Costa Rica vs Malawi: Universal right to vote

Costa Rica
2
in 2025
Malawi
2
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
1st
Malawi rank
1st

Universal right to vote over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Malawi
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 2 against 2 in Malawi, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 135 shared years of data; in 1891 it was Malawi ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 1st and Malawi 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.