Sri Lanka vs Vanuatu: Universal right to vote in practice

Sri Lanka

in 2025

Vanuatu

in 2025

Sri Lanka rank

1st

Vanuatu rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Sri Lanka
Vanuatu

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 2 against 2 in Vanuatu, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 120 shared years of data; in 1906 it was Vanuatu ahead.

Sri Lanka ranks 1st and Vanuatu ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Sri Lanka
Universal right to vote in practice in Vanuatu
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).