Guinea-Bissau vs Lesotho: Universal right to vote
Guinea-Bissau
2
in 2025
Lesotho
2
in 2025
Guinea-Bissau rank
1st
Lesotho rank
1st
Universal right to vote over time
- Guinea-Bissau
- Lesotho
How they compare
Guinea-Bissau currently reports 2 against 2 in Lesotho, a difference of 0.
Across all 134 years both countries report, Lesotho has been ahead every year.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 1st and Lesotho ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Lesotho has averaged higher in every one of the 14 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea-Bissau | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Lesotho |
| 1970s | 1.2 | 2 | 0.8 | Lesotho |
| 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, Guinea-Bissau or Lesotho?
- Guinea-Bissau, at 2 against 2 in Lesotho as of 2025.
- What is the difference in universal right to vote between Guinea-Bissau and Lesotho?
- 0, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Lesotho?
- 134 years are reported by both, from 1892 to 2025.
- How do Guinea-Bissau and Lesotho rank globally for universal right to vote?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 1st and Lesotho 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.