Canada vs El Salvador: Universal right to vote in practice
Canada
2
in 2025
El Salvador
2
in 2025
Canada rank
1st
El Salvador rank
1st
Universal right to vote in practice over time
- Canada
- El Salvador
How they compare
Canada currently reports 2 against 2 in El Salvador, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 185 shared years of data; in 1841 it was El Salvador ahead.
Canada ranks 1st and El Salvador ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Across the 19 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 6 and El Salvador in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | El Salvador |
| 1890s | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | El Salvador |
| 1900s | 0 | 1 | 1 | El Salvador |
| 1910s | 0 | 1 | 1 | El Salvador |
| 1920s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Canada |
| 1930s | 2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | Canada |
| 1940s | 2 | 0.3 | 1.7 | Canada |
| 1950s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 2 | 1.6 | 0.4 | Canada |
| 1970s | 2 | 1.8 | 0.2 | Canada |
| 1980s | 2 | 1.6 | 0.4 | Canada |
| 1990s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher universal right to vote in practice, Canada or El Salvador?
- Canada, at 2 against 2 in El Salvador as of 2025.
- What is the difference in universal right to vote in practice between Canada and El Salvador?
- 0, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and El Salvador?
- 185 years are reported by both, from 1841 to 2025.
- How do Canada and El Salvador rank globally for universal right to vote in practice?
- Canada ranks 1st and El Salvador ranks 1st of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Universal right to vote in practice. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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).