Costa Rica vs Sweden: Suffrage
Costa Rica
100
in 2025
Sweden
100
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
1st
Sweden rank
1st
Suffrage over time
- Costa Rica
- Sweden
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 100 against 100 in Sweden, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 188 shared years of data; in 1838 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 1st and Sweden ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 20 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 7 and Sweden in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 50 | 8 | 42 | Costa Rica |
| 1840s | 23 | 8 | 15 | Costa Rica |
| 1850s | 5 | 8 | 3 | Sweden |
| 1860s | 5 | 10.8 | 5.8 | Sweden |
| 1870s | 41 | 15.6 | 25.4 | Costa Rica |
| 1880s | 50 | 16.6 | 33.4 | Costa Rica |
| 1890s | 50 | 17.7 | 32.3 | Costa Rica |
| 1900s | 40 | 21.1 | 18.9 | Costa Rica |
| 1910s | 46 | 40 | 6 | Costa Rica |
| 1920s | 50 | 88 | 38 | Sweden |
| 1930s | 50 | 100 | 50 | Sweden |
| 1940s | 50 | 100 | 50 | Sweden |
| 1950s | 100 | 100 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 100 | 100 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 100 | 100 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 100 | 100 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 100 | 100 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 100 | 100 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 100 | 100 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 100 | 100 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher suffrage, Costa Rica or Sweden?
- Costa Rica, at 100 against 100 in Sweden as of 2025.
- What is the difference in suffrage between Costa Rica and Sweden?
- 0, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Sweden?
- 188 years are reported by both, from 1838 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Sweden rank globally for suffrage?
- Costa Rica ranks 1st and Sweden ranks 1st of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Our World in Data, published as Suffrage. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.