Costa Rica vs USSR: Universal right to vote

Costa Rica
2
in 2025
USSR
2
in 1990
Costa Rica rank
1st
USSR rank
1st

Universal right to vote over time

  • Costa Rica
  • USSR
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How they compare

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

Across all 69 years both countries report, USSR has been ahead every year.

Costa Rica ranks 1st and USSR 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.