El Salvador vs United States: Universal right to vote
El Salvador
2
in 2025
United States
2
in 2025
El Salvador rank
1st
United States rank
1st
Universal right to vote over time
- El Salvador
- United States
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 2 against 2 in United States, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 188 shared years of data; in 1838 it was United States ahead.
El Salvador ranks 1st and United States 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 | El Salvador | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0.7 | 0 | 0.7 | El Salvador |
| 1890s | 1 | 0 | 1 | El Salvador |
| 1900s | 1 | 0 | 1 | El Salvador |
| 1910s | 1 | 0 | 1 | El Salvador |
| 1920s | 1 | 0 | 1 | El Salvador |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | El Salvador |
| 1940s | 1 | 0 | 1 | El Salvador |
| 1950s | 2 | 0 | 2 | El Salvador |
| 1960s | 2 | 1 | 1 | El Salvador |
| 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, El Salvador or United States?
- El Salvador, at 2 against 2 in United States as of 2025.
- What is the difference in universal right to vote between El Salvador and United States?
- 0, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and United States?
- 188 years are reported by both, from 1838 to 2025.
- How do El Salvador and United States rank globally for universal right to vote?
- El Salvador ranks 1st and United States 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
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.