Laos vs Paraguay: Universal right to vote in practice

Laos

in 2025

Paraguay

in 2025

Laos rank

1st

Paraguay rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Laos
Paraguay

How they compare

Laos currently reports 2 against 2 in Paraguay, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 215 shared years of data; in 1811 it was Paraguay ahead.

Laos ranks 1st and Paraguay ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Laos
Universal right to vote in practice in Paraguay
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).