Barbados vs France: Universal right to vote
Barbados
2
in 2025
France
2
in 2025
Barbados rank
1st
France rank
1st
Universal right to vote over time
- Barbados
- France
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 2 against 2 in France, a difference of 0.
Across all 187 years both countries report, France has been ahead every year.
Barbados ranks 1st and France ranks 1st of 198 countries.
France has averaged higher in every one of the 20 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | France | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | France |
| 1850s | 0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | France |
| 1860s | 0 | 1 | 1 | France |
| 1870s | 0 | 1 | 1 | France |
| 1880s | 0 | 1 | 1 | France |
| 1890s | 0 | 1 | 1 | France |
| 1900s | 0 | 1 | 1 | France |
| 1910s | 0 | 1 | 1 | France |
| 1920s | 0 | 1 | 1 | France |
| 1930s | 0 | 1 | 1 | France |
| 1940s | 0 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 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, Barbados or France?
- Barbados, at 2 against 2 in France as of 2025.
- What is the difference in universal right to vote between Barbados and France?
- 0, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and France?
- 187 years are reported by both, from 1839 to 2025.
- How do Barbados and France rank globally for universal right to vote?
- Barbados 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. 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.