USSR vs Western Sahara: Universal right to vote

USSR
2
in 1990
Western Sahara
2
in 2025
USSR rank
1st
Western Sahara rank
1st

Universal right to vote over time

  • USSR
  • Western Sahara
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How they compare

USSR currently reports 2 against 2 in Western Sahara, a difference of 0.

Across all 28 years both countries report, USSR has been ahead every year.

USSR ranks 1st and Western Sahara ranks 1st of 1 groups.

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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.