Voter turnout of voting age population by country

Countries reporting
161
Highest
117.03
Rwanda
Lowest
9.63
Afghanistan
Median
60.85
Years covered
196
1830–2025
Data points
2,511

What the numbers show

Voter turnout of voting age population is currently reported for 161 countries. The highest value is 117.03 in Rwanda; the lowest is 9.63 in Afghanistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 60.85, and the mean is 58.82.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.

Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 105 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 119.4%), and the largest decrease in Tunisia (down 76.6%).

Voter turnout of voting age population: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Rwanda 117.03 2024 up 17.8% rising
2 Vietnam 94.06 2021 down 5.0% flat
3 Uruguay 92.41 2024 down 6.0% rising
4 Turkey 91.23 2023 up 22.7% rising
5 Chile 88.56 2025 up 65.0% rising
6 Tajikistan 85.89 2025 up 11.3% rising
7 Ecuador 85.58 2025 down 9.2% rising
8 East Timor 84.32 2023 down 13.2% flat
9 Bolivia 83.8 2025 down 5.2% rising
10 Peru 83.63 2021 down 4.3% rising
11 Burundi 83.19 2025 up 49.8% flat
12 Laos 83.07 2021 down 5.8% falling
13 Seychelles 82.88 2025 down 9.3% falling
14 Germany 82.12 2025 up 24.3% flat
15 Indonesia 82.11 2024 down 1.0% falling
16 Belarus 80.49 2025 up 3.1% rising
17 Montenegro 80.41 2023 up 24.9% rising
18 Sweden 80.34 2022 down 2.8% flat
19 Romania 79.58 2025 up 19.8% falling
20 Turkmenistan 79.04 2023 down 5.1% rising
21 South Korea 78.5 2025 up 29.2% falling
22 Israel 78.13 2022 up 6.7% flat
23 Albania 78.05 2025 up 1.8% falling
24 Russia 77.76 2024 up 22.7% flat
25 Iceland 77.68 2024 down 2.9% falling
26 Australia 77.66 2025 down 1.6% falling
27 Malta 77.41 2022 down 15.6% rising
28 Guyana 77.32 2025 down 10.4% falling
29 Belgium 75.82 2024 down 13.1% volatile
30 Denmark 75.65 2022 down 7.6% volatile
31 Solomon Islands 74.96 2024 down 6.9% rising
32 Cambodia 74.75 2023 up 7.2% falling
33 Vanuatu 74.73 2025 up 6.7% rising
34 Togo 74.27 2020 up 12.9% falling
35 Sri Lanka 74.23 2024 down 7.6% rising
36 Panama 74.11 2024 down 8.1% rising
37 Philippines 74.08 2025 up 2.6% rising
38 Brazil 74.05 2022 down 8.1% rising
39 Maldives 73.69 2024 down 2.6% rising
40 New Zealand 73.4 2023 up 1.5% falling
41 Portugal 73.35 2025 up 18.8% volatile
42 Norway 73.13 2025 down 6.2% falling
43 Netherlands 73.1 2025 down 5.4% volatile
44 Fiji 72.49 2022 up 8.7% falling
45 Finland 71.82 2024 down 1.8% falling
46 Hungary 71.44 2022 up 12.2% rising
47 Taiwan 71.24 2024 down 4.1% flat
48 Myanmar 70.51 2020 up 11.3% rising
49 Thailand 70.32 2023 up 78.7% rising
50 El Salvador 70.29 2024 down 12.3% rising
51 Mauritius 69.45 2019 down 4.4% falling
52 Slovenia 69.44 2022 up 41.9% rising
53 Chad 69.28 2024 down 2.4% rising
54 Serbia 69.23 2023 up 2.6% falling
55 Greece 68.92 2023 down 0.6% flat
56 Argentina 68.37 2025 down 15.7% rising
57 Sao Tome and Principe 68.12 2022 down 8.7% rising
58 Egypt 68.01 2023 up 37.1% rising
59 Cuba 67.98 2023 down 23.4% falling
60 Lithuania 67.05 2024 up 41.3% falling
61 Namibia 66.68 2024 down 9.7% falling
62 Poland 66.31 2025 up 23.2% rising
63 Austria 65.76 2024 down 5.1% rising
64 Guinea 65.09 2020 up 18.5% falling
65 Czechia 64.74 2025 up 5.7% rising
66 India 64.25 2024 down 8.6% rising
67 Mongolia 64.08 2024 up 13.9% falling
68 Nicaragua 63.87 2021 down 11.1% rising
69 Mexico 63.72 2024 up 30.2% rising
70 Azerbaijan 63.65 2024 up 8.7% falling
71 Malaysia 63.6 2022 up 1.0% rising
72 Spain 63.38 2023 up 0.2% volatile
73 Ethiopia 63.37 2021 down 11.0% falling
74 Estonia 62.95 2023 up 13.5% rising
75 Uzbekistan 62.78 2024 down 34.9% falling
76 Colombia 62.52 2022 up 26.8% rising
77 Congo 62.37 2021 down 14.0% falling
