Maldives vs Peru: Universal right to vote in practice

Maldives

in 2025

Peru

in 2025

Maldives rank

1st

Peru rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Maldives
Peru

How they compare

Maldives currently reports 2 against 2 in Peru, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Peru ahead.

Maldives ranks 1st and Peru ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Maldives
Universal right to vote in practice in Peru
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).