Statizoid

Australia vs Sri Lanka: Universal right to vote

Australia
2
in 2025
Sri Lanka
2
in 2025
Australia rank
1st
Sri Lanka rank
1st

Universal right to vote over time

  • Australia
  • Sri Lanka
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How they compare

Australia currently reports 2 against 2 in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.

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

Australia ranks 1st and Sri Lanka ranks 1st of 197 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Universal right to vote
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

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.