Ghana vs Iraq: Universal right to vote in practice

Ghana
2
in 2025
Iraq
2
in 2025
Ghana rank
1st
Iraq rank
1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

  • Ghana
  • Iraq
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How they compare

Ghana currently reports 2 against 2 in Iraq, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 106 shared years of data; in 1920 it was Iraq ahead.

Ghana ranks 1st and Iraq ranks 1st of 197 countries.

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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).