002) 67
113 Mexico Women: year first full right to stand for election 1953 HDR (2002) 54
114 Micronesia, Federated States of Women: year first full right to stand for election na HDR (2002) na
115 Moldova Women: year first full right to stand for election 1993 HDR (2002) 105
116 Monaco Women: year first full right to stand for election na HDR (2002) na
117 Mongolia Women: year first full right to stand for election 1924 HDR (2002) 113
118 Morocco Women: year first full right to stand for election 1963 HDR (2002) 123
119 Mozambique Women: year first full right to stand for election 1975 HDR (2002) 170
120 Myanmar Women: year first full right to stand for election 1946 HDR (2002) 127
121 Namibia Women: year first full right to stand for election 1989 HDR (2002) 122
122 Nauru Women: year first full right to stand for election na HDR (2002) na
123 Nepal Women: year first full right to stand for election 1951 HDR (2002) 142
124 Netherlands Women: year first full right to stand for election 1917 6 HDR (2002) 8
125 New Zealand Women: year first full right to stand for election 1919 17 HDR (2002) 19
126 Nicaragua Women: year first full right to stand for election 1955 HDR (2002) 118
127 Niger Women: year first full right to stand for election 1948 HDR (2002) 172
128 Nigeria Women: year first full right to stand for election 1958 HDR (2002) 148
129 Norway Women: year first full right to stand for election 1913 3 HDR (2002) 1
130 Oman Women: year first full right to stand for election na HDR (2002) 78
131 Pakistan Women: year first full right to stand for election 1947 HDR (2002) 138
132 Palau Women: year first full right to stand for election na HDR (2002) na
133 Panama Women: year first full right to stand for election 1946 HDR (2002) 57
134 Papua New Guinea Women: year first full right to stand for election 1963 HDR (2002) 133
135 Paraguay Women: year first full right to stand for election 1961 HDR (2002) 90
136 Peru Women: year first full right to stand for election 1955 HDR (2002) 82
137 Philippines Women: year first full right to stand for election 1937 HDR (2002) 77
138 Poland Women: year first full right to stand for election 1918 13 HDR (2002) 37
139 Portugal Women: year first full right to stand for election 1976 HDR (2002) 28
140 Qatar Women: year first full right to stand for election na HDR (2002) 51
141 Romania Women: year first full right to stand for election 1946 HDR (2002) 63
142 Russia Women: year first full right to stand for election 1918 14 HDR (2002) 60
143 Rwanda Women: year first full right to stand for election 1961 HDR (2002) 162
144 Saint Kitts and Nevis Women: year first full right to stand for election 1951 HDR (2002) 44
145 Saint Lucia Women: year first full right to stand for election 1924 HDR (2002) 66
146 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Women: year first full right to stand for election 1951 HDR (2002) 91
147 Samoa Women: year first full right to stand for election 1990 HDR (2002) 101
148 San Marino Women: year first full right to stand for election na HDR (2002) na
149 Sao Tome and Principe Women: year first full right to stand for election 1975 HDR (2002) 119
150 Saudi Arabia Women: year first full right to stand for election na HDR (2002) 71
151 Senegal Women: year first full right to stand for election 1945 HDR (2002) 154
152 Seychelles Women: year first full right to stand for election 1948 HDR (2002) 47
153 Sierra Leone Women: year first full right to stand for election 1961 HDR (2002) 173
154 Singapore Women: year first full right to stand for election 1947 HDR (2002) 25
155 Slovakia Women: year first full right to stand for election 1920 21 HDR (2002) 36
156 Slovenia Women: year first full right to stand for election 1945 HDR (2002) 29
157 Solomon Islands Women: year first full right to stand for election 1974 HDR (2002) 121
158 Somalia Women: year first full right to stand for election na HDR (2002) na
159 South Africa Women: year first full right to stand for election 1994 HDR (2002) 107
160 Spain Women: year first full right to stand for election 1931 HDR (2002) 21
161 Sri Lanka Women: year first full right to stand for election 1931 HDR (2002) 89
162 Sudan Women: year first full right to stand for election 1964 HDR (2002) 139
163 Suriname Women: year first full right to stand for election 1948 HDR (2002) 74
164 Swaziland Women: year first full right to stand for election 1968 HDR (2002) 125
165 Sweden Women: year first full right to stand for election 1921 HDR (2002) 2
166 Switzerland Women: year first full right to stand for election 1971 HDR (2002) 11
167 Syria Women: year first full right to stand for election 1953 HDR (2002) 108
168 Tajikistan Women: year first full right to stand for election 1924 HDR (2002) 112
169 Tanzania Women: year first full right to stand for election 1959 HDR (2002) 151
170 Thailand Women: year first full right to stand for election 1932 HDR (2002) 70
171 Togo Women: year first full right to stand for election 1945 HDR (2002) 141
172 Tonga Women: year first full right to stand for election na HDR (2002) na
173 Trinidad and Tobago Women: year first full right to stand for election 1946 HDR (2002) 50
174 Tunisia Women: year first full right to stand for election 1959 HDR (2002) 97
175 Turkey Women: year first full right to stand for election 1934 HDR (2002) 85
176 Turkmenistan Women: year first full right to stand for election 1927 HDR (2002) 87
177 Tuvalu Women: year first full right to stand for election na HDR (2002) na
178 Uganda Women: year first full right to stand for election 1962 HDR (2002) 150
179 Ukraine Women: year first full right to stand for election 1919 18 HDR (2002) 80
180 United Arab Emirates (UAE) Women: year first full right to stand for election na HDR (2002) 46
181 United Kingdom (UK) Women: year first full right to stand for election 1928 HDR (2002) 13
182 United States of America (USA) Women: year first full right to stand for election 1788 1 HDR (2002) 6
183 Uruguay Women: year first full right to stand for election 1932 HDR (2002) 40
184 Uzbekistan Women: year first full right to stand for election 1938 HDR (2002) 95
185 Vanuatu Women: year first full right to stand for election 1980 HDR (2002) 131
186 Vatican Women: year first full right to stand for election na HDR (2002) na
187 Venezuela Women: year first full right to stand for election 1946 HDR (2002) 69
188 Vietnam Women: year first full right to stand for election 1946 HDR (2002) 109
189 Yemen Women: year first full right to stand for election 1967 HDR (2002) 144
190 Yugoslavia Women: year first full right to stand for election na HDR (2002) na
191 Zambia Women: year first full right to stand for election 1962 HDR (2002) 153
192 Zimbabwe Women: year first full right to stand for election 1978 HDR (2002) 128
193 World Women: year first full right to stand for election na   na 193