Statizoid

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

Democratic Republic of Congo
2
in 2025
United States
2
in 2025
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
1st
United States rank
1st

Universal right to vote over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • United States
00.511.52178919072025

How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 149 shared years of data; in 1877 it was United States ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 1st and United States 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.