Philippines vs Portugal: Universal right to vote in practice

Philippines

in 2025

Portugal

in 2025

Philippines rank

1st

Portugal rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Philippines
Portugal

How they compare

Philippines currently reports 2 against 2 in Portugal, a difference of 0.

Across all 237 years both countries report, Portugal has been ahead every year.

Philippines ranks 1st and Portugal ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Philippines
Universal right to vote in practice in Portugal
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).