Mauritania vs Somalia: Common Good Justifications Score
Mauritania
-0.775
in 2025
Somalia
-0.761
in 2025
Mauritania rank
150th
Somalia rank
149th
Common Good Justifications Score over time
- Mauritania
- Somalia
How they compare
Somalia currently reports -0.761 against -0.775 in Mauritania, a difference of 0.014.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 122 shared years of data; in 1904 it was Mauritania ahead.
Mauritania ranks 150th and Somalia ranks 149th of 175 countries.
Mauritania has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | -1.98 | -3.23 | 1.25 | Mauritania |
| 1910s | -1.98 | -3.23 | 1.25 | Mauritania |
| 1920s | -1.98 | -3.23 | 1.25 | Mauritania |
| 1930s | -1.98 | -3.23 | 1.25 | Mauritania |
| 1940s | -1.74 | -2.97 | 1.23 | Mauritania |
| 1950s | -1.19 | -2.03 | 0.8367 | Mauritania |
| 1960s | -0.392 | -0.988 | 0.596 | Mauritania |
| 1970s | -0.4241 | -1.69 | 1.27 | Mauritania |
| 1980s | -1.21 | -1.69 | 0.483 | Mauritania |
| 1990s | -1.21 | -2.86 | 1.65 | Mauritania |
| 2000s | -0.9122 | -2.14 | 1.23 | Mauritania |
| 2010s | -0.7209 | -1.14 | 0.4209 | Mauritania |
| 2020s | -0.8332 | -0.881 | 0.0478 | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher common good justifications score, Mauritania or Somalia?
- Somalia, at -0.761 against -0.775 in Mauritania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in common good justifications score between Mauritania and Somalia?
- 0.014, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Somalia?
- 122 years are reported by both, from 1904 to 2025.
- How do Mauritania and Somalia rank globally for common good justifications score?
- Mauritania ranks 150th and Somalia ranks 149th of 175 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Common Good Justifications Score. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which political elites justify their views with the common good for society, either the greatest good for the greatest number of people or as helping the least advantaged people in society when considering important policy changes.