1920 Albania, Canada (to stand for election)*, Czech Republic, Iceland**, Slovakia, United States of America (to vote) 1921 Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium (to stand for election)*, Georgia1, Sweden** 1924 Kazakhstan1, Mongolia, Saint Lucia, Tajikistan 1927 Turkmenistan 1928 Ireland**, United Kingdom** 1929 Ecuador*, Romania* 1930 South Africa (Whites), Turkey (to vote) 1931 Chile*, Portugal*, Spain, Sri Lanka 1932 Brazil, Maldives, Thailand, Uruguay 1934 Cuba, Portugal*, Turkey (to stand for election) 1935 Myanmar (to vote) 1937 Philippines 1938 Bolivia*, Uzbekistan 1939 El Salvador (to vote) 1941 Panama* 1942 Dominican Republic 1944 Bulgaria, France, Jamaica 1945 Croatia, Guyana (to stand for election), Indonesia, Italy, Japan1, Senegal, Slovenia, Togo 1946 Cameroon, D.P.R. of Korea, Djibouti (to vote), Guatemala, Liberia, Myanmar (to stand for election), Panama**, Romania**, The F.Y.R. of Macedonia, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yugoslavia 1947 Argentina, Japan1, Malta, Mexico (to vote), Pakistan, Singapore 1948 Belgium**, Israel, Niger, Republic of Korea, Seychelles, Suriname 1949 Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile**, China, Costa Rica, Syrian Arab Republic (to vote)* 1950 Barbados, Canada (to vote)**, Haiti, India 1951 Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Nepal, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1952 Bolivia**, Côte d'Ivoire, Greece, Lebanon 1953 Bhutan, Guyana (to vote), Mexico (to stand for election), Syrian Arab Republic** 1954 Belize, Colombia, Ghana 1955 Cambodia, Eritrea2, Ethiopia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru 1956 Benin, Comoros, Egypt, Gabon, Mali, Mauritius, Somalia 1957 Malaysia, Zimbabwe (to vote)** 1958 Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea, Lao P.D.R., Nigeria (South) 1959 Madagascar, San Marino (to vote), Tunisia, United Republic of Tanzania 1960 Canada (to stand for election)**, Cyprus, Gambia, Tonga 1961 Bahamas*, Burundi, El Salvador (to stand for election), Malawi, Mauritania, Paraguay, Rwanda, Sierra Leone 1962 Algeria, Australia**, Monaco, Uganda, Zambia 1963 Afghanistan, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kenya, Morocco, Papua New Guinea (to stand for election) 1964 Bahamas**, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Papua New Guinea (to vote), Sudan 1965 Bostwana, Lesotho 1967 Democratic Republic of the Congo (to vote), Ecuador**, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Yemen (D.P. R.) 1968 Nauru, Swaziland 1970 Andorra (to vote), Democratic Republic of the Congo (to stand for election), Yemen (Arab Republic) 1971 Switzerland 1972 Bangladesh 1973 Andorra (to stand for election), Bahrain3, San Marino (to stand for election) 1974 Jordan, Solomon Islands 1975 Angola, Cape Verde, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe, Vanuatu1 1976 Portugal** 1977 Guinea Bissau 1978 Nigeria (North), Republic of Moldova1, Zimbabwe (to stand for election) 1979 Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Fed. States), Palau 1980 Iraq, Vanuatu1 1984 Liechtenstein, South Africa (Coloureds + Indians) 1986 Central African Republic, Djibouti (to stand for election) 1989 Namibia 1990 Samoa 1993 Kazakhstan1, Republic of Moldova1 1994 South Africa (Blacks) 2005 Kuwait * Right subject to conditions or restrictions

** Restrictions or conditions lifted Reference to several dates reflects the stages in the granting of rights. It is not uncommon, in countries previously under colonial rule, for women to have been granted the rights to vote and be elected by the colonial administration and to have had them confirmed at the time of accession to independence. Similarly, it is not uncommon, in countries that were formerly part of a federation and in which women were entitled to vote and be elected under the federal legislation, for women to have had these rights confirmed under the Constitution of the newly independent State. In November 1955, Eritrea was part of Ethiopia. The Constitution of sovereign Eritrea adopted on 23 May 1997 stipulates that "All Eritrean citizens, of eighteen years of age or more, shall have the right to vote."