Malta vs Sri Lanka: Universal right to vote in practice

Malta

in 2025

Sri Lanka

in 2025

Malta rank

1st

Sri Lanka rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Malta
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Malta currently reports 2 against 2 in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 186 shared years of data; in 1840 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Malta ranks 1st and Sri Lanka ranks 1st of 197 regions.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Malta
Universal right to vote in practice in Sri Lanka
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).