Chile vs Democratic Republic of Congo: Universal right to vote in practice

Chile

in 2025

Democratic Republic of Congo

in 2025

Chile rank

1st

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Chile
Democratic Republic of Congo

How they compare

Chile currently reports 2 against 2 in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 149 shared years of data; in 1877 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Chile ranks 1st and Democratic Republic of Congo 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: 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).