Ethiopia vs Zambia: Universal right to vote in practice

Ethiopia
2
in 2025
Zambia
2
in 2025
Ethiopia rank
1st
Zambia rank
1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Zambia
00.511.52178919072025

How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 2 against 2 in Zambia, a difference of 0.

Across all 115 years both countries report, Zambia has been ahead every year.

Ethiopia ranks 1st and Zambia ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

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).