India vs Sri Lanka: Universal right to vote in practice

India

in 2025

Sri Lanka

in 2025

India rank

1st

Sri Lanka rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

India
Sri Lanka

How they compare

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

Across all 237 years both countries report, Sri Lanka has been ahead every year.

India ranks 1st and Sri Lanka ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in India
Universal right to vote in practice in Sri Lanka
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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).