The CIA World Factbook Edition 2008 Government
Suffrage In 36 editions of 36.
Suffrage was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 2008 edition carries it in 233 entries, in its Government section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 2008 edition
- 233
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Suffrage” (1990 to 2025).
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Africa
56 entriesCongo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo
18 years of age; universal and compulsory
Tunisia
18 years of age; universal except for active government security forces (including the police and the military), people with mental disabilities, people who have served more than three months in prison (criminal cases only), and people given a suspended sentence of more than six months
Arctic Region
2 entriesAsia
22 entriesPakistan
- 18 years of age;
- universal;
- joint electorates and reserved parliamentary seats for women and non-Muslims
Central America and the Caribbean
31 entriesDominican Republic
- 18 years of age, universal and compulsory;
- married persons regardless of age;
- note - members of the armed forces and national police cannot vote
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
Puerto Rico
- 18 years of age;
- universal;
- island residents are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections
Virgin Islands
- 18 years of age;
- universal;
- island residents are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections
Europe
49 entriesGibraltar
- 18 years of age;
- universal;
- and British citizens who have been residents six months or more
Middle East
15 entriesKuwait
- 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
Lebanon
- 21 years of age;
- compulsory for all males;
- authorized for women at age 21 with elementary education
Oman
- 21 years of age;
- universal;
- note - members of the military and security forces are not allowed to vote
North America
5 entriesOceania
25 entriesNorthern Mariana Islands
- 18 years of age;
- universal;
- indigenous inhabitants are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections
South America
13 entriesBolivia
18 years of age, universal and compulsory (married); 21 years of age, universal and compulsory (single)
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
Ecuador
18 years of age; universal, compulsory for literate persons ages 18-65, optional for other eligible voters
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
Southeast Asia
15 entriesHong Kong
- direct election - 18 years of age for a number of non-executive positions;
- universal for permanent residents living in the territory of Hong Kong for the past seven years;
- indirect election - limited to about 220,000 members of functional constituencies and an 800-member election committee drawn from broad regional groupings, central government bodies, and municipal organizations
Macau
- direct election 18 years of age for some non-executive positions, universal for permanent residents living in Macau for the past seven years;
- indirect election limited to organizations registered as "corporate voters" (257 are currently registered) and a 300-member Election Committee drawn from broad regional groupings, municipal organizations, and central government bodies
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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2008, “Suffrage”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/suffrage/2008.