South Korea vs Turkey: Universal right to vote in practice

South Korea

in 2025

Turkey

in 2025

South Korea rank

1st

Turkey rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

South Korea
Turkey

How they compare

South Korea currently reports 2 against 2 in Turkey, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 78 shared years of data; in 1948 it was Turkey ahead.

South Korea ranks 1st and Turkey ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in South Korea
Universal right to vote in practice in Turkey
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).