Malta vs East Timor: Universal right to vote in practice

Malta

in 2025

East Timor

in 2025

Malta rank

1st

East Timor rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Malta
East Timor

How they compare

Malta currently reports 2 against 2 in East Timor, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 167 shared years of data; in 1859 it was East Timor ahead.

Malta ranks 1st and East Timor ranks 1st of 197 regions.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Malta
Universal right to vote in practice in East Timor
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).