Mauritania vs Zimbabwe: Electoral democracy
Mauritania
1
in 2025
Zimbabwe
1
in 2025
Mauritania rank
87th
Zimbabwe rank
87th
Electoral democracy over time
- Mauritania
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 1 against 1 in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.
Across all 122 years both countries report, Zimbabwe has been ahead every year.
Mauritania ranks 87th and Zimbabwe ranks 87th of 176 countries.
Zimbabwe has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | Zimbabwe |
| 1930s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Zimbabwe |
| 1940s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Zimbabwe |
| 1950s | 0.3 | 1 | 0.7 | Zimbabwe |
| 1960s | 0.9 | 1 | 0.1 | Zimbabwe |
| 1970s | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Zimbabwe |
| 1980s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Zimbabwe |
| 1990s | 0.8 | 1 | 0.2 | Zimbabwe |
| 2000s | 0.7 | 1 | 0.3 | Zimbabwe |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Mauritania or Zimbabwe?
- Mauritania, at 1 against 1 in Zimbabwe as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Mauritania and Zimbabwe?
- 0, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Zimbabwe?
- 122 years are reported by both, from 1904 to 2025.
- How do Mauritania and Zimbabwe rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Mauritania ranks 87th and Zimbabwe ranks 87th 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.