Saudi Arabia: King Abdullah lifts ban on women's vote

Saudi Arabia: first election that allows women to vote

Western Samoa: first election since universal suffrage

Finland

France

Germany

Hungary: limited suffrage

Iceland: women of a certain age allowed to vote

Ireland: women over 30 years allowed to vote and stand for election

Italy: women can vote, but their right to be elected was limited

Latvia: women allowed to vote

Luxembourg

Macedonia

Namibia: the country holds its first election, supervised by the UN

Malta

Moldova

Monaco

Netherlands: women allowed to stand for elections, but still can't vote

Norway: women allowed to vote in special cases

Norway: all restrictions lifted

Poland

Romania: women have restricted voting rights

Russia

San Marino: women allowed to vote

Kuwait: voting is first introduced in the country and women have the right to vote

San Marino: women allowed to stand for election

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain: women allowed to vote

Spain: women allowed to stand for election

Ukraine

Great Britain: universal suffrage

Uruguay: Rita Ribeiro, the first Latin American woman to vote

Afghanistan: women are denied many rights under Taleban rule

Afghanistan: return to Sharia Law

Liechtenstein: referendum grants women right to vote

Brazil: Celina Guimarães Viana becomes the first Brazilian woman to vote

Brazil: women allowed to vote, with restrictions

Greece: full suffrage

Denmark: women allowed to vote in municipal elections

Slovenia: women allowed to vote in municipal elections

Australia: Women in South Australia are enfranchised

Palau: the Palauan constitution is drafted and women have the right to vote

Marshall Islands: women get the right to vote

Federated States of Micronesia: women get the right to vote

Portugal: Carolina Beatriz Ângelo becomes the first woman to vote

Portugal: universal suffrage

Angola: the country becomes independent from Portugal

Iraq: women are granted the right to vote and run for office

Bahrain: women vote for the first time

Bangladesh: a new constitution is adopted granting women right to vote

Switzerland: women are first allowed to vote on federal elections

Ecuador: new constitution passes the law for women suffrage

Cambodia

China: women allowed to vote after the proclamation of the People's Republic of China

India: women are allowed to vote after independence from the United Kingdom

India: constitution comes into effect and consolidates women's right to vote

Indonesia: proclamation of independence and universal suffrage

Japan: post-war constitution comes into effect and establishes universal suffrage

Kuwait: 1999 ban on women's suffrage is lifted

Kyrgyzstan: women allowed to vote after Soviet occupation

Malaysia: becomes independent from the United Kingdom and women are allowed to vote

Myanmar

Philippines: women's suffrage is granted after a special plebiscite

Thailand

Niger

Rwanda

South Africa

Argentina: promulgation of Law 13.010

Bolivia

Oman: first Gulf State to allow women to vote

Brazil: all restrictions lifted

Chile: women suffrage allowed for municipal elections

Chile: women allowed to vote in presidential and parlamentary elections

Colombia

Guyana

Paraguay: women are given the same political rights as men

Peru: promulgation of Law 12.391

Suriname

Uruguay: first election that allows women's vote

Venezuela: new constitution grants women suffrage

Oman: universal suffrage is granted

Canada: limited suffrage

Canada: voting rights expanded; still excluded based on race

Canada: Indigenous women and men get the federal vote

Mexico: women allowed electoral rights in federal elections

United States of America: the 19th amendment passed

Algeria

Azerbaijan: women over 20 are allowed to vote and stand for election

Egypt: new constitution affirms gender equality in electoral rights

Israel: Women’s Equal Rights Law

Lebanon

Afghanistan: women allowed to vote by the most recent constitution

Pakistan: independence from the British

Somalia

Syria: women allowed to vote

Tunisia: municipal elections

Turkey: women allowed to vote in local elections

Turkey: women allowed to stand for election and vote in national elections

Australia

Australia: all aboriginal people get the right to vote

Fiji: women allowed to vote

Fiji: women allowed to stand for election

Afghanistan: the country becomes independent and women are allowed to vote

Kiribati

Nauru

New Zealand: women allowed to vote

New Zealand: women allowed to stand for election

Papua New Guinea: women allowed to vote

Papua New Guinea: women allowed to stand for election

Samoa

Solomon Islands

Tonga

Tuvalu: women allowed to vote

Afghanistan: new constitution allows women to vote and run for office

Tuvalu: women allowed to stand for election

Vanuatu

Cuba

Dominican Republic

El Salvador: women allowed to vote

El Salvador: women allowed to stand for election

Jamaica

Panama: limited voting rights for women

Saint Lucia

Albania

Western Samoa: suffrage to all citizens over 21 is granted

Armenia

Austria

Belgium: limited women suffrage

Belgium: women allowed to stand for election, with restrictions

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark: women allowed to vote in national elections

Estonia

Middle East, North Africa and Greater Arabia

Europe

North America

Asia

Sub-Saharan Africa

Central America and the Caribbean

South America

Australia and Oceania

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A Timespace showing the evolution of women's right to vote around the world. Cover image by Giacomo Ferroni. Under construction!

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