Sierra Leone vs Uganda: Universal right to vote in practice

Sierra Leone

in 2025

Uganda

in 2025

Sierra Leone rank

1st

Uganda rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Sierra Leone
Uganda

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 2 against 2 in Uganda, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 130 shared years of data; in 1896 it was Uganda ahead.

Sierra Leone ranks 1st and Uganda ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Sierra Leone
Universal right to vote in practice in Uganda
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).