Cape Verde vs Uruguay: Universal right to vote in practice

Cape Verde

in 2025

Uruguay

in 2025

Cape Verde rank

1st

Uruguay rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Cape Verde
Uruguay

How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 201 shared years of data; in 1825 it was Uruguay ahead.

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

Individual pages

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