Finland vs Guatemala: Universal right to vote in practice

Finland

in 2025

Guatemala

in 2025

Finland rank

1st

Guatemala rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Finland
Guatemala

How they compare

Finland currently reports 2 against 2 in Guatemala, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 200 shared years of data; in 1809 it was Guatemala ahead.

Finland ranks 1st and Guatemala ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Finland
Universal right to vote in practice in Guatemala
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).