Belgium vs Greece: Universal right to vote
Belgium
2
in 2025
Greece
2
in 2025
Belgium rank
1st
Greece rank
1st
Universal right to vote over time
- Belgium
- Greece
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 2 against 2 in Greece, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 196 shared years of data; in 1830 it was Greece ahead.
Belgium ranks 1st and Greece ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Across the 20 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 2 and Greece in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Greece | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | Greece |
| 1850s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Greece |
| 1860s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Greece |
| 1870s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Greece |
| 1880s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Greece |
| 1890s | 0.6 | 1 | 0.4 | Greece |
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 1.1 | 1 | 0.1 | Belgium |
| 1950s | 2 | 1.4 | 0.6 | Belgium |
| 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, Belgium or Greece?
- Belgium, at 2 against 2 in Greece as of 2025.
- What is the difference in universal right to vote between Belgium and Greece?
- 0, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Greece?
- 196 years are reported by both, from 1830 to 2025.
- How do Belgium and Greece rank globally for universal right to vote?
- Belgium ranks 1st and Greece 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.