Mauritius vs United Kingdom: Universal right to vote in practice

Mauritius

in 2025

United Kingdom

in 2025

Mauritius rank

1st

United Kingdom rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Mauritius
United Kingdom

How they compare

Mauritius currently reports 2 against 2 in United Kingdom, a difference of 0.

Across all 141 years both countries report, United Kingdom has been ahead every year.

Mauritius ranks 1st and United Kingdom ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Mauritius
Universal right to vote in practice in United Kingdom
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).