Jamaica vs Mauritius: Electoral democracy
Jamaica
2
in 2025
Mauritius
2
in 2025
Jamaica rank
1st
Mauritius rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Jamaica
- Mauritius
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 2 against 2 in Mauritius, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Mauritius ahead.
Jamaica ranks 1st and Mauritius ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 3 and Mauritius in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Mauritius | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 1.1 | 0 | 1.1 | Jamaica |
| 1960s | 2 | 1.1 | 0.9 | Jamaica |
| 1970s | 1.7 | 2 | 0.3 | Mauritius |
| 1980s | 1.6 | 2 | 0.4 | Mauritius |
| 1990s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 2 | 1.67 | 0.3333 | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Jamaica or Mauritius?
- Jamaica, at 2 against 2 in Mauritius as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Jamaica and Mauritius?
- 0, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Mauritius?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Jamaica and Mauritius rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Jamaica ranks 1st and Mauritius ranks 1st of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Electoral democracy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Identifies the political regime of a country using the Regimes of the World classification by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan Lindberg.