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Universal right to vote in practice by country 2025 | worldgovdata
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195 countries · 1789–2025
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2025
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East Asia & Pacific
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Country
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Value
↕
1
Luxembourg
2
2
Tonga
2
3
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
2
4
Trinidad and Tobago
2
5
Mexico
2
6
Sierra Leone
2
7
Uganda
2
8
Slovenia
2
9
Tajikistan
2
10
Tunisia
2
11
Uruguay
2
12
Namibia
2
13
Moldova
2
14
Norway
2
15
Turkmenistan
2
16
Thailand
2
17
Singapore
2
18
Nicaragua
2
19
United States
2
20
Peru
2
21
North Macedonia
2
22
Montenegro
2
23
Rwanda
2
24
Papua New Guinea
2
25
Tuvalu
2
26
San Marino
2
27
Tanzania
2
28
Suriname
2
29
Palau
2
30
Zimbabwe
2
31
El Salvador
2
32
Malaysia
2
33
Senegal
2
34
Turkiye
2
35
Philippines
2
36
Panama
2
37
Zambia
2
38
Solomon Islands
2
39
Nepal
2
40
Uzbekistan
2
41
Togo
2
42
South Africa
2
43
Sweden
2
44
Romania
2
45
Maldives
2
46
Marshall Islands
2
47
Slovak Republic
2
48
Mongolia
2
49
Nigeria
2
50
Latvia
2
51
Portugal
2
52
Lithuania
2
53
Ukraine
2
54
Vanuatu
2
55
Samoa
2
56
Mauritania
2
57
New Zealand
2
58
Chad
2
59
Seychelles
2
60
Netherlands
2
61
Viet Nam
2
62
Poland
2
63
Malawi
2
64
Sao Tome and Principe
2
65
Taiwan
2
66
Serbia
2
67
Paraguay
2
68
Venezuela, RB
2
69
Pakistan
2
70
Naoero
2
71
Malta
2
72
Mauritius
2
73
Mozambique
2
74
Timor-Leste
2
75
Russian Federation
2
76
Germany
2
77
Azerbaijan
2
78
Argentina
2
79
Sri Lanka
2
80
Guyana
2
81
Spain
2
82
Bulgaria
2
83
Botswana
2
84
Georgia
2
85
Australia
2
86
Central African Republic
2
87
Estonia
2
88
Angola
2
89
Greece
2
90
Iraq
2
91
Kenya
2
92
Ethiopia
2
93
Czechia
2
94
Armenia
2
95
Ireland
2
96
Canada
2
97
Cyprus
2
98
India
2
99
Lao PDR
2
100
Hungary
2
101
Congo, Dem. Rep.
2
102
Dominican Republic
2
103
Cambodia
2
104
Korea, Rep.
2
105
Switzerland
2
106
Kazakhstan
2
107
Croatia
2
108
Lebanon
2
109
Finland
2
110
Benin
2
111
St. Kitts and Nevis
2
112
Chile
2
113
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
2
114
Iceland
2
115
Cuba
2
116
Bolivia
2
117
Kiribati
2
118
Antigua and Barbuda
2
119
Honduras
2
120
Denmark
2
121
Grenada
2
122
Austria
2
123
Congo, Rep.
2
124
Fiji
2
125
Lesotho
2
126
Brazil
2
127
Belgium
2
128
Israel
2
129
Andorra
2
130
St. Lucia
2
131
Cote d'Ivoire
2
132
Japan
2
133
Costa Rica
2
134
Algeria
2
135
Liberia
2
136
Equatorial Guinea
2
137
Cabo Verde
2
138
Ecuador
2
139
Belarus
2
140
Albania
2
141
Burundi
2
142
United Kingdom
2
143
Barbados
2
144
Dominica
2
145
Egypt, Arab Rep.
2
146
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2
147
Italy
2
148
Djibouti
2
149
Bahamas, The
2
150
Indonesia
2
151
Cameroon
2
152
Belize
2
153
Ghana
2
154
Gambia, The
2
155
Bhutan
2
156
Guatemala
2
157
Colombia
2
158
Kyrgyz Republic
2
159
France
2
160
Jamaica
2
161
Comoros
2
162
Gabon
2
163
Guinea
0
164
Kuwait
0
165
Liechtenstein
0
166
China
0
167
Libya
0
168
Bahrain
0
169
Eritrea
0
170
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0
171
Jordan
0
172
Afghanistan
0
173
United Arab Emirates
0
174
Guinea-Bissau
0
175
Burkina Faso
0
176
Bangladesh
0
177
Haiti
0
178
Brunei Darussalam
0
179
Monaco
0
180
Madagascar
0
181
Qatar
0
182
South Sudan
0
183
Oman
0
184
Niger
0
185
Yemen, Rep.
0
186
Saudi Arabia
0
187
Mali
0
188
Sudan
0
189
Eswatini
0
190
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0
191
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0
192
Syrian Arab Republic
0
193
Myanmar
0
194
Morocco
0
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