Afghanistan vs Botswana: Women's universal right to vote
Afghanistan
1
in 2025
Botswana
1
in 2025
Afghanistan rank
1st
Botswana rank
1st
Women's universal right to vote over time
- Afghanistan
- Botswana
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 1 against 1 in Botswana, a difference of 0.
Across all 141 years both countries report, Botswana has been ahead every year.
Afghanistan ranks 1st and Botswana ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Botswana has averaged higher in every one of the 15 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Botswana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.3 | Botswana |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher women's universal right to vote, Afghanistan or Botswana?
- Afghanistan, at 1 against 1 in Botswana as of 2025.
- What is the difference in women's universal right to vote between Afghanistan and Botswana?
- 0, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Botswana?
- 141 years are reported by both, from 1885 to 2025.
- How do Afghanistan and Botswana rank globally for women's universal right to vote?
- Afghanistan ranks 1st and Botswana ranks 1st of 198 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Women's universal right to vote. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Indicates whether all women are allowed to vote in national elections. It neither considers informal restrictions nor legal restrictions based on age, criminal conviction, disability, and local residency.