ICTs in Elections Database
If the EMB uses technology to collect voter registration data, is biometric data captured and used during registration?
| Theme | Voter registration and identification |
|---|
Breakdown by continent
| Continent | No | No data | Yes, photos | Not specified | Not applicable | Yes, fingerprint scans | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | Other | Countries researched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa | 14 (27.5%) |
2 (3.9%) |
1 (2.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
7 (13.7%) |
0 (0.0%) |
26 (51.0%) |
3 (5.9%) |
51 |
| Americas | 2 (8.3%) |
0 (0.0%) |
2 (8.3%) |
0 (0.0%) |
8 (33.3%) |
2 (8.3%) |
10 (41.7%) |
3 (12.5%) |
24 |
| Asia | 8 (19.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
4 (9.5%) |
0 (0.0%) |
24 (57.1%) |
0 (0.0%) |
6 (14.3%) |
2 (4.8%) |
42 |
| Europe | 6 (13.6%) |
0 (0.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
38 (86.4%) |
0 (0.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
44 |
| Oceania | 7 (46.7%) |
1 (6.7%) |
3 (20.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
1 (6.7%) |
0 (0.0%) |
3 (20.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
15 |
| Other | 1 (100.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
1 |
| Total | 38 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 78 | 2 | 45 | 8 | 177 |
Country Answers
| Country | Year | Value (Text) | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 2018 | Yes, photos | |
| Albania | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Algeria | 2018 | No data | |
| Andorra | 2019 | Not applicable | |
| Angola | 2022 | Not applicable | |
| Argentina | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Armenia | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Australia | 2022 | No | |
| Austria | 2019 | Not applicable | |
| Azerbaijan | 2020 | Not applicable | |
| Bahrain | 2022 | No | |
| Bangladesh | 2018 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos Signatures |
|
| Belarus | 2025 | No | |
| Belgium | 2019 | Not applicable | |
| Benin | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Bhutan | 2018 | Yes, photos | |
| Bolivia | 2019 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos Signatures |
|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Botswana | 2014 | No | |
| Brazil | 2017 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos Signature |
|
| Bulgaria | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Burkina Faso | 2020 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Burundi | 2014 | No | |
| Cambodia | 2015 | No | |
| Cameroon | 2020 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Canada | 2025 | No | |
| Central African Republic | 2020 | Yes, photos | |
| Chad | 2021 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Chile | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Colombia | 2017 | Yes, fingerprint scans | |
| Comoros | 2018 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of | 2017 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Cook Islands | 2022 | No | |
| Costa Rica | 2022 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Croatia | 2025 | No | |
| Cuba | 2023 | Not applicable | |
| Cyprus | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Czechia | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 2020 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Denmark | 2022 | Not applicable | |
| Djibouti | 2021 | No | |
| Dominican Republic | 2017 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Ecuador | 2025 | Not applicable | |
| Egypt | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| El Salvador | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Equatorial Guinea | 2014 | Not applicable | |
| Eritrea | 2014 | No | |
| Estonia | 2019 | Not applicable | |
| Eswatini | 2014 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Ethiopia | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Fiji | 2018 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Finland | 2023 | Not applicable | |
| France | 2022 | No | |
| Gabon | 2017 | Not applicable | |
| Georgia | 2020 | Not applicable | |
| Germany | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Ghana | 2018 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Greece | 2023 | Not applicable | |
| Guatemala | 2019 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Guinea | 2020 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Haiti | 2017 | Not applicable | |
| Honduras | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Hong Kong | 2021 | No | |
| Hungary | 2022 | Not applicable | |
| Iceland | 2024 | Not applicable | |
| India | 2019 | Yes, photos | |
| Indonesia | 2019 | No | |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Iraq | 2018 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Ireland | 2020 | No | |
| Israel | 2019 | Not applicable | |
| Italy | 2022 | Not applicable | |
| Jamaica | 2020 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Japan | 2020 | Not applicable | |
| Jordan | 2020 | Not applicable | |
| Kazakhstan | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Kenya | 2022 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Kiribati | 2016 | No data | |
