Suriname vs Zimbabwe: Universal right to vote in practice

Suriname
2
in 2025
Zimbabwe
2
in 2025
Suriname rank
1st
Zimbabwe rank
1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

  • Suriname
  • Zimbabwe
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How they compare

Suriname currently reports 2 against 2 in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 131 shared years of data; in 1895 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Suriname ranks 1st and Zimbabwe ranks 1st of 197 countries.

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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

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).