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