Malaysia vs Philippines: Universal right to vote in practice

Malaysia

in 2025

Philippines

in 2025

Malaysia rank

1st

Philippines rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Malaysia
Philippines

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 2 against 2 in Philippines, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 152 shared years of data; in 1874 it was Philippines ahead.

Malaysia ranks 1st and Philippines ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Malaysia
Universal right to vote in practice in Philippines
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).