Provisional estimates of voter turnout in the 2016 U.S. election indicate a higher rate than in 2012 but the states still lags behind a number of other developed nations when it comes to going to the polls. While Belgium and Turkey have a system of compulsory voting, putting them at 87.2 and 84.3 percent respectively, Sweden had a turnout in 2014 of 82.6 percent - 25.7 percentage points higher that the United States.
Note: while voting is compulsory in Australia (91 percent registered voter turnout in 2016), the figures for voting age population were not available at the time of production.
Election 2016
U.S. Voter Turnout In Perspective
Description
This chart shows voting age population turnout in the most recent national election of selected countries.
