Belgium vs France: Universal right to vote in practice
Belgium
2
in 2025
France
2
in 2025
Belgium rank
1st
France rank
1st
Universal right to vote in practice over time
- Belgium
- France
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 2 against 2 in France, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 203 shared years of data; in 1789 it was France ahead.
Belgium ranks 1st and France ranks 1st of 198 countries.
France has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | France | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0.1667 | 0.1667 | France |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | France |
| 1850s | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | France |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 1 | 1 | France |
| 1880s | 0 | 1 | 1 | France |
| 1890s | 0.6 | 1 | 0.4 | France |
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0.7 | 1 | 0.3 | France |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | France |
| 1950s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher universal right to vote in practice, Belgium or France?
- Belgium, at 2 against 2 in France as of 2025.
- What is the difference in universal right to vote in practice between Belgium and France?
- 0, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and France?
- 203 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Belgium and France rank globally for universal right to vote in practice?
- Belgium ranks 1st and France ranks 1st of 198 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Universal right to vote in practice. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Indicates whether virtually all adult citizens have the right to vote in practice (score 2), only men have broad voting rights in practice (score 1), or there are no broad voting rights in practice (score 0).