Australia vs South Korea: Universal right to vote in practice

Australia
2
in 2025
South Korea
2
in 2025
Australia rank
1st
South Korea rank
1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

  • Australia
  • South Korea
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How they compare

Australia currently reports 2 against 2 in South Korea, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 78 shared years of data; in 1948 it was South Korea ahead.

Australia ranks 1st and South Korea ranks 1st of 197 countries.

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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

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).