Sweden vs United States: Universal right to vote in practice

Sweden

in 2025

United States

in 2025

Sweden rank

1st

United States rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Sweden
United States

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 2 against 2 in United States, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was United States ahead.

Sweden ranks 1st and United States ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Sweden
Universal right to vote in practice in United States
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).