Burundi vs Gambia: Universal right to vote in practice

Burundi

in 2025

Gambia

in 2025

Burundi rank

1st

Gambia rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Burundi
Gambia

How they compare

Burundi currently reports 2 against 2 in Gambia, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 110 shared years of data; in 1916 it was Gambia ahead.

Burundi ranks 1st and Gambia ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Burundi
Universal right to vote in practice in Gambia
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).