Poland vs Ukraine: Universal right to vote in practice

Poland

in 2025

Ukraine

in 2025

Poland rank

1st

Ukraine rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Poland
Ukraine

How they compare

Poland currently reports 2 against 2 in Ukraine, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 104 shared years of data; in 1922 it was Poland ahead.

Poland ranks 1st and Ukraine ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Poland
Universal right to vote in practice in Ukraine
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).