France vs Germany: Men's universal right to vote

France

in 2025

Germany

in 2025

France rank

1st

Germany rank

1st

Men's universal right to vote over time

France
Germany

How they compare

France currently reports 1 against 1 in Germany, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 114 shared years of data; in 1867 it was France ahead.

France ranks 1st and Germany ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Men's universal right to vote in France
Men's universal right to vote in Germany
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Men's 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: 07 August 2026

Indicates whether all men are allowed to vote in national elections. It neither considers informal restrictions nor legal restrictions based on age, criminal conviction, disability, and local residency.