Mexico vs United States: Universal right to vote
Mexico
2
in 2025
United States
2
in 2025
Mexico rank
1st
United States rank
1st
Universal right to vote over time
- Mexico
- United States
How they compare
Mexico currently reports 2 against 2 in United States, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was United States ahead.
Mexico ranks 1st and United States ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Mexico has averaged higher in every one of the 25 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0.3 | 0 | 0.3 | Mexico |
| 1850s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Mexico |
| 1860s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Mexico |
| 1870s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Mexico |
| 1880s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Mexico |
| 1890s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Mexico |
| 1900s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Mexico |
| 1910s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Mexico |
| 1920s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Mexico |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Mexico |
| 1940s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Mexico |
| 1950s | 1.7 | 0 | 1.7 | Mexico |
| 1960s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Mexico |
| 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, Mexico or United States?
- Mexico, at 2 against 2 in United States as of 2025.
- What is the difference in universal right to vote between Mexico and United States?
- 0, with Mexico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and United States?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Mexico and United States rank globally for universal right to vote?
- Mexico ranks 1st and United States 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.