Austria vs North Korea: Universal right to vote
Austria
2
in 2025
North Korea
2
in 2025
Austria rank
1st
North Korea rank
1st
Universal right to vote over time
- Austria
- North Korea
How they compare
Austria currently reports 2 against 2 in North Korea, a difference of 0.
Across all 78 years both countries report, North Korea has been ahead every year.
Austria ranks 1st and North Korea ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | North Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 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, Austria or North Korea?
- Austria, at 2 against 2 in North Korea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in universal right to vote between Austria and North Korea?
- 0, with Austria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and North Korea?
- 78 years are reported by both, from 1948 to 2025.
- How do Austria and North Korea rank globally for universal right to vote?
- Austria ranks 1st and North Korea 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.