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Rank country Suffrage Date of Information 1 Solomon Islands 21.00 NA 2 Tonga 21.00 NA 3 Tokelau 21.00 NA 4 Singapore 21.00 NA 5 Saudi Arabia 21.00 NA 6 Malaysia 21.00 NA 7 Samoa 21.00 NA 8 Fiji 21.00 NA 9 Lebanon 21.00 NA 10 Oman 21.00 NA 11 Japan 20.00 NA 12 Nauru 20.00 NA 13 Cameroon 20.00 NA 14 Taiwan 20.00 NA 15 Bahrain 20.00 NA 16 Korea, South 19.00 NA 17 Aruba 18.00 NA 18 Antigua and Barbuda 18.00 NA 19 Afghanistan 18.00 NA 20 Algeria 18.00 NA 21 Azerbaijan 18.00 NA 22 Albania 18.00 NA 23 Armenia 18.00 NA 24 Andorra 18.00 NA 25 Angola 18.00 NA 26 American Samoa 18.00 NA 27 Australia 18.00 NA 28 Anguilla 18.00 NA 29 Barbados 18.00 NA 30 Botswana 18.00 NA 31 Bermuda 18.00 NA 32 Belgium 18.00 NA 33 Bahamas, The 18.00 NA 34 Bangladesh 18.00 NA 35 Belize 18.00 NA 36 Bosnia and Herzegovina 18.00 NA 37 Bolivia 18.00 NA 38 Burma 18.00 NA 39 Benin 18.00 NA 40 Belarus 18.00 NA 41 Bhutan 18.00 NA 42 Bulgaria 18.00 NA 43 Canada 18.00 NA 44 Cambodia 18.00 NA 45 Chad 18.00 NA 46 Sri Lanka 18.00 NA 47 Congo, Republic of the 18.00 NA 48 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 18.00 NA 49 China 18.00 NA 50 Chile 18.00 NA 51 Cayman Islands 18.00 NA 52 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 18.00 NA 53 Comoros 18.00 NA 54 Colombia 18.00 NA 55 Northern Mariana Islands 18.00 NA 56 Costa Rica 18.00 NA 57 Central African Republic 18.00 NA 58 Cabo Verde 18.00 NA 59 Cook Islands 18.00 NA 60 Cyprus 18.00 NA 61 Denmark 18.00 NA 62 Djibouti 18.00 NA 63 Dominica 18.00 NA 64 Dominican Republic 18.00 NA 65 Egypt 18.00 NA 66 Ireland 18.00 NA 67 Equatorial Guinea 18.00 NA 68 Estonia 18.00 NA 69 Eritrea 18.00 NA 70 El Salvador 18.00 NA 71 Ethiopia 18.00 NA 72 Czech Republic 18.00 NA 73 Finland 18.00 NA 74 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 18.00 NA 75 Micronesia, Federated States of 18.00 NA 76 Faroe Islands 18.00 NA 77 French Polynesia 18.00 NA 78 France 18.00 NA 79 Gambia, The 18.00 NA 80 Gabon 18.00 NA 81 Georgia 18.00 NA 82 Ghana 18.00 NA 83 Gibraltar 18.00 NA 84 Grenada 18.00 NA 85 Greenland 18.00 NA 86 Germany 18.00 NA 87 Guam 18.00 NA 88 Greece 18.00 NA 89 Guatemala 18.00 NA 90 Guinea 18.00 NA 91 Guyana 18.00 NA 92 Haiti 18.00 NA 93 Hong Kong 18.00 NA 94 Honduras 18.00 NA 95 Croatia 18.00 NA 96 Hungary 18.00 NA 97 Iceland 18.00 NA 98 India 18.00 NA 99 Iran 18.00 NA 100 Israel 18.00 NA 101 Italy 18.00 NA 102 Cote d'Ivoire 18.00 NA 103 Iraq 18.00 NA 104 Jamaica 18.00 NA 105 Jordan 18.00 NA 106 Kenya 18.00 NA 107 Kyrgyzstan 18.00 NA 108 Kiribati 18.00 NA 109 Christmas Island 18.00 NA 110 Kosovo 18.00 