Afghanistan vs New Zealand: Universal right to vote
Afghanistan
2
in 2025
New Zealand
2
in 2025
Afghanistan rank
1st
New Zealand rank
1st
Universal right to vote over time
- Afghanistan
- New Zealand
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 2 against 2 in New Zealand, a difference of 0.
Across all 185 years both countries report, New Zealand has been ahead every year.
Afghanistan ranks 1st and New Zealand ranks 1st of 197 countries.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 19 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | New Zealand |
| 1880s | 0 | 1 | 1 | New Zealand |
| 1890s | 0 | 1.7 | 1.7 | New Zealand |
| 1900s | 0 | 2 | 2 | New Zealand |
| 1910s | 0 | 2 | 2 | New Zealand |
| 1920s | 0 | 2 | 2 | New Zealand |
| 1930s | 0.9 | 2 | 1.1 | New Zealand |
| 1940s | 1 | 2 | 1 | New Zealand |
| 1950s | 1 | 2 | 1 | New Zealand |
| 1960s | 1.6 | 2 | 0.4 | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher universal right to vote, Afghanistan or New Zealand?
- Afghanistan, at 2 against 2 in New Zealand as of 2025.
- What is the difference in universal right to vote between Afghanistan and New Zealand?
- 0, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and New Zealand?
- 185 years are reported by both, from 1841 to 2025.
- How do Afghanistan and New Zealand rank globally for universal right to vote?
- Afghanistan ranks 1st and New Zealand ranks 1st of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Universal right to vote. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Indicates whether virtually all men and women that are citizens are allowed to vote in national elections (score 2), whether it is only men (score 1), or there is no universal rights to vote for either men or women (score 0). It neither considers informal restrictions nor legal restrictions based on age, criminal conviction, disability, and local residency.