Compare Suffrage (2007) - Suffrage (2003)

Compare Suffrage (2007) with Suffrage (2003)

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	Suffrage (2007)	Suffrage (2003)
Afghanistan	18 years of age; universal	NA; previously males 15-50 years of age
Albania	18 years of age; universal	18 years of age; universal and compulsory
Argentina	18 years of age; universal and compulsory	18 years of age; universal and mandatory
Austria	18 years of age; universal	18 years of age; universal; compulsory for presidential elections
Bahrain	20 years of age; universal	18 years of age; universal
Bosnia and Herzegovina	18 years of age, universal	16 years of age, if employed; 18 years of age, universal
Brazil	voluntary between 16 and 18 years of age and over 70; compulsory over 18 and under 70 years of age; note - military conscripts do not vote	voluntary between 16 and 18 years of age and over 70; compulsory over 18 and under 70 years of age
Burundi	NA years of age; universal (adult)	NA years of age; universal adult
Cook Islands	NA years of age; universal (adult)	NA years of age; universal adult
Djibouti	18 years of age; universal	18 years of age; universal adult
Dominican Republic	18 years of age, universal and compulsory; married persons regardless of age; note - members of the armed forces and national police cannot vote	18 years of age, universal and compulsory; married persons regardless of age note: members of the armed forces and police cannot vote
East Timor	-	17 years of age; universal
Equatorial Guinea	18 years of age; universal	18 years of age; universal adult
European Union	18 years of age; universal	-
French Guiana	-	18 years of age; universal
Gibraltar	18 years of age; universal; and British citizens who have been residents six months or more	18 years of age; universal, plus other UK subjects who have been residents six months or more
Guadeloupe	-	18 years of age; universal
Guatemala	18 years of age; universal; note - active duty members of the armed forces may not vote and are restricted to their barracks on election day	18 years of age; universal (active duty members of the armed forces may not vote and are restricted to their barracks on election day)
Hong Kong	direct election 18 years of age; universal for permanent residents living in the territory of Hong Kong for the past seven years; indirect election limited to about 200,000 members of functional constituencies and an 800-member election committee drawn from broad regional groupings, municipal organizations, and central government bodies	direct election 18 years of age; universal for permanent residents living in the territory of Hong Kong for the past seven years; indirect election limited to about 100,000 members of functional constituencies and an 800-member election committee drawn from broad regional groupings, municipal organizations, and central government bodies
Iran	18 years of age; universal	15 years of age; universal
Iraq	18 years of age; universal	formerly 18 years of age; universal; note - in transition following April 2003 defeat of SADDAM Husayn regime by US-led coalition
Isle of Man	16 years of age; universal	18 years of age; universal
Jersey	18 years of age; universal	NA years of age; universal adult
Korea, South	19 years of age; universal	20 years of age; universal
Kuwait	NA years of age; universal (adult); note - males in the military or police are not allowed to vote; adult females were allowed to vote as of 16 May 2005; all voters must have been citizens for 20 years	adult males who have been naturalized for 30 years or more or have resided in Kuwait since before 1920 and their male descendants at age 21 note: only 10% of all citizens are eligible to vote; in 1996, naturalized citizens who do not meet the pre-1920 qualification but have been naturalized for 30 years were eligible to vote for the first time
Macedonia	18 years of age; universal	-
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	-	18 years of age; universal
Martinique	-	18 years of age; universal
Monaco	18 years of age; universal	21 years of age; universal
Montenegro	18 years of age; universal	-
Oman	21 years of age; universal; note - members of the military and security forces are not allowed to vote	in Oman's most recent elections in 2000, limited to approximately 175,000 Omanis chosen by the government to vote in elections for the Majlis al-Shura
Peru	18 years of age; universal and compulsory until the age of 70; note - for the first time in recent elections, members of the military and national police were eligible to vote in the 2006 elections	18 years of age; universal
Puerto Rico	18 years of age; universal; island residents are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections	18 years of age; universal; indigenous inhabitants are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections
Reunion	-	18 years of age; universal
Rwanda	18 years of age; universal	18 years of age; universal adult
Saint Barthelemy	18 years of age, universal	-
Saint Martin	18 years of age, universal	-
Saudi Arabia	21 years of age; male	none
Serbia	18 years of age; universal	-
Serbia and Montenegro	-	16 years of age, if employed; 18 years of age, universal
Sudan	17 years of age; universal	17 years of age; universal, but noncompulsory
Timor-Leste	17 years of age; universal	-
Togo	NA years of age; universal (adult)	NA years of age; universal adult
Tunisia	20 years of age; universal except for active duty military	20 years of age; universal
Virgin Islands	18 years of age; universal; island residents are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections	18 years of age; universal; note - indigenous inhabitants are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections