Israel vs Samoa: Universal right to vote in practice

Israel

in 2025

Samoa

in 2025

Israel rank

1st

Samoa rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Israel
Samoa

How they compare

Israel currently reports 2 against 2 in Samoa, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 78 shared years of data; in 1948 it was Samoa ahead.

Israel ranks 1st and Samoa ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Israel
Universal right to vote in practice in Samoa
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).