Estonia vs Latvia: Universal right to vote in practice

Estonia

in 2025

Latvia

in 2025

Estonia rank

1st

Latvia rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Estonia
Latvia

How they compare

Estonia currently reports 2 against 2 in Latvia, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1918 it was Estonia ahead.

Estonia ranks 1st and Latvia ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Estonia
Universal right to vote in practice in Latvia
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).