Zambia vs Zimbabwe: Universal right to vote in practice

Zambia

in 2025

Zimbabwe

in 2025

Zambia rank

1st

Zimbabwe rank

1st

Universal right to vote in practice over time

Zambia
Zimbabwe

How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 115 shared years of data; in 1911 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

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

Individual pages

Universal right to vote in practice in Zambia
Universal right to vote in practice in Zimbabwe
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).