Kiribati vs Sweden: Universal right to vote in practice

Kiribati

in 2025

Sweden

in 2025

Kiribati rank

1st

Sweden rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Kiribati
Sweden

How they compare

Kiribati currently reports 2 against 2 in Sweden, a difference of 0.

Across all 134 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.

Kiribati ranks 1st and Sweden ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Kiribati
Universal right to vote in practice in Sweden
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).