Switzerland vs Uruguay: Universal right to vote in practice

Switzerland

in 2025

Uruguay

in 2025

Switzerland rank

1st

Uruguay rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Switzerland
Uruguay

How they compare

Switzerland currently reports 2 against 2 in Uruguay, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 201 shared years of data; in 1825 it was Uruguay ahead.

Switzerland ranks 1st and Uruguay ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Switzerland
Universal right to vote in practice in Uruguay
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).