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What is the legal voting age in the national elections?
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a 16
b 17
c 18
d 19
e 20
f 21
g Other (specify)
h No information available
i Not applicable
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What is the legal voting age in the national elections?
total countries:
206
Answers # Countries
% Countries
Country List
a . 16
5 2.4 %
Austria ,
Brazil ,
Cuba ,
Nicaragua ,
Somalia ,
b . 17
4 1.9 %
Indonesia ,
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of ,
Sudan ,
Timor-Leste ,
c . 18
166 80.5 %
Andorra ,
Afghanistan ,
Antigua and Barbuda ,
Anguilla ,
Albania ,
Armenia ,
Angola ,
Argentina ,
American Samoa ,
Australia ,
Aruba ,
Azerbaijan ,
Bosnia and Herzegovina ,
Barbados ,
Bangladesh ,
Belgium ,
Burkina Faso ,
Bulgaria ,
Burundi ,
Benin ,
Bermuda ,
Bolivia ,
Bahamas ,
Botswana ,
Belarus ,
Belize ,
Canada ,
Congo (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the ,
Central African Republic ,
Congo (Brazzaville) ,
Switzerland ,
Cook Islands ,
Chile ,
China ,
Colombia ,
Costa Rica ,
Cape Verde ,
Cyprus ,
Germany ,
Djibouti ,
Dominica ,
Dominican Republic ,
Algeria ,
Ecuador ,
Estonia ,
Egypt ,
Eritrea ,
Spain ,
Ethiopia ,
Finland ,
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) ,
Micronesia, Federated States of ,
France ,
Gabon ,
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ,
Grenada ,
Georgia ,
French Guiana ,
Ghana ,
Gibraltar ,
Guadeloupe ,
Greece ,
Guatemala ,
Guam ,
Guinea-Bissau ,
Guyana ,
Hong Kong ,
Honduras ,
Croatia ,
Haiti ,
Hungary ,
Ireland ,
Israel ,
India ,
Iraq ,
Iran, Islamic Republic of ,
Iceland ,
Italy ,
Jamaica ,
Kenya ,
Kyrgyzstan ,
Cambodia ,
Kiribati ,
Comoros ,
Saint Kitts and Nevis ,
Cayman Islands ,
Kazakhstan ,
Lao People's Democratic Republic ,
Saint Lucia ,
Sri Lanka ,
Lesotho ,
Lithuania ,
Luxembourg ,
Latvia ,
Monaco ,
Moldova, Republic of ,
Madagascar ,
Marshall Islands ,
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of ,
Mongolia ,
Martinique ,
Mauritania ,
Mauritius ,
Malawi ,
Mexico ,
Mozambique ,
Namibia ,
New Caledonia ,
Niger ,
Nigeria ,
Netherlands ,
Norway ,
Nepal ,
Niue ,
New Zealand ,
Panama ,
French Polynesia ,
Papua New Guinea ,
Puerto Rico ,
Palestine ,
Portugal ,
Palau ,
Paraguay ,
Reunion ,
Romania ,
Russian Federation ,
Rwanda ,
Solomon Islands ,
Seychelles ,
Sweden ,
Saint Helena ,
Slovenia ,
Slovakia ,
Sierra Leone ,
San Marino ,
Suriname ,
Sao Tome and Principe ,
El Salvador ,
Swaziland ,
Turks and Caicos Islands ,
Chad ,
Togo ,
Thailand ,
Tajikistan ,
Turkmenistan ,
Tunisia ,
Turkey ,
Trinidad and Tobago ,
Tuvalu ,
Tanzania, United Republic of ,
Ukraine ,
Uganda ,
United States of America ,
Uruguay ,
Uzbekistan ,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ,
Venezuela ,
Virgin Islands, British ,
Virgin Islands, U.S. ,
Viet Nam ,
Vanuatu ,
Yemen ,
South Africa ,
Zambia ,
Zimbabwe ,
Zanzibar ,
d . 19
0 0.0 %
e . 20
7 3.3 %
Cameroon ,
Japan ,
Korea, Republic of ,
Liechtenstein ,
Morocco ,
Nauru ,
Taiwan ,
f . 21
8 3.8 %
Bahrain ,
Fiji ,
Kuwait ,
Maldives ,
Pakistan ,
Singapore ,
Tonga ,
Samoa ,
g . Other (specify)
0 0.0 %
h . No information available
3 1.4 %
United Arab Emirates ,
Western Sahara ,
Wallis and Futuna ,
i . Not applicable
0 0.0 %
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