Malta vs Vietnam: Universal right to vote in practice

Malta

in 2025

Vietnam

in 2025

Malta rank

1st

Vietnam rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Malta
Vietnam

How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 164 shared years of data; in 1840 it was Vietnam ahead.

Malta ranks 1st and Vietnam ranks 1st of 197 regions.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Malta
Universal right to vote in practice in Vietnam
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).