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