Bahrain vs Kuwait: Women's universal right to vote
Bahrain
1
in 2025
Kuwait
1
in 2025
Bahrain rank
1st
Kuwait rank
1st
Women's universal right to vote over time
- Bahrain
- Kuwait
How they compare
Bahrain currently reports 1 against 1 in Kuwait, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Kuwait ahead.
Bahrain ranks 1st and Kuwait ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Bahrain has averaged higher in every one of the 25 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahrain | Kuwait | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 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 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | Bahrain |
| 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, Bahrain or Kuwait?
- Bahrain, at 1 against 1 in Kuwait as of 2025.
- What is the difference in women's universal right to vote between Bahrain and Kuwait?
- 0, with Bahrain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Kuwait?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Bahrain and Kuwait rank globally for women's universal right to vote?
- Bahrain ranks 1st and Kuwait ranks 1st of 197 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.