Canada vs San Marino: Universal right to vote
Canada
2
in 2025
San Marino
2
in 2025
Canada rank
1st
San Marino rank
1st
Universal right to vote over time
- Canada
- San Marino
How they compare
Canada currently reports 2 against 2 in San Marino, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 185 shared years of data; in 1841 it was San Marino ahead.
Canada ranks 1st and San Marino ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Across the 19 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 4 and San Marino in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | San Marino | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0.1 | 0.1 | San Marino |
| 1910s | 0 | 1 | 1 | San Marino |
| 1920s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Canada |
| 1930s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Canada |
| 1940s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Canada |
| 1950s | 2 | 1.3 | 0.7 | Canada |
| 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, Canada or San Marino?
- Canada, at 2 against 2 in San Marino as of 2025.
- What is the difference in universal right to vote between Canada and San Marino?
- 0, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and San Marino?
- 185 years are reported by both, from 1841 to 2025.
- How do Canada and San Marino rank globally for universal right to vote?
- Canada ranks 1st and San Marino 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.