Botswana vs Suriname: Universal right to vote in practice

Botswana
2
in 2025
Suriname
2
in 2025
Botswana rank
1st
Suriname rank
1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

  • Botswana
  • Suriname
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How they compare

Botswana currently reports 2 against 2 in Suriname, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 141 shared years of data; in 1885 it was Suriname ahead.

Botswana ranks 1st and Suriname 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).