Congo vs Papua New Guinea: Universal right to vote in practice

Congo
2
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
2
in 2025
Congo rank
1st
Papua New Guinea rank
1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

  • Congo
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Congo currently reports 2 against 2 in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 142 shared years of data; in 1884 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Congo ranks 1st and Papua New Guinea 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

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).