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Breakdown by Continent

Continent	Personal	No external voting	Postal	Proxy	e-voting	Fax	Not yet decided	In transition	No provisions for direct elections	No data	Other	Countries researched
Africa	33 (60.0%)	15 (27.3%)	2 (3.6%)	8 (14.5%)	1 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	55
Americas	17 (38.6%)	18 (40.9%)	6 (13.6%)	2 (4.5%)	4 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.3%)	44
Asia	26 (54.2%)	11 (22.9%)	8 (16.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (10.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.1%)	48
Europe	28 (54.9%)	5 (9.8%)	30 (58.8%)	6 (11.8%)	4 (7.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.0%)	51
Oceania	5 (27.8%)	7 (38.9%)	7 (38.9%)	3 (16.7%)	1 (5.6%)	1 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	18
Total	109	56	53	19	15	1	1	0	7	1	3	216

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Ways of voting from abroad, i.e. existing procedures for casting anexternal vote.

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Country	Value	Details
Afghanistan	No external voting	view
Albania	No external voting	view
Algeria	Personal Proxy	view
Andorra	Postal	view
Angola	Personal	view
Anguilla	No external voting	view
Antigua and Barbuda	No external voting	view
Argentina	Personal	view
Armenia	e-voting	view
Aruba	No external voting	view
Australia	Personal Postal	view
Austria	Postal	view
Azerbaijan	Personal	view
Bahamas	Personal	view
Bahrain	Personal e-voting	view
Bangladesh	Postal	view
Barbados	Personal	view
Belarus	Personal	view
Belgium	Personal Postal Proxy	view
Belize	Proxy	view
Benin	Personal Proxy	view
Bermuda	No external voting	view
Bhutan	Postal e-voting	view
Bolivia	Personal	view
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Personal Postal	view
Botswana	Personal	view
Brazil	Personal e-voting	view
Brunei Darussalam	No provisions for direct elections	view
Bulgaria	Personal e-voting	view
Burkina Faso	Personal	view
Burundi	Personal	view
Cabo Verde	Personal	view
Cambodia	No external voting	view
Cameroon	Personal	view
Canada	Postal	view
Cayman Islands	Postal	view
Central African Republic	Personal	view
Chad	Personal	view
Chile	Personal	view
China	No provisions for direct elections	view
Colombia	Personal	view
Comoros	Personal	view
Congo, Democratic Republic of	No external voting	view
Cook Islands	Postal	view
Costa Rica	Personal	view
Cote d'Ivoire	Personal	view
Croatia	Personal	view
Cuba	No external voting	view
Cyprus	Personal	view
Cyprus (North)	No external voting	view
Czech Republic	Personal	view
Denmark	Personal	view
Djibouti	Personal	view
Dominica	No external voting	view
Dominican Republic	Personal	view
Ecuador	Personal	view
Egypt	Personal Postal	view
El Salvador	Postal	view
Equatorial Guinea	Personal	view
Eritrea	No provisions for direct elections	view
Estonia	Personal Postal e-voting	view
Eswatini	No external voting	view
Ethiopia	No external voting	view
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	Postal Proxy	view
Fiji	Postal	view
Finland	Personal Postal	view
France	Personal Proxy e-voting	view
Gabon	Personal Proxy	view
Gambia	No external voting	view
Georgia	Personal	view
Germany	Postal	view
Ghana	Personal	view
Gibraltar	Postal	view
Greece	Personal	view
Grenada	No external voting	view
Guatemala	Personal	view
Guernsey	Postal	view
Guinea	Personal	view
Guinea-Bissau	Personal	view
Guyana	Personal	view
Haiti	No external voting	view
Holy See (Vatican City State)	No provisions for direct elections	view
Honduras	Personal	view
Hungary	Personal Postal	view
Iceland	Personal	view
India	Postal	view
Indonesia	Personal Postal	view
Iran, Islamic Republic of	Personal	view
Iraq	Personal	view
Ireland	Postal	view
Isle of Man	Postal Proxy	view
Israel	Personal	view
Italy	Postal	view
Jamaica	No external voting	view
