Summary
See also: Timeline of women's suffrage Women treated differently to men Women cannot vote Denied full enfranchisement| Country | Year women first voted at national level | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Kingdom of Afghanistan | 1963 | |
| Principality of Albania | 1920 | |
| Algeria | 1962 | |
| Andorra | 1970 | |
| People's Republic of Angola | 1975 | |
| Argentina | 1947 | |
| Armenia | 1917 (by application of the Russian legislation) 1919 March (by adoption of its own legislation) |
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| Aruba | N/A | |
| Australia | 1902 | |
| Austria | 1919 | |
| Azerbaijan Democratic Republic | 1918 | |
| Bahamas | 1960 | |
| Bahrain | 2002 | |
| Bangladesh | 1972 | |
| Barbados | 1950 | |
| British Leeward Islands | 1951 | |
| British Windward Islands | 1951 | |
| Belarusian People's Republic | 1919 | |
| Belgium | 1919/1948 | Was granted in the constitution in 1919, for communal voting. Suffrage for the provincial councils and the national parliament only came in 1948. |
| British Honduras | 1954 | |
| Dahomey | 1956 | |
| Bermuda | 1944 | |
| Bhutan | 1953 | |
| Bolivia | 1938 | |
| Botswana | 1965 | |
| Brazil | 1932 | |
| Brunei | 1959 | Elections currently suspended since 1962 and 1965. Only in local elections are they permitted. |
| Kingdom of Bulgaria | 1938 | |
| Upper Volta | 1958 | |
| Burma | 1922 | |
| Burundi | 1961 | |
| Kingdom of Cambodia | 1955 | |
| British Cameroons | 1946 | |
| Canada | 1917 | |
| Cape Verde | 1975 | |
| Cayman Islands | N/A | |
| Central African Republic | 1986 | |
| Chad | 1958 | |
| Chile | 1949 | From 1934-1949, women could vote in local elections at 25, while men could vote in all elections at 21. In both cases, literacy was required. |
| China | 1947 | |
| Colombia | 1954 | |
| Comoros | 1956 | |
| Zaire | 1967 | |
| Congo, Republic of the | 1963 | |
| Cook Islands | 1893 | |
| Costa Rica | 1949 | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 1952 | |
| Cuba | 1934 | |
| Curaçao | N/A | |
| Cyprus | 1960 | |
| Czechoslovakia | 1920 | |
| Kingdom of Denmark | 1915 | |
| Djibouti | 1946 | |
| Dominican Republic | 1942 | |
| Ecuador | 1929 | |
| Egypt | 1956 | |
| El Salvador | 1939 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1963 | |
| Estonia | 1917 | |
| Ethiopia | 1955 | |
| Falkland Islands | N/A | |
| Fiji | 1963 | |
| Grand Principality of Finland | 1906 | |
| France | 1944 | |
| French Polynesia | N/A | |
| Gabon | 1956 | |
| Gambia, The | 1960 | |
| Democratic Republic of Georgia | 1918 | |
| Germany | 1918 | |
| Ghana | 1954 | |
| Gibraltar | N/A | |
| Greece | 1930, 1952 | |
| Guam | N/A | |
| Guatemala | 1946 | |
| Guernsey | N/A | |
| Guinea | 1958 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1977 | |
| Guyana | 1953 | |
| Haiti | 1950 | |
| Honduras | 1955 | |
| Hong Kong | 1949 | |
| Hungarian Democratic Republic | 1918 | |
| India | 1947 | |
| Indonesia | 1937 (for Europeans only), 1945 | |
| Iran | 1963 | |
| Iraq | 1980 | |
| Ireland | 1918 | |
| Isle of Man | 1881 | |
| Israel | 1948 | |
| Italy | 1946 | |
| Jamaica | 1944 | |
| Japan | 1947 | |
| Jersey | N/A | |
| Jordan | 1974 | |
| Kazakh SSR | 1924 | |
| Kenya | 1963 | |
| Kiribati | 1967 | |
| Korea, North | 1946 | |
| Korea, South | 1948 | |
| Kuwait | 2005 | |
| Kyrgyz SSR | 1918 | |
| Kingdom of Laos | 1958 | |
| Latvia | 1917 | |
