Country ranking for field: suffrage 1990

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

1	Afghanistan	0
2	Paraguay	universal and compulsory at age 18 and up to age 60
3	Niue	universal adult at age 18
4	Norfolk Island	universal at age 18
5	North Korea	universal at age 17
6	Northern Mariana Islands	universal at age 18; indigenous inhabitants are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections
7	Norway	universal at age 18
8	Oman	none
9	Pakistan	universal at age 21
10	Panama	universal and compulsory at age 18
11	Papua New Guinea	universal at age 18
12	Peru	universal at age 18
13	Niger	universal adult at age 18
14	Philippines	universal at age 15
15	Pitcairn Islands	universal at age 18 with three years residency
16	Poland	universal at age 18
17	Portugal	universal at age 18
18	Puerto Rico	universal at age 18; indigenous inhabitants are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections
19	Qatar	none
20	Romania	universal at age 18
21	Rwanda	universal adult exact age NA
22	Réunion	universal at age 18
23	Saint Helena	NA
24	Nigeria	universal at age 21
25	Nicaragua	universal at age 16
26	Saint Lucia	universal at age 18
27	Mexico	universal and compulsory
28	Malawi	universal at age 21
29	Malaysia	universal at age 21
30	Maldives	universal at age 21
31	Mali	universal at age 21
32	Malta	universal at age 18
33	Marshall Islands	universal at age 18
34	Martinique	universal at age 18
35	Mauritania	none
36	Mauritius	universal at age 18
37	Mayotte	universal at age 18
38	Monaco	universal adult at age 25
39	New Zealand	universal at age 18
40	Mongolia	universal at age 18
41	Montserrat	universal at age 18
42	Morocco	universal at age 21
43	Mozambique	universal adult at age 18
44	Myanmar	universal at age 18
45	Namibia	universal at age 18
46	Nauru	universal and compulsory at age 20
47	Nepal	universal at age 21
48	Netherlands Antilles	universal at age 18
49	New Caledonia	universal adult at age NA
50	Saint Kitts and Nevis	universal adult at age NA
51	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	universal at age 18
52	Macau	universal at age 18
53	United Arab Emirates	none
54	Togo	universal adult at age NA
55	Tokelau	NA
56	Tonga	all literate tax-paying males and all literate females over 21
57	Trinidad and Tobago	universal at age 18
58	Tunisia	universal at age 20
59	Turkey	universal at age 21
60	Turks and Caicos Islands	universal at age 18
61	Tuvalu	universal at age 18
62	U.S. Virgin Islands	universal at age 18; indigenous inhabitants are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections
63	Uganda	universal at age 18
64	United Kingdom	universal at age 18
65	The Gambia	universal at age 21
66	United States	universal at age 18
67	Uruguay	universal and compulsory at age 18
68	Vanuatu	universal at age 18
69	Venezuela	universal and compulsory at age 18 though poorly enforced
70	Vietnam	universal at age 18
71	Wallis and Futuna	universal adult at age NA
72	Western Samoa	there are two electoral rolls--the matai
73	Yugoslavia	at age 16 if employed universal at age 18
74	Zaire	universal and compulsory at age 18
75	Zambia	universal at age 18
76	The Netherlands	universal at age 18
77	The Bahamas	universal at age 18
78	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon	universal at age 18
79	Soviet Union	universal at age 18
80	San Marino	universal at age 18
81	Saudi Arabia	none
82	Senegal	universal at age 21
83	Seychelles	universal at age 17
84	Sierra Leone	universal at age 21
85	Singapore	universal and compulsory at age 20
86	Solomon Islands	universal at age 21
87	Somalia	universal at age 18
88	South Africa	universal at age 18 but voting rights are racially based
89	South Korea	universal at age 20
90	Spain	universal at age 18
91	Thailand	universal at age 21
92	Sri Lanka	universal at age 18
93	Sudan	none
94	Suriname	universal at age 18
95	Swaziland	none
96	Sweden	universal at age 18
97	Switzerland	universal at age 20
98	Syria	universal at age 18
99	São Tomé and Príncipe	universal at age 18
100	Taiwan	universal at age 20
101	Tanzania	universal at age 18
102	Madagascar	universal at age 18
103	Luxembourg	universal and compulsory at age 18
104	Albania	universal and compulsory at age 18
105	Colombia	universal at age 18
106	Cabo Verde	universal at age 15
107	Cambodia	universal at age 18
