Egypt vs El Salvador: Universal right to vote

Egypt
2
in 2025
El Salvador
2
in 2025
Egypt rank
1st
El Salvador rank
1st

Universal right to vote over time

  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
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How they compare

Egypt currently reports 2 against 2 in El Salvador, a difference of 0.

Across all 188 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

Egypt ranks 1st and El Salvador ranks 1st of 197 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 20 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Egypt El Salvador Difference Ahead
1830s 0 0 0
1840s 0 0 0
1850s 0 0 0
1860s 0 0 0
1870s 0 0 0
1880s 0 0.7 0.7 El Salvador
1890s 0 1 1 El Salvador
1900s 0 1 1 El Salvador
1910s 0 1 1 El Salvador
1920s 0.7 1 0.3 El Salvador
1930s 1 1 0
1940s 1 1 0
1950s 1.4 2 0.6 El Salvador
1960s 2 2 0
1970s 2 2 0
1980s 2 2 0
1990s 2 2 0
2000s 2 2 0
2010s 2 2 0
2020s 2 2 0

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher universal right to vote, Egypt or El Salvador?
Egypt, at 2 against 2 in El Salvador as of 2025.
What is the difference in universal right to vote between Egypt and El Salvador?
0, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and El Salvador?
188 years are reported by both, from 1838 to 2025.
How do Egypt and El Salvador rank globally for universal right to vote?
Egypt ranks 1st and El Salvador ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Universal right to vote. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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.