Universal right to vote by country
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...
Countries reporting
192
Highest
2
Afghanistan
Lowest
0
Somalia
Median
2
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
32,485
What the numbers show
Universal right to vote is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 2 in Afghanistan; the lowest is 0 in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 2, and the mean is 1.99.
Universal right to vote: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afghanistan | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Angola | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Albania | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Andorra | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Argentina | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Armenia | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Australia | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Austria | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Azerbaijan | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Burundi | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Belgium | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Benin | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Burkina Faso | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Bangladesh | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Bahrain | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Bahamas | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Belarus | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Belize | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Bolivia | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Brazil | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Barbados | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Bhutan | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Botswana | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Central African Republic | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Canada | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Switzerland | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Chile | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | China | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Cameroon | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Congo | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Colombia | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Comoros | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Cape Verde | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Cuba | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Cyprus | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Czechia | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Germany | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Djibouti | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Dominica | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Denmark | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Algeria | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Ecuador | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Egypt | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Eritrea | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Spain | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Estonia | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Ethiopia | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Finland | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Fiji | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | France | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Micronesia (country) | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Gabon | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | United Kingdom | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Georgia | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Ghana | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Guinea | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Gambia | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Guinea-Bissau | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Equatorial Guinea | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Greece | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Grenada | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Guatemala | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Guyana | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Honduras | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Croatia | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Haiti | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Hungary | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Indonesia | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | India | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Ireland | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Iran | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Iraq | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Iceland | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Israel | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Italy | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Jamaica | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Jordan | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Japan | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Kenya | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Cambodia | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Kiribati | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | South Korea | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kuwait | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Laos | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Lebanon | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Liberia | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Libya | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Saint Lucia | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Liechtenstein | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Lesotho | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Lithuania | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Luxembourg | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Latvia | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Morocco | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Monaco | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Moldova | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Madagascar | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Maldives | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Mexico | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Marshall Islands | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | North Macedonia | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Mali | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Malta | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Myanmar | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Montenegro | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Mongolia | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Mozambique | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Mauritania | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Mauritius | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Malawi | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Malaysia | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Namibia | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Niger | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Nigeria | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Nicaragua | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Netherlands | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Norway | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Nepal | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Nauru | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | New Zealand | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Oman | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Pakistan | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Panama | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Peru | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Philippines | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Palau | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Papua New Guinea | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Poland | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | North Korea | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Portugal | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Paraguay | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Romania | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Russia | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Rwanda | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Sudan | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Senegal | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Singapore | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Solomon Islands | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Sierra Leone | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | El Salvador | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | San Marino | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Serbia | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | South Sudan | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Suriname | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Slovakia | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Slovenia | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Sweden | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Eswatini | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Seychelles | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Syria | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Chad | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Togo | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Thailand | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Tajikistan | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Turkmenistan | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | East Timor | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Tonga | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Tunisia | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Turkey | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Tuvalu | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Tanzania | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Uganda | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Ukraine | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uruguay | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | United States | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Venezuela | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Vietnam | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Vanuatu | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Samoa | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Yemen | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | South Africa | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Zambia | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Zimbabwe | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Taiwan | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Western Sahara | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | USSR | 2 | 1990 | unchanged | flat |
| 192 | Somalia | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
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.