Guatemala vs Portugal: Universal right to vote in practice

Guatemala

in 2025

Portugal

in 2025

Guatemala rank

1st

Portugal rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Guatemala
Portugal

How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 220 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Portugal ahead.

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

Individual pages

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