Colombia vs Germany: Universal right to vote in practice

Colombia

in 2025

Germany

in 2025

Colombia rank

1st

Germany rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Colombia
Germany

How they compare

Colombia currently reports 2 against 2 in Germany, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 114 shared years of data; in 1867 it was Germany ahead.

Colombia ranks 1st and Germany ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Colombia
Universal right to vote in practice in Germany
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).