Finland vs Uruguay: Share of adult citizens who have the right to vote

Finland
100.0%
in 2025
Uruguay
100.0%
in 2025
Finland rank
1st
Uruguay rank
1st

Share of adult citizens who have the right to vote over time

  • Finland
  • Uruguay
020406080100178919072025

How they compare

Finland currently reports 100.0% against 100.0% in Uruguay, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 201 shared years of data; in 1825 it was Uruguay ahead.

Finland ranks 1st and Uruguay ranks 1st of 176 countries.

Across the 21 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 6 and Uruguay in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Finland Uruguay Difference Ahead
1820s 0.0% 2.0% 2.0% Uruguay
1830s 0.0% 5.0% 5.0% Uruguay
1840s 0.0% 5.0% 5.0% Uruguay
1850s 0.0% 5.0% 5.0% Uruguay
1860s 7.0% 5.5% 1.5% Finland
1870s 10.0% 8.0% 2.0% Finland
1880s 10.0% 13.5% 3.5% Uruguay
1890s 10.0% 20.5% 10.5% Uruguay
1900s 37.0% 30.0% 7.0% Finland
1910s 100.0% 36.5% 63.5% Finland
1920s 100.0% 50.0% 50.0% Finland
1930s 100.0% 85.0% 15.0% Finland
1940s 100.0% 100.0% 0.0%
1950s 100.0% 100.0% 0.0%
1960s 100.0% 100.0% 0.0%
1970s 100.0% 100.0% 0.0%
1980s 100.0% 100.0% 0.0%
1990s 100.0% 100.0% 0.0%
2000s 100.0% 100.0% 0.0%
2010s 100.0% 100.0% 0.0%
2020s 100.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher share of adult citizens who have the right to vote, Finland or Uruguay?
Finland, at 100.0% against 100.0% in Uruguay as of 2025.
What is the difference in share of adult citizens who have the right to vote between Finland and Uruguay?
0.0%, with Finland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Uruguay?
201 years are reported by both, from 1825 to 2025.
How do Finland and Uruguay rank globally for share of adult citizens who have the right to vote?
Finland ranks 1st and Uruguay ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Share of adult citizens who have the right to vote. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Finland vs Uruguay: Share of adult citizens who have the right to vote. Statizoid, drawing on V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 22 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/suffrage/finland/uruguay/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/suffrage/finland/uruguay/">Finland vs Uruguay: Share of adult citizens who have the right to vote</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Share of adult citizens who have the right to vote
Unit
%
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 30,409 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Share of adult citizens which have the legal right to vote in national elections.