Cape Verde vs Malawi: Universal right to vote in practice

Cape Verde

in 2025

Malawi

in 2025

Cape Verde rank

1st

Malawi rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Cape Verde
Malawi

How they compare

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

Across all 135 years both countries report, Malawi has been ahead every year.

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

Individual pages

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