Cape Verde vs Japan: Universal right to vote in practice

Cape Verde
2
in 2025
Japan
2
in 2025
Cape Verde rank
1st
Japan rank
1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

  • Cape Verde
  • Japan
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How they compare

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

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

Cape Verde ranks 1st and Japan 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).