Country ranking for field: suffrage 1992

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

1	Macedonia	18
2	Afghanistan	undetermined; previously universal male ages 15-50
3	Paraguay	universal and compulsory at age 18 and up to age 60
4	Nigeria	universal at age 21
5	Niue	universal adult at age 18
6	Norfolk Island	universal at age 18
7	North Korea	universal at age 17
8	Northern Mariana Islands	universal at age 18; indigenous inhabitants are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections
9	Norway	universal at age 18
10	Oman	none
11	Pakistan	universal at age 21
12	Panama	universal and compulsory at age 18
13	Papua New Guinea	universal at age 18
14	Philippines	universal at age 15
15	Peru	universal at age 18
16	Nicaragua	universal at age 16
17	Pitcairn Islands	universal at age 18 with three years residency
18	Poland	universal at age 18
19	Portugal	universal at age 18
20	Puerto Rico	universal at age 18; citizens of Puerto Rico are also US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections
21	Qatar	none
22	Romania	universal at age 18
23	Russia	universal at age 18
24	Rwanda	universal adult exact age NA
25	Réunion	universal at age 18; General Council: last held September/October 1988
26	Saint Helena	NA
27	Niger	universal adult at age 18
28	New Caledonia	universal adult at age 18
29	New Zealand	universal at age 18
30	Mayotte	universal at age 18
31	Luxembourg	universal and compulsory at age 18
32	Macau	universal at age 18
33	Madagascar	universal at age 18
34	Malawi	universal at age 21
35	Malaysia	universal at age 21
36	Maldives	universal at age 21
37	Mali	universal at age 21
38	Malta	universal at age 18
39	Marshall Islands	universal at age 18
40	Martinique	universal at age 18
41	Mauritania	universal at age 18
42	Mexico	universal and compulsory
43	Saint Lucia	universal at age 18
44	Moldova	universal at age 18
45	Monaco	universal adult at age 25
46	Mongolia	universal at age 18
47	Montserrat	universal at age 18
48	Morocco	universal at age 21
49	Mozambique	universal adult at age 18
50	Myanmar	universal at age 18
51	Namibia	universal at age 18
52	Nauru	universal and compulsory at age 20
53	Nepal	universal at age 18
54	Netherlands Antilles	universal at age 18; Staten: last held on 16 March 1990
55	Saint Kitts and Nevis	universal adult at age NA
56	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	universal at age 18
57	Liechtenstein	universal at age 18
58	United Arab Emirates	none
59	Tokelau	NA
60	Tonga	all literate tax-paying males and all literate females over 21
61	Trinidad and Tobago	universal at age 18
62	Tunisia	universal at age 20
63	Turkey	universal at age 21
64	Turkmenistan	universal at age 18
65	Turks and Caicos Islands	universal at age 18
66	Tuvalu	universal at age 18
67	U.S. Virgin Islands	universal at age 18
68	Uganda	universal at age 18
69	Ukraine	universal at age 18
70	United Kingdom	universal at age 18
71	The Netherlands	universal at age 18
72	United States	universal at age 18
73	Uruguay	universal and compulsory at age 18
74	Uzbekistan	universal at age 18
75	Vanuatu	universal at age 18
76	Venezuela	universal at age 18
77	Vietnam	universal at age 18
78	Wallis and Futuna	universal adult at age 18
79	Western Samoa	universal adult over age 21 but only matai
80	Yemen	universal at age 18
81	Zaire	universal and compulsory at age 18; President: last held 29 July 1984
82	Zambia	universal at age 18
83	Togo	universal adult at age NA
84	The Gambia	universal at age 21
85	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon	universal at age 18; General Council: last held September-October 1988
86	South Korea	universal at age 20
87	San Marino	universal at age 18
88	Saudi Arabia	none
89	Senegal	universal at age 18
90	Serbia and Montenegro	at age 16 if employed universal at age 18
91	Seychelles	universal at age 17
92	Sierra Leone	universal at age 18
93	Singapore	universal and compulsory at age 20
94	Slovenia	at age 16 if employed universal at age 18
95	Solomon Islands	universal at age 21
96	Somalia	universal at age 18
97	South Africa	universal at age 18 but voting rights are racially based
98	Spain	universal at age 18
99	The Bahamas	universal at age 18
100	Sri Lanka	universal at age 18
101	Sudan	none
102	Suriname	universal at age 18
103	Swaziland	none
104	Sweden	universal at age 18
105	Switzerland	universal at age 18
106	Syria	universal at age 18
107	São Tomé and Príncipe	universal at age 18; President: last held 3 March 1991
108	Taiwan	universal at age 20
109	Tajikistan	universal at age 18
110	Tanzania	universal at age 18
111	Thailand	universal at age 21
112	Lithuania	universal at age 18
113	Libya	universal and compulsory at age 18
114	Albania	universal and compulsory at age 18
115	Cocos Islands	NA
116	Burkina Faso	none
117	Burundi	universal adult at age NA
118	Cabo Verde	universal at age 18
