Main Controls Primary Dataset Adults with the right to vote Secondary Dataset Select Dataset to Compare Format Calc Table Line Chart Bar Chart Map Scatterplot Connected Scatterplot Calc Table Table Clear All Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Baden Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Bavaria Belarus Belgium Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo (Brazzaville) Costa Rica Ivory Coast Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czechia Congo (Kinshasa) Denmark Djibouti Dominican Republic East Germany Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Guinea Guinea Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos 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Rica Ivory Coast Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czechia Congo (Kinshasa) Denmark Djibouti Dominican Republic East Germany Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Guinea Guinea Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg North Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (Burma) Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Vietnam Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Thomas and Principe Saxony Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia Somaliland South Africa South Korea South Sudan South Yemen Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Eswatini Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor Leste Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Two Sicilies Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican Venezuela Yemen Zambia Zanzibar Zimbabwe Africa Americas Asia Australia & New Zealand Caribbean Central America Central Asia Eastern Africa Eastern Asia Eastern Europe Europe European Union High Income Countries Latin America & Caribbean Low Income Countries Lower Middle Income Countries Melanesia Micronesia Middle Africa Middle Income Countries Northern Africa Northern America Northern Europe Oceania Polynesia South America South-Eastern Asia Southern Africa Southern Asia Southern Europe Sub-Saharan Africa Upper Middle Income Countries Western Africa Western Asia Western Europe World Select Country/Region Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Baden Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Bavaria Belarus Belgium Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo (Brazzaville) Costa Rica Ivory Coast Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czechia Congo (Kinshasa) Denmark Djibouti Dominican Republic East Germany Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Guinea Guinea Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg North Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (Burma) Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Vietnam Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Thomas and Principe Saxony Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia Somaliland South Africa South Korea South Sudan South Yemen Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Eswatini Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor Leste Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Two Sicilies Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican Venezuela Yemen Zambia Zanzibar Zimbabwe Africa Americas Asia Australia & New Zealand Caribbean Central America Central Asia Eastern Africa Eastern Asia Eastern Europe Europe European Union High Income Countries Latin America & Caribbean Low Income Countries Lower Middle Income Countries Melanesia Micronesia Middle Africa Middle Income Countries Northern Africa Northern America Northern Europe Oceania Polynesia South 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