Country ranking for field: suffrage 1989

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This entry gives the age at enfranchisement and whether the right to vote is universal or restricted.

1	Western Samoa	45
2	American Samoa	18 years of age and older
3	Pitcairn Islands	18 years old and three years residency
4	Afghanistan	universal male ages 15-50
5	Panama	universal and compulsory over age 18
6	Niger	universal adult
7	Nigeria	none
8	Niue	universal adult
9	Norfolk Island	proportional representation; all persons born on the island are Australian citizens
10	North Korea	universal at age 17
11	Northern Mariana Islands	over 18 years
12	Norway	universal at age 18 but not compulsory
13	Oman	none
14	Pakistan	universal from age 21
15	Paraguay	universal; compulsory between ages of 18 and 60
16	Papua New Guinea	universal adult
17	New Zealand	universal age 18 and over
18	Peru	universal over age 18
19	Philippines	universal
20	Poland	universal and compulsory over age 18
21	Portugal	universal over age 18
22	Puerto Rico	universal but not compulsory over 18 years
23	Qatar	no specific provisions for suffrage laid down
24	Romania	universal and compulsory over age 18
25	Rwanda	universal adult
26	Nicaragua	universal at age 16
27	Netherlands Antilles	universal age 18 and over
28	New Caledonia	universal
29	Mauritius	universal over age 18
30	Madagascar	universal over age 18
31	Malawi	universal over age 21
32	Malaysia	universal over age 21
33	Maldives	universal over age 21
34	Mali	universal over age 21
35	Malta	universal over age 18; registration required
36	Marshall Islands	universal over age 18
37	Martinique	universal over age 18
38	Mauritania	universal for adults
39	Mayotte	universal over age 18
40	Saint Helena	NA
41	Mexico	universal over age 18; compulsory but unenforced
42	Monaco	universal adult
43	Mongolia	universal at age 18 and over
44	Montserrat	universal over age 18
45	Morocco	universal over age 20
46	Mozambique	universal adult
47	Myanmar	universal over age 18
48	Namibia	universal white adult suffrage at territorial level; lower level elections open to blacks
49	Nauru	universal adult
50	Nepal	universal over age 21
51	Réunion	universal adult
52	Saint Lucia	universal at age 18
53	Saint Kitts and Nevis	universal adult
54	U.S. Virgin Islands	universal but not compulsory over 18 years for all citizens
55	The Netherlands	universal over age 18
56	Togo	universal adult
57	Tokelau	universal adult
58	Tonga	all literate tax-paying males and all literate females over 21
59	Trinidad and Tobago	universal over age 18
60	Tunisia	universal over age 21
61	Turkey	universal over age 19
62	Turks and Caicos Islands	universal at age 18
63	Tuvalu	universal adult
64	Uganda	universal adult
65	The Bahamas	universal over age 18
66	United Arab Emirates	none
67	United Kingdom	universal over age 18
68	United States	all citizens over age 18; not compulsory
69	Uruguay	universal over age 18
70	Venezuela	universal and compulsory over age 18 though poorly enforced
71	Vietnam	universal over age 18
72	Wallis and Futuna	universal adult
73	Yugoslavia	universal over age 18
74	Zaire	universal and compulsory over age 18
75	Zambia	universal at age 18
76	The Gambia	universal at age 21
77	Thailand	universal at age 20
78	Luxembourg	universal and compulsory over age 18
79	South Africa	general suffrage limited to whites over 18
80	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	universal at age 18
81	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon	universal over age 18
82	San Marino	universal
83	Saudi Arabia	none
84	Senegal	universal adult
85	Seychelles	universal adult
86	Sierra Leone	universal over age 21
87	Singapore	universal and compulsory over age 20
88	Solomon Islands	universal at age 21
89	Somalia	universal over age 18
90	South Korea	universal over age 20
91	Tanzania	universal at age 18
92	Spain	universal at age 18
93	Sri Lanka	universal over age 18
94	Sudan	universal adult
95	Suriname	universal adult
96	Swaziland	none
97	Sweden	universal but not compulsory over age 18; after three years of legal residence immigrants may vote in county and municipal but not national elections
98	Switzerland	universal over age 20
99	Syria	universal at age 18
100	São Tomé and Príncipe	universal for age 18 and over
101	Taiwan	universal at age 20
102	Macau	Portuguese Chinese and foreign residents over 18
103	Liechtenstein	universal adult
104	Albania	universal and compulsory over age 18
105	Colombia	age 18 and over
106	Cambodia	none
