Iraq vs East Timor: Universal right to vote in practice

Iraq

in 2025

East Timor

in 2025

Iraq rank

1st

East Timor rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Iraq
East Timor

How they compare

Iraq currently reports 2 against 2 in East Timor, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 106 shared years of data; in 1920 it was East Timor ahead.

Iraq ranks 1st and East Timor ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Iraq
Universal right to vote in practice in East Timor
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).