| Lebanon | 1952 | Proof of elementary education is required for women but not for men, while voting is compulsory for men but optional for women. |
| Lesotho | 1965 | |
| Liberia | 1946 | |
| Kingdom of Libya | 1964 | |
| Liechtenstein | 1984 | |
| Lithuania | 1918 | |
| Luxembourg | 1919 | |
| Macau | N/A | |
| Madagascar | 1959 | |
| Malawi | 1961 | |
| Federation of Malaya | 1957 | |
| Maldives | 1932 | |
| Mali | 1956 | |
| Malta | 1947 | |
| Marshall Islands | 1979 | |
| Mauritania | 1961 | |
| Mauritius | 1956 | |
| Mexico | 1947 | |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | 1979 | |
| Moldavian SSR | 1940 | |
| Monaco | 1962 | |
| Mongolian People's Republic | 1924 | |
| Morocco | 1963 | |
| People's Republic of Mozambique | 1975 | |
| Namibia | 1989 | |
| Nauru | 1968 | |
| Nepal | 1951 | |
| Netherlands | 1919 | |
| New Zealand | 1893 | |
| Nicaragua | 1955 | |
| Niger | 1948 | |
| Nigeria | 1958 | |
| Norway | 1913 | |
| Oman | 2003 | |
| Pakistan | 1947 | |
| Palau | 1979 | |
| Panama | 1941 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 1964 | |
| Paraguay | 1961 | |
| Peru | 1955 | |
| Philippines | 1937 | |
| Pitcairn Islands | 1838 | |
| Poland | 1917 | |
| Portugal | 1931 | |
| Puerto Rico | 1929 | |
| Qatar | 1997 | |
| Kingdom of Romania | 1938 | |
| Russia | 1917 | |
| Rwanda | 1961 | |
| Saint Helena | N/A | |
| Saudi Arabia | Never | Women were not given the right to vote or to stand for the local election in 2005, although suffrage was slated to possibly be granted by 2009, then set for later in 2011, but suffrage was not granted either of those times. In late September 2011, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud declared that women would be able to vote and run for office starting in 2015. |
| Samoa | 1990 | |
| San Marino | 1959 | |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1975 | |
| Senegal | 1945 | |
| Seychelles | 1948 | |
| Sierra Leone | 1961 | |
| Singapore | 1947 | |
| Sint Maarten | N/A | |
| Solomon Islands | 1974 | |
| Somalia | 1956 | |
| South Africa | 1930 | White women only; women of other races were enfranchised in 1994, at the same time as men. |
| Spain | 1931 | |
| Ceylon | 1931 | |
| Sudan | 1964 | |
| Suriname | 1948 | |
| Swaziland | 1968 | |
| Sweden | 1921 | |
| Switzerland | 1971 | |
| Syria | 1949 | |
| Taiwan | 1947 | |
| Tajik SSR | 1924 | |
| Tanzania | 1959 | |
| Thailand | 1932 | |
| Timor-Leste | 1976 | |
| Togo | 1945 | |
| Tonga | 1960 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1946 | |
| Tunisia | 1959 | |
| Turkey | 1930 (for local elections), 1934 (for national elections) | |
| Turkmen SSR | 1924 | |
| Tuvalu | 1967 | |
| Uganda | 1962 | |
| Ukrainian SSR | 1919 | |
| United Arab Emirates | 2006 | Limited suffrage for both men and women |
| United Kingdom | 1918 (partial) 1928 (full) |
From 1918-1928, women could vote at 30 with property qualifications or as graduates of UK universities, while men could vote at 21 with no qualification. |
| United States | 1920 | |
| Uruguay | 1917/1927 | Women's suffrage was broadcast for the first time in 1927, in the plebiscite of Cerro Chato. |
| Uzbek SSR | 1938 | |
| Vanuatu | 1975 | |
| Vatican City | Never | See below under Catholicism |
| Venezuela | 1946 | |
| Vietnam | 1946 | |
| South Yemen | 1967 | |
| Zambia | 1962 | |
| Southern Rhodesia | 1919 | |
| Yugoslavia | 1945 |
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