Malawi vs Zambia: Universal right to vote in practice

Malawi

in 2025

Zambia

in 2025

Malawi rank

1st

Zambia rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Malawi
Zambia

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 2 against 2 in Zambia, a difference of 0.

Across all 115 years both countries report, Zambia has been ahead every year.

Malawi ranks 1st and Zambia ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Malawi
Universal right to vote in practice in Zambia
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).