Belgium vs Netherlands: Universal right to vote in practice

Belgium

in 2025

Netherlands

in 2025

Belgium rank

1st

Netherlands rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Belgium
Netherlands

How they compare

Belgium currently reports 2 against 2 in Netherlands, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 203 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Netherlands ahead.

Belgium ranks 1st and Netherlands ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Belgium
Universal right to vote in practice in Netherlands
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).