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Country Comparison :: Suffrage
This entry gives the age at enfranchisement and whether the right to vote is universal or restricted.
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country Suffrage Date of Information
1 Bolivia
21.00
NA
2 Solomon Islands
21.00
NA
3 Fiji
21.00
NA
4 Central African Republic
21.00
NA
5 Gabon
21.00
NA
6 Oman
21.00
NA
7 Malaysia
21.00
NA
8 Saudi Arabia
21.00
NA
9 Tokelau
21.00
NA
10 Samoa
21.00
NA
11 Tonga
21.00
NA
12 Singapore
21.00
NA
13 Maldives
21.00
NA
14 Lebanon
21.00
NA
15 Bahrain
20.00
NA
16 Nauru
20.00
NA
17 Japan
20.00
NA
18 Taiwan
20.00
NA
19 Cameroon
20.00
NA
20 Korea, South
19.00
NA
21 Aruba
18.00
NA
22 Antigua and Barbuda
18.00
NA
23 Afghanistan
18.00
NA
24 Algeria
18.00
NA
25 Azerbaijan
18.00
NA
26 Albania
18.00
NA
27 Armenia
18.00
NA
28 Barbados
18.00
NA
29 Burma
18.00
NA
30 Bolivia
18.00
NA
31 Bosnia and Herzegovina
18.00
NA
32 Belize
18.00
NA
33 Bangladesh
18.00
NA
34 Bahamas, The
18.00
NA
35 Belgium
18.00
NA
36 Bermuda
18.00
NA
37 Botswana
18.00
NA
38 Northern Mariana Islands
18.00
NA
39 Colombia
18.00
NA
40 Comoros
18.00
NA
41 Cocos (Keeling) Islands
18.00
NA
42 Cayman Islands
18.00
NA
43 Chile
18.00
NA
44 China
18.00
NA
45 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
18.00
NA
46 Congo, Republic of the
18.00
NA
47 Czech Republic
18.00
NA
48 Ethiopia
18.00
NA
49 El Salvador
18.00
NA
50 Eritrea
18.00
NA
51 Estonia
18.00
NA
52 Equatorial Guinea
18.00
NA
53 Ireland
18.00
NA
54 Egypt
18.00
NA
55 Ecuador
18.00
NA
56 Guyana
18.00
NA
57 Guinea
18.00
NA
58 Guatemala
18.00
NA
59 Greece
18.00
NA
60 Germany
18.00
NA
61 Greenland
18.00
NA
62 Grenada
18.00
NA
63 Gibraltar
18.00
NA
64 Ghana
18.00
NA
65 Libya
18.00
NA
66 Luxembourg
18.00
NA
67 Lesotho
18.00
NA
68 Liechtenstein
18.00
NA
69 Slovakia
18.00
NA
70 Liberia
18.00
NA
71 Lithuania
18.00
NA
72 Latvia
18.00
NA
73 Kiribati
18.00
NA
74 Mozambique
18.00
NA
75 Mexico
18.00
NA
76 Malta
18.00
NA
77 Mauritania
18.00
NA
78 Mauritius
18.00
NA
79 Morocco
18.00
NA
80 Monaco
18.00
NA
81 Mali
18.00
NA
82 Macedonia
18.00
NA
83 Zimbabwe
18.00
NA
84 Zambia
18.00
NA
85 Yemen
18.00
NA
86 Swaziland
18.00
NA
87 Wallis and Futuna
18.00
NA
88 Namibia
18.00
NA
89 Virgin Islands
18.00
NA
90 Vietnam
18.00
NA
91 British Virgin Islands
18.00
NA
92 Venezuela
18.00
NA
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
18.00
NA
94 Uzbekistan
18.00
NA
95 Uruguay
18.00
NA
96 United States
18.00
NA
97 Ukraine
18.00
NA
98 United Kingdom
18.00
NA
99 Uganda
18.00
NA
100 Tanzania
18.00
NA
101 Turkmenistan
18.00
NA
102 Tuvalu
18.00
NA
103 Turkey
18.00
NA
104 Tunisia
18.00
NA
105 Sao Tome and Principe
18.00
NA
106 Togo
18.00
NA
107 Turks and Caicos Islands
18.00
NA
108 Tajikistan
18.00
NA
