Sunday, March 29, 2015

From Quartz: 58 countries with better voter turnout than the United States

Here they are:


Uruguay (96.1% in 2009)
Ecuador (90.8% in 2009)
Uzbekistan (89.8% in 2007)
Rwanda (89.2% in 2010)
Angola (87.5% in 1992)
Turkmenistan (87.0% in 2012)
Peru (86.2% in 2011)
Bolivia (85.6% in 2009)
Tunisia (85.2% in 2009)
Equatorial Guinea (83.0% in 2009)
Belarus (81.7% in 2010)
Tajikistan (80.8% in 2006)
Venezuela (78.9% in 2012)
Cyprus (78.8% in 2008)
Argentina (77.4% in 2011)
Brazil (77.3% in 2010)
Armenia (77.2% in 2008)
East Timor (76.3% in 2012)
Iran (75.5% in 2009)
Philippines (75.1% in 2004)
Indonesia (74.8% in 2004)
Taiwan (74.3% in 2012)
Malawi (73.9% in 2009)
Gambia (73.5% in 2011)
Kazakhstan (72.7% in 2011)
Congo-Brazzaville (72.6% in 2009)
El Salvador (72.4% in 2009)
Nicaragua (71.8% in 2011)
Sao Tome and Principe (71.3% in 2011)
France (71.2% in 2012)
Sri Lanka (70.9% in 2010)
Dominican Republic (70.2% in 2012)
Ghana (69.8% in 2008)
Maldives (69.3% in 2008)
Panama (69.0% in 2009)
Iceland (68.9% in 2012)
Benin (68.4% in 2011)
Ukraine (67.9% in 2010)
Namibia (67.6% in 2009)
Palau (67.6% in 2008)
Finland (67.5% in 2012)
Azerbaijan (66.9% in 2008)
Algeria (65.9% in 2009)
Croatia (65.2% in 2010)
Mexico (64.6% in 2012)
Republic of Korea (64.2% in 2007)
Montenegro (63.5% in 2008)
Russia (63.4% in 2012)
Costa Rica (62.3% in 2010)
Sierra Leone (62.0% in 2007)
Guatemala (61.4% in 2011)
Togo (61.3% in 2010)
Slovenia (61.3% in 2007)
Romania (59.2% in 2009)
Chile (59.1% in 2010)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (58.8% in 2010)
Burundi (58.7% in 2010)
Chad (57.9% in 2011)