78 United States 62.36 2024 up 89.1% falling
79 Canada 61.28 2025 down 1.4% rising
80 France 60.95 2024 down 14.4% falling
81 Latvia 60.85 2022 up 14.8% falling
82 Honduras 59.72 2021 up 12.3% rising
83 Sierra Leone 59.71 2023 down 32.3% rising
84 Papua New Guinea 59.28 2017 down 41.3% rising
85 Dominican Republic 58.61 2020 up 0.1% falling
86 Ghana 58.6 2024 down 28.7% rising
87 North Macedonia 58.3 2024 down 2.1% falling
88 Suriname 58.02 2025 down 10.9% falling
89 Cape Verde 56.98 2021 down 33.9% falling
90 Trinidad and Tobago 56.96 2025 down 27.1% rising
91 Italy 56.07 2022 down 17.9% volatile
92 Georgia 55.4 2024 up 17.0% falling
93 Croatia 55.38 2025 down 13.4% falling
94 Paraguay 55.35 2023 down 4.5% flat
95 Costa Rica 55.05 2022 down 11.6% rising
96 Moldova 54.86 2025 down 10.4% falling
97 Armenia 54.45 2021 down 21.8% rising
98 Ukraine 54.21 2019 down 20.2% falling
99 Yemen 54.16 2012 down 24.1% rising
100 Bosnia and Herzegovina 53.94 2022 down 8.2% falling
101 Nepal 53.84 2022 down 27.7% rising
102 United Kingdom 52.79 2024 down 12.7% falling
103 Guinea-Bissau 52.64 2025 down 34.0% rising
104 Botswana 52.44 2024 down 4.8% rising
104 Gabon 52.44 2025 up 25.2% volatile
106 Zambia 52.37 2021 up 24.0% flat
107 Bhutan 52.13 2024 down 3.4% falling
108 Japan 51.35 2024 down 1.2% falling
109 Lebanon 51.29 2022 down 22.7% falling
110 Tanzania 51.19 2020 up 25.7% flat
111 Singapore 50.98 2025 down 2.2% flat
112 Syria 50.1 2024 down 53.3% rising
113 Mozambique 49.92 2024 up 11.3% falling
114 Slovakia 49.89 2024 down 2.4% falling
115 Guatemala 49.88 2023 down 28.7% rising
116 Uganda 49.77 2021 down 10.0% rising
117 Niger 48.68 2021 up 4.8% rising
118 Zimbabwe 47.74 2023 down 21.9% falling
119 Kazakhstan 47.63 2023 down 16.3% falling
120 Luxembourg 47.25 2023 down 14.3% flat
121 Iraq 47 2025 down 38.8% falling
122 Barbados 46.2 2022 down 33.8% rising
123 Kenya 46.1 2022 down 17.1% rising
124 Senegal 45.65 2024 up 1.8% falling
125 Bulgaria 44.71 2024 down 26.6% falling
126 Malawi 44.32 2020 down 40.1% falling
127 Equatorial Guinea 43 2022 down 48.2% flat
128 Mauritania 42.79 2024 up 6.1% falling
129 Bangladesh 42.42 2024 down 12.6% rising
130 Jamaica 41.26 2025 down 6.6% falling
131 Pakistan 40.99 2024 up 1.4% falling
132 Angola 40.49 2022 down 43.4% falling
133 Ireland 40.45 2025 down 30.3% falling
134 Comoros 40.16 2025 down 18.7% falling
135 South Africa 39.64 2024 down 26.3% falling
136 Central African Republic 39.47 2025 down 18.1% falling
137 Iran 38.84 2024 down 37.6% falling
138 Kyrgyzstan 38.78 2025 down 8.7% falling
139 Lesotho 38.69 2022 down 23.1% falling
140 Cyprus 38.21 2023 down 24.4% falling
141 Benin 37.37 2023 down 45.4% falling
142 Algeria 37.12 2024 down 14.8% falling
143 Gambia 36.92 2022 up 119.4% falling
144 Switzerland 36.08 2023 down 9.9% falling
145 Morocco 35.94 2021 up 25.4% falling
146 Madagascar 32.49 2024 down 22.9% falling
147 Venezuela 31.38 2020 down 52.9% falling
148 Cameroon 30.56 2025 down 18.6% falling
148 Mali 30.56 2020 down 25.8% rising
150 Hong Kong 29.97 2016 up 16.9% rising
151 Burkina Faso 28.88 2020 up 25.6% falling
152 Djibouti 26.51 2023 down 1.2% falling
153 Cote d'Ivoire 24.91 2025 down 3.7% volatile
154 Kuwait 23.93 2024 up 96.1% rising
155 Jordan 23.17 2024 down 32.1% falling
156 Bahrain 21.7 2022 up 49.7% volatile
157 Oman 21.26 2023 down 8.3% rising
158 Nigeria 20.6 2023 down 57.4% falling
159 Haiti 17.82 2016 down 62.7% falling
160 Tunisia 10.61 2024 down 76.6% volatile
161 Afghanistan 9.63 2019 down 72.5% falling

About this data

Indicator
Voter turnout of voting age population
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
161 places, 2,511 data points, 1830–2025
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