Kenya vs Pakistan: Universal right to vote in practice

Kenya

in 2025

Pakistan

in 2025

Kenya rank

1st

Pakistan rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Kenya
Pakistan

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 2 against 2 in Pakistan, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 79 shared years of data; in 1947 it was Pakistan ahead.

Kenya ranks 1st and Pakistan ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Kenya
Universal right to vote in practice in Pakistan
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).