Australia vs United Kingdom: Universal right to vote in practice

Australia

in 2025

United Kingdom

in 2025

Australia rank

1st

United Kingdom rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Australia
United Kingdom

How they compare

Australia currently reports 2 against 2 in United Kingdom, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Australia ranks 1st and United Kingdom ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Australia
Universal right to vote in practice in United Kingdom
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).