Japan	Personal Postal	view
Jersey	Postal	view
Jordan	No external voting	view
Kazakhstan	Personal	view
Kenya	Personal	view
Kiribati	No external voting	view
Korea, Dem. People's Republic of	No external voting	view
Korea, Republic of	Personal	view
Kosovo	Postal	view
Kuwait	No external voting	view
Kyrgyzstan	Personal	view
Lao People's Dem. Republic	Personal	view
Latvia	Personal Postal	view
Lebanon	Personal	view
Lesotho	Personal	view
Liberia	No external voting	view
Libya	Personal	view
Liechtenstein	Postal	view
Lithuania	Personal Postal e-voting	view
Luxembourg	Postal	view
Madagascar	No external voting	view
Malawi	No external voting	view
Malaysia	Postal	view
Maldives	Personal	view
Mali	Personal Proxy	view
Malta	No external voting	view
Marshall Islands	No external voting	view
Mauritania	Personal	view
Mauritius	Proxy	view
Mexico	Postal e-voting	view
Micronesia, Federated States of	Personal Postal	view
Moldova, Republic of	Personal	view
Monaco	Proxy	view
Mongolia	Personal	view
Montenegro	No external voting	view
Montserrat	Not specifed	view
Morocco	Proxy	view
Mozambique	Personal	view
Myanmar	Personal	view
Namibia	e-voting	view
Nauru	Proxy	view
Nepal	No external voting	view
Netherlands	Postal Proxy	view
Netherlands Antilles	No external voting	view
New Zealand	Personal Postal e-voting Fax	view
Nicaragua	Not yet decided	view
Niger	Personal	view
Nigeria	No external voting	view
Niue	No external voting	view
North Macedonia, Republic of	Personal	view
Norway	Personal Postal	view
Oman	e-voting	view
Pakistan	e-voting	view
Palau	Personal Postal	view
Panama	Personal e-voting	view
Papua New Guinea	Postal	view
Paraguay	Personal	view
Peru	Personal	view
Philippines	Personal Postal	view
Pitcairn Islands	Proxy	view
Poland	Personal Postal	view
Portugal	Personal Postal	view
Qatar	No external voting	view
Republic of The Congo (Brazzaville)	No external voting	view
Romania	Personal Postal	view
Russian Federation	Personal	view
Rwanda	Personal	view
Saint Helena	Proxy	view
Saint Kitts and Nevis	No external voting	view
Saint Lucia	No external voting	view
Saint Vincent and The Grenadines	No external voting	view
Samoa	No external voting	view
San Marino	No external voting	view
Sao Tome and Principe	Personal	view
Saudi Arabia	No provisions for direct elections	view
Senegal	Personal	view
Serbia	Personal	view
Seychelles	No external voting	view
Sierra Leone	No external voting	view
Singapore	Personal	view
Slovakia	Postal	view
Slovenia	Personal Postal	view
Solomon Islands	No external voting	view
Somalia	No provisions for direct elections	view
South Africa	Personal	view
South Sudan	No external voting	view
Spain	Personal Postal	view
Sri Lanka	No external voting	view
State of Palestine	No external voting	view
Sudan	Personal	view
Suriname	No external voting	view
Sweden	Personal Postal Vote by messenger	view
Switzerland	Postal	view
Syrian Arab Republic	Personal	view
Taiwan	No external voting	view
Tajikistan	Personal	view
Tanzania, United Republic of	No external voting	view
Thailand	Personal Postal	view
Timor-Leste	Personal	view
Togo	Personal Proxy	view
Tokelau	No data	view
Tonga	No external voting	view
Trinidad and Tobago	No external voting	view
Tunisia	Personal	view
Turkey	Personal Voting at the borders	view
Turkmenistan	Personal	view
Turks and Caicos Islands	No external voting	view
Tuvalu	No external voting	view
Uganda	No external voting	view
Ukraine	Personal	view
United Arab Emirates	No provisions for direct elections	view
United Kingdom	Postal Proxy	view
United States	Postal e-voting	view
Uruguay	No external voting	view
Uzbekistan	Personal	view
Vanuatu	Personal Proxy	view
Venezuela	Personal	view
Viet Nam	No external voting	view
Virgin Islands, British	No external voting	view
Yemen	Personal	view
Zambia	No external voting	view
Zimbabwe	Postal	view

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