Argentina vs Brazil: Universal right to vote in practice

Argentina

in 2025

Brazil

in 2025

Argentina rank

1st

Brazil rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Argentina
Brazil

How they compare

Argentina currently reports 2 against 2 in Brazil, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Brazil ahead.

Argentina ranks 1st and Brazil ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Argentina
Universal right to vote in practice in Brazil
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Universal right to vote in practice
Source: Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 198 places, 32,485 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Indicates whether virtually all adult citizens have the right to vote in practice (score 2), only men have broad voting rights in practice (score 1), or there are no broad voting rights in practice (score 0).