Gambia vs Namibia: Universal right to vote in practice

Gambia

in 2025

Namibia

in 2025

Gambia rank

1st

Namibia rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Gambia
Namibia

How they compare

Gambia currently reports 2 against 2 in Namibia, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 137 shared years of data; in 1889 it was Namibia ahead.

Gambia ranks 1st and Namibia ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Gambia
Universal right to vote in practice in Namibia
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).