Belize vs El Salvador: Universal right to vote
Belize
2
in 2025
El Salvador
2
in 2025
Belize rank
1st
El Salvador rank
1st
Universal right to vote over time
- Belize
- El Salvador
How they compare
Belize currently reports 2 against 2 in El Salvador, a difference of 0.
Across all 164 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.
Belize ranks 1st and El Salvador ranks 1st of 198 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 17 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belize | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | El Salvador |
| 1890s | 0 | 1 | 1 | El Salvador |
| 1900s | 0 | 1 | 1 | El Salvador |
| 1910s | 0 | 1 | 1 | El Salvador |
| 1920s | 0 | 1 | 1 | El Salvador |
| 1930s | 0 | 1 | 1 | El Salvador |
| 1940s | 0 | 1 | 1 | El Salvador |
| 1950s | 1.2 | 2 | 0.8 | El Salvador |
| 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, Belize or El Salvador?
- Belize, at 2 against 2 in El Salvador as of 2025.
- What is the difference in universal right to vote between Belize and El Salvador?
- 0, with Belize ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and El Salvador?
- 164 years are reported by both, from 1862 to 2025.
- How do Belize and El Salvador rank globally for universal right to vote?
- Belize ranks 1st and El Salvador 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.