108	Cameroon	universal at age 21
109	Canada	universal at age 18
110	Cayman Islands	universal at age 18
111	Central African Republic	universal at age 21
112	Chad	universal at age NA
113	Chile	universal and compulsory at age 18
114	China	universal at age 18
115	Cocos Islands	NA
116	Comoros	universal at age 18
117	Burkina Faso	none
118	Congo	universal at age 18
119	Cook Islands	universal adult at age NA
120	Costa Rica	universal and compulsory at age 18
121	Cuba	universal at age 16
122	Cyprus	universal at age 18
123	Côte d'Ivoire	universal at age 21
124	Denmark	universal at age 21
125	Djibouti	universal adult at age NA
126	Dominica	universal at age 18
127	Dominican Republic	universal and compulsory at age 18 or if married; members of the armed forces and police cannot vote
128	Burundi	universal adult at age NA
129	Bulgaria	universal and compulsory at age 18
130	Egypt	universal and compulsory at age 18
131	Bahrain	none
132	Algeria	universal at age 18
133	American Samoa	universal at age 18; indigenous inhabitants are US nationals not US citizens
134	Andorra	universal at age 18
135	Angola	universal adult at age NA
136	Anguilla	universal at age 18
137	Antigua and Barbuda	universal at age 18
138	Argentina	universal at age 18
139	Aruba	universal at age 18
140	Australia	universal and compulsory at age 18
141	Austria	universal at age 19; compulsory for presidential elections
142	Bangladesh	universal at age 18
143	Brunei	none
144	Barbados	universal at age 18
145	Belgium	universal and compulsory at age 18
146	Belize	universal at age 18
147	Benin	universal at age 18
148	Bermuda	universal at age 21
149	Bhutan	each family has one vote in village-level elections
150	Bolivia	universal and compulsory at age 18
151	Botswana	universal at age 21
152	Brazil	voluntary at age 16; compulsory between ages 18 and 70; voluntary at age 70
153	British Virgin Islands	universal at age 18
154	Ecuador	universal at age 18; compulsory for literate persons ages 18-65 optional for other eligible voters
155	El Salvador	universal at age 18
156	Liechtenstein	universal at age 18
157	Jamaica	universal at age 18
158	Hungary	universal at age 18
159	Iceland	universal at age 20
160	India	universal at age 18
161	Indonesia	universal at age 17 and married persons regardless of age
162	Iran	universal at age 15
163	Iraq	universal adult at age 18
164	Ireland	universal at age 18
165	Isle of Man	universal at age 21
166	Israel	universal at age 18
167	Italy	universal at age 18
168	Japan	universal at age 20
169	Honduras	universal and compulsory at age 18
170	Jersey	universal adult at age NA
171	Jordan	universal at age 20
172	Kenya	universal at age 18
173	Kiribati	universal at age 18
174	Kuwait	adult males who resided in Kuwait before 1920 and their male descendants at age 21; note--out of all citizens only 8	.3% are eligible to vote and only 3
175	Laos	universal at age 18
176	Lebanon	compulsory for all males at age 21; authorized for women at age 21 with elementary education
177	Lesotho	universal at age 21
178	Liberia	universal at age 18
179	Libya	universal and compulsory at age 18
180	Hong Kong	limited to about 71000 professionals of electoral college and functional constituencies
181	Holy See	limited to cardinals less than 80 years old
182	Equatorial Guinea	universal adult at age NA
183	Ghana	none
184	Ethiopia	universal at age 18
185	Falkland Islands	universal at age 18
186	Faroe Islands	universal at age 20
187	Federated States of Micronesia	universal at age 18
188	Fiji	none
189	Finland	universal at age 18
190	France	universal at age 18
191	French Guiana	universal at age 18
192	French Polynesia	universal at age 18
193	Gabon	universal at age 21
194	Gibraltar	universal at age 18 plus other UK subjects resident six months or more
195	Haiti	none
196	Greece	universal and compulsory at age 18
197	Greenland	universal at age 18
198	Grenada	universal at age 18
199	Guadeloupe	universal at age 18
200	Guam	universal at age 18; US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections
201	Guatemala	universal at age 18 compulsory for literates voluntary for illiterates
202	Guernsey	universal at age 18
203	Guinea-Bissau	universal at age 15
204	Guinea	none
205	Guyana	universal at age 18
206	Zimbabwe	universal at age 18

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