Bhutan vs Botswana: Universal right to vote
Bhutan
2
in 2025
Botswana
2
in 2025
Bhutan rank
1st
Botswana rank
1st
Universal right to vote over time
- Bhutan
- Botswana
How they compare
Bhutan currently reports 2 against 2 in Botswana, a difference of 0.
Across all 141 years both countries report, Botswana has been ahead every year.
Bhutan ranks 1st and Botswana ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Botswana has averaged higher in every one of the 15 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | Botswana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1.8 | 1.8 | Botswana |
| 1970s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Botswana |
| 1980s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Botswana |
| 1990s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Botswana |
| 2000s | 0.6 | 2 | 1.4 | Botswana |
| 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, Bhutan or Botswana?
- Bhutan, at 2 against 2 in Botswana as of 2025.
- What is the difference in universal right to vote between Bhutan and Botswana?
- 0, with Bhutan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Botswana?
- 141 years are reported by both, from 1885 to 2025.
- How do Bhutan and Botswana rank globally for universal right to vote?
- Bhutan ranks 1st and Botswana 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.