Seychelles vs South Africa: Universal right to vote

Seychelles
2
in 2025
South Africa
2
in 2025
Seychelles rank
1st
South Africa rank
1st

Universal right to vote over time

  • Seychelles
  • South Africa
00.511.52190019622025

How they compare

Seychelles currently reports 2 against 2 in South Africa, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 123 shared years of data; in 1903 it was South Africa ahead.

Seychelles ranks 1st and South Africa 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.