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World survey of direct democracy in 214 countries and territories*

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  Afghanistan B
  Albania A B
  Algeria A B
  Andorra S B
  Angola B O
  Anguilla
  Antigua and Barbuda A B
  Argentina S O
  Armenia A B
  Aruba
  Australia S B
  Austria S B
  Azerbaijan A B
  Bahamas A C
  Bahrain A B
  Bangladesh A C
  Barbados
  Belarus A B
  Belgium
  Belize
  Benin S B
  Bermuda O
  Bhutan
  Bolivia A B
  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Botswana A C
  Brazil A B
  Brunei Darussalam
  Bulgaria S B
  Burkina Faso A B
  Burundi A C
  Cambodia
  Cameroon A B
  Canada N B
  Cape Verde A B
  Cayman Islands
  Central African Republic A B
  Chad A B
  Chile S C
  China
  Colombia S B
  Comoros A B
  Congo, Democratic Republic of C
  Cook Islands B
  Costa Rica S B
  Côte d'Ivoire A B
  Croatia A B
  Cuba
  Cyprus
  Czech Republic A O
  Denmark S B
  Djibouti A C
  Dominica A C
  Dominican Republic
  East Timor S B
  Ecuador A B
  Egypt B
  El Salvador O
  Equatorial Guinea A B
  Eritrea
  Estonia A B
  Ethiopia A O
  Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
  Fiji
  Finland N B
  former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the A O
  France A B
  Gabon A C
  Gambia A B
  Georgia A B
  Germany
  Ghana A C
  Gibraltar B
  Greece A
  Grenada C
  Guatemala A B
  Guernsey
  Guinea A B
  Guinea-Bissau
  Guyana
  Haiti
  Holy See (Vatican City State)
  Honduras S B
  Hungary S B
  Iceland N B
  India
  Indonesia
  Iran, Islamic Republic of A B
  Iraq A C
  Ireland A B
  Isle of Man
  Israel
  Italy A B
  Jamaica
  Japan A C
  Jersey N B
  Jordan
  Kazakhstan S B
  Kenya
  Kiribati A B
  Korea, Dem. People's Republic of
  Korea, Republic of S B
  Kuwait
  Kyrgyzstan A B
  Lao People's Dem. Republic
  Latvia A B
  Lebanon
  Lesotho B
  Liberia A C
  Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
  Liechtenstein A B
  Lithuania S B
  Luxembourg S O
  Madagascar B
  Malawi A C
  Malaysia
  Maldives N B
  Mali A B
  Malta S B
  Marshall Islands
  Mauritania A B
  Mauritius A C
  Mexico
  Micronesia, Federated States of
  Moldova, Republic of B
  Monaco
  Mongolia A B
  Montenegro
  Montserrat
  Morocco A B
  Mozambique A B
  Myanmar
  Namibia B
  Nauru C
  Nepal
  Netherlands N O
  Netherlands Antilles
  New Zealand S B
  Nicaragua B
  Niger A B
  Nigeria S B
  Niue C
  Norway N
  Oman
  Pakistan B
  Palau S B
  Palestinian Territory, Occupied
  Panama A B
  Papua New Guinea
  Paraguay S B
  Peru A B
  Philippines A B
  Pitcairn Islands
  Poland A B
  Portugal S O
  Qatar A B
  Republic of The Congo (Brazzaville) A C
  Romania A B
  Russian Federation A B
  Rwanda A B
  Saint Helena
  Saint Kitts and Nevis A B
  Saint Lucia C
  Saint Vincent and The Grenadines A C
  Samoa C
  San Marino
  Sao Tome and Principe C
  Saudi Arabia
  Senegal A B
  Serbia A B
  Seychelles A B
  Sierra Leone A B
  Singapore B
  Slovakia S B
  Slovenia A B
  Solomon Islands
  Somalia B
  South Africa N
  Spain S B
  Sri Lanka A B
  Sudan A B
  Suriname
  Swaziland S B
  Sweden N B
  Switzerland A B
  Syrian Arab Republic A B
  Taiwan (UN: Province of China) A B
  Tajikistan A B
  Tanzania, United Republic of
  Thailand A B
  Togo B
  Tokelau
  Tonga
  Trinidad and Tobago
  Tunisia A B
  Turkey A C
  Turkmenistan B
  Turks and Caicos Islands
  Tuvalu
  Uganda A B
  Ukraine A B
  United Arab Emirates
  United Kingdom S B
  United States
  Uruguay A B
  Uzbekistan B
  Vanuatu A C
  Venezuela A B
  Viet Nam O
  Virgin Islands, British
  Yemen A B
  Zambia A C
  Zimbabwe

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Indicates existence of provision or referendum SSometimes
Indicates no existence of provision or inability to find provision CConstitutional changes only
AAlways OOther issues only
NNever BBoth constitutional and other issues