Bahrain vs Papua New Guinea: Women's universal right to vote
Bahrain
1
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
1
in 2025
Bahrain rank
1st
Papua New Guinea rank
1st
Women's universal right to vote over time
- Bahrain
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Bahrain currently reports 1 against 1 in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.
Across all 142 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.
Bahrain ranks 1st and Papua New Guinea ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 15 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahrain | Papua New Guinea | 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 | 0.6 | 0.6 | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.8 | 1 | 0.2 | Papua New Guinea |
| 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 Papua New Guinea?
- Bahrain, at 1 against 1 in Papua New Guinea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in women's universal right to vote between Bahrain and Papua New Guinea?
- 0, with Bahrain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Papua New Guinea?
- 142 years are reported by both, from 1884 to 2025.
- How do Bahrain and Papua New Guinea rank globally for women's universal right to vote?
- Bahrain ranks 1st and Papua New Guinea 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.