Philippines vs East Timor: Universal right to vote in practice

Philippines

in 2025

East Timor

in 2025

Philippines rank

1st

East Timor rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Philippines
East Timor

How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 167 shared years of data; in 1859 it was East Timor ahead.

Philippines ranks 1st and East Timor ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Philippines
Universal right to vote in practice in East Timor
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).