Norway vs Vietnam: Universal right to vote in practice

Norway

in 2025

Vietnam

in 2025

Norway rank

1st

Vietnam rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Norway
Vietnam

How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 215 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Vietnam ahead.

Norway ranks 1st and Vietnam ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Norway
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).