Samoa vs Turkey: Universal right to vote in practice

Samoa

in 2025

Turkey

in 2025

Samoa rank

1st

Turkey rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Samoa
Turkey

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 2 against 2 in Turkey, a difference of 0.

Across all 105 years both countries report, Turkey has been ahead every year.

Samoa ranks 1st and Turkey ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Samoa
Universal right to vote in practice in Turkey
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).