Democratic Republic of Congo vs United Kingdom: Universal right to vote

Democratic Republic of Congo

in 2025

United Kingdom

in 2025

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

1st

United Kingdom rank

1st

Universal right to vote over time

Democratic Republic of Congo
United Kingdom

How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 2 against 2 in United Kingdom, a difference of 0.

Across all 149 years both countries report, United Kingdom has been ahead every year.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 1st and United Kingdom 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: 07 August 2026

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.