Ireland vs Tonga: Universal right to vote in practice

Ireland

in 2025

Tonga

in 2025

Ireland rank

1st

Tonga rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Ireland
Tonga

How they compare

Ireland currently reports 2 against 2 in Tonga, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1918 it was Tonga ahead.

Ireland ranks 1st and Tonga ranks 1st of 197 regions.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Ireland
Universal right to vote in practice in Tonga
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).