Philippines vs Singapore: Universal right to vote in practice

Philippines

in 2025

Singapore

in 2025

Philippines rank

1st

Singapore rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Philippines
Singapore

How they compare

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

Across all 159 years both countries report, Singapore has been ahead every year.

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

Individual pages

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