Bulgaria vs Norway: Universal right to vote in practice

Bulgaria

in 2025

Norway

in 2025

Bulgaria rank

1st

Norway rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Bulgaria
Norway

How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 2 against 2 in Norway, a difference of 0.

Across all 148 years both countries report, Norway has been ahead every year.

Bulgaria ranks 1st and Norway ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Bulgaria
Universal right to vote in practice in Norway
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).