NA 111 Kazakhstan 18.00 NA 112 Laos 18.00 NA 113 Latvia 18.00 NA 114 Lithuania 18.00 NA 115 Liberia 18.00 NA 116 Slovakia 18.00 NA 117 Liechtenstein 18.00 NA 118 Lesotho 18.00 NA 119 Luxembourg 18.00 NA 120 Libya 18.00 NA 121 Madagascar 18.00 NA 122 Macau 18.00 NA 123 Moldova 18.00 NA 124 Mongolia 18.00 NA 125 Montserrat 18.00 NA 126 Malawi 18.00 NA 127 Montenegro 18.00 NA 128 Macedonia 18.00 NA 129 Mali 18.00 NA 130 Monaco 18.00 NA 131 Morocco 18.00 NA 132 Mauritius 18.00 NA 133 Mauritania 18.00 NA 134 Malta 18.00 NA 135 Maldives 18.00 NA 136 Mexico 18.00 NA 137 Mozambique 18.00 NA 138 New Caledonia 18.00 NA 139 Niue 18.00 NA 140 Norfolk Island 18.00 NA 141 Niger 18.00 NA 142 Vanuatu 18.00 NA 143 Nigeria 18.00 NA 144 Netherlands 18.00 NA 145 Norway 18.00 NA 146 Nepal 18.00 NA 147 Suriname 18.00 NA 148 New Zealand 18.00 NA 149 South Sudan 18.00 NA 150 Paraguay 18.00 NA 151 Pitcairn Islands 18.00 NA 152 Peru 18.00 NA 153 Pakistan 18.00 NA 154 Poland 18.00 NA 155 Panama 18.00 NA 156 Portugal 18.00 NA 157 Papua New Guinea 18.00 NA 158 Palau 18.00 NA 159 Guinea-Bissau 18.00 NA 160 Qatar 18.00 NA 161 Serbia 18.00 NA 162 Marshall Islands 18.00 NA 163 Saint Martin 18.00 NA 164 Romania 18.00 NA 165 Philippines 18.00 NA 166 Puerto Rico 18.00 NA 167 Russia 18.00 NA 168 Rwanda 18.00 NA 169 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 18.00 NA 170 Saint Kitts and Nevis 18.00 NA 171 Seychelles 18.00 NA 172 South Africa 18.00 NA 173 Senegal 18.00 NA 174 Slovenia 18.00 NA 175 Sierra Leone 18.00 NA 176 San Marino 18.00 NA 177 Somalia 18.00 NA 178 Spain 18.00 NA 179 Saint Lucia 18.00 NA 180 Sweden 18.00 NA 181 Syria 18.00 NA 182 Switzerland 18.00 NA 183 Trinidad and Tobago 18.00 NA 184 Thailand 18.00 NA 185 Tajikistan 18.00 NA 186 Turks and Caicos Islands 18.00 NA 187 Togo 18.00 NA 188 Sao Tome and Principe 18.00 NA 189 Tunisia 18.00 NA 190 Turkey 18.00 NA 191 Tuvalu 18.00 NA 192 Turkmenistan 18.00 NA 193 Tanzania 18.00 NA 194 Uganda 18.00 NA 195 United Kingdom 18.00 NA 196 Ukraine 18.00 NA 197 United States 18.00 NA 198 Uruguay 18.00 NA 199 Uzbekistan 18.00 NA 200 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 18.00 NA 201 Venezuela 18.00 NA 202 British Virgin Islands 18.00 NA 203 Vietnam 18.00 NA 204 Virgin Islands 18.00 NA 205 Namibia 18.00 NA 206 Wallis and Futuna 18.00 NA 207 Swaziland 18.00 NA 208 Yemen 18.00 NA 209 Zambia 18.00 NA 210 Zimbabwe 18.00 NA 211 Sudan 17.00 NA 212 Timor-Leste 17.00 NA 213 Korea, North 17.00 NA 214 Indonesia 17.00 NA 215 Nicaragua 16.00 NA 216 Jersey 16.00 NA 217 Guernsey 16.00 NA 218 Cuba 16.00 NA 219 Austria 16.00 NA 220 Isle of Man 16.00 NA