119	Cambodia	universal at age 18
120	Cameroon	universal at age 20
121	Canada	universal at age 18
122	Cayman Islands	universal at age 18
123	Central African Republic	universal at age 21
124	Chad	universal at age NA
125	Chile	universal and compulsory at age 18
126	China	universal at age 18
127	Colombia	universal at age 18
128	Brunei	none
129	Comoros	universal at age 18
130	Congo	universal at age 18
131	Cook Islands	universal adult at age NA
132	Costa Rica	universal and compulsory at age 18
133	Croatia	at age 16 if employed universal at age 18
134	Cuba	universal at age 16
135	Cyprus	universal at age 18
136	Côte d'Ivoire	universal at age 21
137	Denmark	universal at age 21
138	Djibouti	universal adult at age NA
139	Dominica	universal at age 18
140	Bulgaria	universalandcompulsoryatage 18
141	British Virgin Islands	universal at age 18
142	Ecuador	universal at age 18; compulsory for literate persons ages 18-65 optional for other eligible voters
143	Azerbaijan	universal at age 18
144	Algeria	universal at age 18
145	American Samoa	universal at age 18; indigenous inhabitants are US nationals not US citizens
146	Andorra	universal at age 18
147	Angola	universal at age 18
148	Anguilla	universal at age 18
149	Antigua and Barbuda	universal at age 18
150	Argentina	universal at age 18
151	Armenia	universal at age 18
152	Aruba	universal at age 18
153	Australia	universal and compulsory at age 18
154	Austria	universal at age 19; compulsory for presidential elections
155	Bahrain	none
156	Brazil	voluntary at age 16; compulsory between ages 18 and 70; voluntary at age 70
157	Bangladesh	universal at age 18
158	Barbados	universal at age 18
159	Belarus	universal at age 18
160	Belgium	universal and compulsory at age 18
161	Belize	universal at age 18
162	Benin	universal at age 18
163	Bermuda	universal at age 21
164	Bhutan	each family has one vote in village-level elections
165	Bolivia	universal and compulsory at age 18
166	Bosnia and Herzegovina	at age 16 if employed; universal at age 18
167	Botswana	universal at age 21
168	Dominican Republic	universal and compulsory at age 18 or if married; members of the armed forces and police cannot vote
169	Egypt	universal and compulsory at age 18
170	Liberia	universal at age 18
171	Jamaica	universal at age 18
172	Hong Kong	direct election - universal at age 21 as a permanent resident living in the territory of Hong Kong for the past seven years; indirect election - limited to about 100000 professionals of electoral college and functional constituencies
173	Hungary	universal at age 18
174	Iceland	universal at age 20
175	India	universal at age 18
176	Indonesia	universal at age 17 and married persons regardless of age
177	Iran	universal at age 15
178	Iraq	universal adult at age 18
179	Ireland	universal at age 18
180	Isle of Man	universal at age 21
181	Israel	universal at age 18
182	Italy	universal at age 18
183	Japan	universal at age 20
184	Holy See	limited to cardinals less than 80 years old
185	Jersey	universal adult at age NA
186	Jordan	universal at age 20
187	Kazakhstan	universal at age 18
188	Kenya	universal at age 18
189	Kiribati	universal at age 18
190	Kuwait	adult males who resided in Kuwait before 1920 and their male descendants at age 21; note - out of all citizens only 10% are eligible to vote and only 5% actually vote
191	Kyrgyzstan	universal at age 18
192	Laos	universal at age 18
193	Latvia	universal at age 18
194	Lebanon	compulsory for all males at age 21; authorized for women at age 21 with elementary education
195	Lesotho	universal at age 21
196	Honduras	universal and compulsory at age 18
197	Haiti	universal at age 18
198	El Salvador	universal at age 18
199	Gabon	universal at age 21
200	Equatorial Guinea	universal adult at age NA
201	Estonia	universal at age 18
202	Ethiopia	universal at age 18
203	Falkland Islands	universal at age 18
204	Faroe Islands	universal at age 20
205	Federated States of Micronesia	universal at age 18
206	Fiji	none
207	Finland	universal at age 18
208	France	universal at age 18
209	French Guiana	universal at age 18; French National Assembly: last held 24 September 1989
210	French Polynesia	universal at age 18
211	Georgia	universal at age 18
212	Guyana	universal at age 18
213	Germany	universal at age 18
214	Ghana	none
215	Gibraltar	universal at age 18 plus other UK subjects resident six months or more
216	Greece	universal and compulsory at age 18
217	Greenland	universal at age 18; Danish Folketing: last held on 12 December 1990
218	Grenada	universal at age 18
219	Guadeloupe	universal at age 18
220	Guam	universal at age 18; US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections
221	Guatemala	universal at age 18
222	Guernsey	universal at age 18
223	Guinea-Bissau	universal at age 15
224	Guinea	none
225	Zimbabwe	universal at age 18

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