Germany vs Rwanda: Women's universal right to vote

Germany

in 2025

Rwanda

in 2025

Germany rank

1st

Rwanda rank

1st

Women's universal right to vote over time

Germany
Rwanda

How they compare

Germany currently reports 1 against 1 in Rwanda, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1916 it was Rwanda ahead.

Germany ranks 1st and Rwanda ranks 1st of 197 countries.

Individual pages

Women's universal right to vote in Germany
Women's universal right to vote in Rwanda
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Women's universal right to vote
Source: Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 198 places, 32,485 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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.