109 Thailand
18.00
NA
110 Trinidad and Tobago
18.00
NA
111 Switzerland
18.00
NA
112 Syria
18.00
NA
113 Sweden
18.00
NA
114 Saint Lucia
18.00
NA
115 Spain
18.00
NA
116 Somalia
18.00
NA
117 San Marino
18.00
NA
118 Sierra Leone
18.00
NA
119 Slovenia
18.00
NA
120 Senegal
18.00
NA
121 South Africa
18.00
NA
122 Saint Kitts and Nevis
18.00
NA
123 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
18.00
NA
124 Rwanda
18.00
NA
125 Russia
18.00
NA
126 Puerto Rico
18.00
NA
127 Philippines
18.00
NA
128 Romania
18.00
NA
129 Saint Martin
18.00
NA
130 Marshall Islands
18.00
NA
131 Serbia
18.00
NA
132 Qatar
18.00
NA
133 Guinea-Bissau
18.00
NA
134 Palau
18.00
NA
135 Papua New Guinea
18.00
NA
136 Portugal
18.00
NA
137 Panama
18.00
NA
138 Poland
18.00
NA
139 Pakistan
18.00
NA
140 Peru
18.00
NA
141 Pitcairn Islands
18.00
NA
142 Paraguay
18.00
NA
143 New Zealand
18.00
NA
144 Netherlands Antilles
18.00
NA
145 Suriname
18.00
NA
146 Nepal
18.00
NA
147 Norway
18.00
NA
148 Netherlands
18.00
NA
149 Nigeria
18.00
NA
150 Vanuatu
18.00
NA
151 Niger
18.00
NA
152 Norfolk Island
18.00
NA
153 Niue
18.00
NA
154 New Caledonia
18.00
NA
155 Montenegro
18.00
NA
156 Malawi
18.00
NA
157 Montserrat
18.00
NA
158 Mongolia
18.00
NA
159 Mayotte
18.00
NA
160 Moldova
18.00
NA
161 Macau
18.00
NA
162 Madagascar
18.00
NA
163 Kyrgyzstan
18.00
NA
164 Kenya
18.00
NA
165 Jordan
18.00
NA
166 Jamaica
18.00
NA
167 Iraq
18.00
NA
168 Cote d'Ivoire
18.00
NA
169 Italy
18.00
NA
170 Israel
18.00
NA
171 Laos
18.00
NA
172 Kazakhstan
18.00
NA
173 Kosovo
18.00
NA
174 Christmas Island
18.00
NA
175 Iran
18.00
NA
176 India
18.00
NA
177 Iceland
18.00
NA
178 Hungary
18.00
NA
179 Croatia
18.00
NA
180 Honduras
18.00
NA
181 Hong Kong
18.00
NA
182 Haiti
18.00
NA
183 Georgia
18.00
NA
184 Gambia, The
18.00
NA
185 France
18.00
NA
186 French Polynesia
18.00
NA
187 Faroe Islands
18.00
NA
188 Micronesia, Federated States of
18.00
NA
189 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
18.00
NA
190 Finland
18.00
NA
191 Dominican Republic
18.00
NA
192 Dominica
18.00
NA
193 Djibouti
18.00
NA
194 Denmark
18.00
NA
195 Cyprus
18.00
NA
196 Cook Islands
18.00
NA
197 Cape Verde
18.00
NA
198 Costa Rica
18.00
NA
199 Sri Lanka
18.00
NA
200 Chad
18.00
NA
201 Cambodia
18.00
NA
202 Canada
18.00
NA
203 Bulgaria
18.00
NA
204 Bhutan
18.00
NA
205 Belarus
18.00
NA
206 Benin
18.00
NA
207 Anguilla
18.00
NA
208 Andorra
18.00
NA
209 Angola
18.00
NA
210 American Samoa
18.00
NA
211 Argentina
18.00
NA
212 Australia
18.00
NA
213 Indonesia
17.00
NA
214 Seychelles
17.00
NA
215 Timor-Leste
17.00
NA
216 Sudan
17.00
NA
217 Korea, North
17.00
NA
218 Austria
16.00
NA
219 Isle of Man
16.00
NA
220 Jersey
16.00
NA
221 Nicaragua
16.00
NA
222 Guernsey
16.00
NA
223 Cuba
16.00
NA
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