Congo vs France: Universal right to vote in practice

Congo

in 2025

France

in 2025

Congo rank

1st

France rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Congo
France

How they compare

Congo currently reports 2 against 2 in France, a difference of 0.

Across all 144 years both countries report, France has been ahead every year.

Congo ranks 1st and France ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Congo
Universal right to vote in practice in France
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).