Hungary vs Romania: Universal right to vote in practice

Hungary

in 2025

Romania

in 2025

Hungary rank

1st

Romania rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Hungary
Romania

How they compare

Hungary currently reports 2 against 2 in Romania, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 159 shared years of data; in 1867 it was Romania ahead.

Hungary ranks 1st and Romania ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Hungary
Universal right to vote in practice in Romania
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).