India vs Laos: Universal right to vote in practice

India

in 2025

Laos

in 2025

India rank

1st

Laos rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

India
Laos

How they compare

India currently reports 2 against 2 in Laos, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Laos ahead.

India ranks 1st and Laos ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in India
Universal right to vote in practice in Laos
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).