Bangladesh vs Laos: Universal right to vote

Bangladesh
2
in 2025
Laos
2
in 2025
Bangladesh rank
1st
Laos rank
1st

Universal right to vote over time

  • Bangladesh
  • Laos
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How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports 2 against 2 in Laos, a difference of 0.

Across all 55 years both countries report, Laos has been ahead every year.

Bangladesh ranks 1st and Laos 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.