107	Cameroon	universal over age 21
108	Canada	universal over age 18
109	Cayman Islands	universal at age 18
110	Central African Republic	universal over age 21
111	Chad	universal over age 18
112	Chile	universal over age 18
113	China	universal over age 18
114	Cocos Islands	NA
115	Comoros	universal adult
116	Burundi	universal adult
117	Congo	universal over age 18
118	Cook Islands	universal adult
119	Costa Rica	universal and compulsory age 18 and over
120	Cuba	universal but not compulsory over age 16
121	Cyprus	universal at age 18
122	Côte d'Ivoire	universal over age 21
123	Denmark	universal over age 21
124	Djibouti	universal adult
125	Dominica	universal at age 18
126	Dominican Republic	universal and compulsory over age 18 or married except members of the armed forces and police who cannot vote
127	Cabo Verde	universal over age 15
128	Burkina Faso	none
129	Egypt	universal over age 18
130	Bangladesh	universal over age 18
131	Algeria	universal at age 18
132	Andorra	those 18 or over who are second-generation Andorrans can vote for General Council members
133	Angola	universal adult
134	Anguilla	native born resident before separation from St	. Kitts and Nevis or 15 years' residence for belonger status
135	Antigua and Barbuda	universal suffrage at age 18
136	Argentina	universal at age 18
137	Aruba	universal over age 18
138	Australia	universal and compulsory over age 18
139	Austria	universal over age 19; compulsory for presidential elections
140	Bahrain	none
141	Barbados	universal over age 18
142	Bulgaria	universal and compulsory over age 18
143	Belgium	universal over age 18
144	Belize	universal at age 18
145	Benin	universal adult
146	Bermuda	universal over age 21
147	Bhutan	each family has one vote
148	Bolivia	universal and compulsory at age 18 if married 21 if single
149	Botswana	universal at age 21
150	Brazil	compulsory between ages 18-70; voluntary 16-17 and over 70
151	British Virgin Islands	universal at age 18
152	Brunei	universal at 21; three-tiered system of indirect elections; popular vote cast for lowest level
153	Ecuador	universal over age 18; compulsory for literate persons
154	El Salvador	universal over age 18
155	Libya	mandatory universal adult
156	Italy	universal over age 18
157	Hungary	universal over age 18
158	Iceland	universal over age 20 but not compulsory
159	India	universal over age 21
160	Indonesia	universal over age 18 and married persons regardless of age
161	Iran	universal over age 15
162	Iraq	universal adult
163	Ireland	universal over age 18
164	Isle of Man	universal at age 21
165	Israel	universal over age 18
166	Jamaica	universal over age 18
167	Honduras	universal and compulsory over age 18
168	Japan	universal over age 20
169	Jersey	universal adult
170	Jordan	universal at age 20
171	Kenya	universal over age 18
172	Kiribati	universal over age 18
173	Kuwait	adult males who resided in Kuwait before 1920 and their male descendents
174	Laos	universal over age 18
175	Lebanon	compulsory for all males over 21; authorized for women over 21 with elementary education
176	Lesotho	universal for adults
177	Liberia	universal at age 18
178	Hong Kong	over 21 years for Urban Council Regional Council and District Boards; limited to about 71000 professionals of electoral college and functional constituencies
179	Holy See	limited to cardinals less than 80 years old
180	Equatorial Guinea	universal adult
181	Ghana	universal at age 18
182	Ethiopia	all citizens 18 years of age and over
183	Falkland Islands	universal at age 18
184	Faroe Islands	universal but not compulsory over age 20
185	Federated States of Micronesia	universal over age 18
186	Fiji	universal adult
187	Finland	universal 18 years and over; not compulsory
188	France	universal over age 18; not compulsory
189	French Guiana	universal over age 18
190	French Polynesia	universal adult
191	Gabon	universal over age 18
192	Gibraltar	all adult Gibraltarians plus other UK subjects resident six months or more
193	Haiti	universal over age 18
194	Greece	universal age 18 and over
195	Greenland	universal but not compulsory over age 21
196	Grenada	universal adult
197	Guadeloupe	universal over age 18
198	Guam	universal but not compulsory for all citizens over age 18
199	Guatemala	universal over age 18 compulsory for literates optional for illiterates
200	Guernsey	universal at age 18
201	Guinea-Bissau	universal over age 15
202	Guinea	universal over age 18
203	Guyana	universal at age 18
204	Zimbabwe	universal over age 18

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