Bangladesh vs Iran: Universal right to vote in practice

Bangladesh

in 2025

Iran

in 2025

Bangladesh rank

164th

Iran rank

164th

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Bangladesh
Iran

How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports 0 against 0 in Iran, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Iran ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 164th and Iran ranks 164th of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Bangladesh
Universal right to vote in practice in Iran
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).