Bahrain vs United States: Universal right to vote
Bahrain
2
in 2025
United States
2
in 2025
Bahrain rank
1st
United States rank
1st
Universal right to vote over time
- Bahrain
- United States
How they compare
Bahrain currently reports 2 against 2 in United States, a difference of 0.
Across all 237 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.
Bahrain ranks 1st and United States ranks 1st of 198 countries.
United States has averaged higher in every one of the 25 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahrain | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 1 | 1 | United States |
| 1970s | 0.7 | 2 | 1.3 | United States |
| 1980s | 1 | 2 | 1 | United States |
| 1990s | 1 | 2 | 1 | United States |
| 2000s | 1.8 | 2 | 0.2 | United States |
| 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, Bahrain or United States?
- Bahrain, at 2 against 2 in United States as of 2025.
- What is the difference in universal right to vote between Bahrain and United States?
- 0, with Bahrain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and United States?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Bahrain and United States rank globally for universal right to vote?
- Bahrain ranks 1st and United States 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. 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 men and women that are citizens are allowed to vote in national elections (score 2), whether it is only men (score 1), or there is no universal rights to vote for either men or women (score 0). It neither considers informal restrictions nor legal restrictions based on age, criminal conviction, disability, and local residency.