Denmark vs Lesotho: Universal right to vote in practice

Denmark

in 2025

Lesotho

in 2025

Denmark rank

1st

Lesotho rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Denmark
Lesotho

How they compare

Denmark currently reports 2 against 2 in Lesotho, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 142 shared years of data; in 1884 it was Lesotho ahead.

Denmark ranks 1st and Lesotho ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Denmark
Universal right to vote in practice in Lesotho
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).