| Korea, Republic of | 2022 | Not applicable | |
| Kosovo | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Kuwait | 2022 | Not applicable | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2020 | Not applicable | |
| Lao People's Dem. Republic | 2016 | Not applicable | |
| Latvia | 2022 | Not applicable | |
| Lebanon | 2022 | Not applicable | |
| Lesotho | 2019 | No data | |
| Liberia | 2019 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Libya | 2014 | No | |
| Liechtenstein | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Lithuania | 2019 | Not applicable | |
| Luxembourg | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Madagascar | 2018 | No | |
| Malawi | 2019 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Malaysia | 2022 | Not applicable | |
| Maldives | 2019 | Not applicable | |
| Mali | 2018 | Biometric data (photo) is extracted from civil registry database | |
| Malta | 2022 | Not applicable | |
| Mauritania | 2014 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Mauritius | 2024 | No | |
| Mexico | 2018 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | 2019 | Yes, photos | |
| Moldova, Republic of | 2019 | Not applicable | |
| Mongolia | 2020 | Not applicable | |
| Montenegro | 2023 | Not applicable | |
| Morocco | 2021 | No | |
| Mozambique | 2019 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Myanmar | 2015 | No | |
| Namibia | 2019 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Nauru | 2022 | Not applicable | |
| Nepal | 2018 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Netherlands | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| New Zealand | 2020 | No | |
| Nicaragua | 2021 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Niger | 2020 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Nigeria | 2023 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Niue | 2020 | No | |
| North Macedonia, Republic of | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Norway | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Pakistan | 2024 | Yes, photos | |
| Palau | 2017 | No | |
| Panama | 2019 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Papua New Guinea | 2018 | No | |
| Paraguay | 2014 | Yes, photos | |
| Peru | 2020 | Not applicable | |
| Philippines | 2022 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos Signature |
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| Poland | 2019 | Not applicable | |
| Portugal | 2022 | Not applicable | |
| Republic of The Congo (Brazzaville) | 2021 | No | |
| Romania | 2025 | Not applicable | |
| Russian Federation | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Rwanda | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Samoa | 2021 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| San Marino | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Senegal | 2025 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Serbia | 2020 | Not applicable | |
| Seychelles | 2014 | No | |
| Sierra Leone | 2018 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Singapore | 2025 | Not applicable | |
| Slovakia | 2020 | Not applicable | |
| Slovenia | 2022 | Not applicable | |
| Solomon Islands | 2019 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Somalia | 2016 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos iris scans |
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| South Africa | 2019 | No | |
| South Sudan | 2014 | No | |
| Spain | 2019 | Not applicable | |
| Sri Lanka | 2019 | No | |
| State of Palestine | 2016 | No | |
| Sudan | 2014 | No | |
| Sweden | 2022 | Not applicable | |
| Switzerland | 2019 | Not applicable | |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 2020 | Not applicable | |
| Taiwan | 2020 | Not applicable | |
| Tajikistan | 2020 | No | |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 2020 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Thailand | 2019 | No | |
| The Gambia | 2021 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Timor-Leste | 2022 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Togo | 2018 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Tonga | 2019 | Yes, photos | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2020 | Yes, photos | |
| Tunisia | 2022 | No | |
| Turkey | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Turkmenistan | 2018 | Not applicable | |
| Tuvalu | 2019 | No | |
| Uganda | 2021 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos Signatures |
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| Ukraine | 2019 | No | |
| United Arab Emirates | 2019 | Not applicable | |
| United Kingdom | 2018 | No | |
| United States | 2022 | No | |
| Uruguay | 2025 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Uzbekistan | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Vanuatu | 2020 | Yes, photos | |
| Venezuela | 2017 | Yes, fingerprint scans Signature |
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| Viet Nam | 2021 | Not applicable | |
| Yemen | 2014 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Zambia | 2021 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos | |
| Zimbabwe | 2023 | Yes, both fingerprint scans and photos |
Total number of countries in selected sample: 177
