Bhutan vs Cape Verde: Universal right to vote in practice

Bhutan

in 2025

Cape Verde

in 2025

Bhutan rank

1st

Cape Verde rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Bhutan
Cape Verde

How they compare

Bhutan currently reports 2 against 2 in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.

Across all 237 years both countries report, Cape Verde has been ahead every year.

Bhutan ranks 1st and Cape Verde ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Bhutan
Universal right to vote in practice in Cape Verde
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).