Iceland vs Suriname: Universal right to vote in practice

Iceland

in 2025

Suriname

in 2025

Iceland rank

1st

Suriname rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Iceland
Suriname

How they compare

Iceland currently reports 2 against 2 in Suriname, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 163 shared years of data; in 1863 it was Suriname ahead.

Iceland ranks 1st and Suriname ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Iceland
Universal right to vote in practice in Suriname
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).