Guyana vs Venezuela: Universal right to vote in practice

Guyana

in 2025

Venezuela

in 2025

Guyana rank

1st

Venezuela rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Guyana
Venezuela

How they compare

Guyana currently reports 2 against 2 in Venezuela, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 134 shared years of data; in 1892 it was Venezuela ahead.

Guyana ranks 1st and Venezuela ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Guyana
Universal right to vote in practice in Venezuela
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).