Germany vs South Korea: Universal right to vote in practice

Germany
2
in 2025
South Korea
2
in 2025
Germany rank
1st
South Korea rank
1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

  • Germany
  • South Korea
00.511.52186719462025

How they compare

Germany currently reports 2 against 2 in South Korea, a difference of 0.

Across all 36 years both countries report, South Korea has been ahead every year.

Germany ranks 1st and South Korea 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).