Sweden vs Western Sahara: Universal right to vote in practice

Sweden

in 2025

Western Sahara

in 2025

Sweden rank

1st

Western Sahara rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Sweden
Western Sahara

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 2 against 2 in Western Sahara, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1963 it was Sweden ahead.

Sweden ranks 1st and Western Sahara ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Sweden
Universal right to vote in practice in Western Sahara
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).