Papua New Guinea vs United States: Suffrage

Papua New Guinea
100
in 2025
United States
100
in 2025
Papua New Guinea rank
1st
United States rank
1st

Suffrage over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • United States
020406080100178919072025

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 100 against 100 in United States, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was United States ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 1st and United States ranks 1st of 176 countries.

United States has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea United States Difference Ahead
1900s 0 41 41 United States
1910s 0 41 41 United States
1920s 0 88 88 United States
1930s 0 90.7 90.7 United States
1940s 0 93.4 93.4 United States
1950s 45 95 50 United States
1960s 80 97 17 United States
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, Papua New Guinea or United States?
Papua New Guinea, at 100 against 100 in United States as of 2025.
What is the difference in suffrage between Papua New Guinea and United States?
0, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and United States?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Papua New Guinea and United States rank globally for suffrage?
Papua New Guinea ranks 1st and United States 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.

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About this data

Indicator
Suffrage
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 30,409 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed