Bahrain vs Mauritania: Free and Fair Elections Index
Bahrain
0.274
in 2025
Mauritania
0.288
in 2025
Bahrain rank
123rd
Mauritania rank
121st
Free and Fair Elections Index over time
- Bahrain
- Mauritania
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 0.288 against 0.274 in Bahrain, a difference of 0.014.
That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.1 times Bahrain's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 122 shared years of data; in 1904 it was Mauritania ahead.
Bahrain ranks 123rd and Mauritania ranks 121st of 176 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Bahrain averaged higher in 1 and Mauritania in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahrain | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0.1259 | 0.1259 | Mauritania |
| 1950s | 0 | 0.3843 | 0.3843 | Mauritania |
| 1960s | 0 | 0.27 | 0.27 | Mauritania |
| 1970s | 0.1391 | 0.1678 | 0.0287 | Mauritania |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 0 | 0.1056 | 0.1056 | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 0.2972 | 0.173 | 0.1242 | Bahrain |
| 2010s | 0.3424 | 0.4072 | 0.0648 | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 0.2735 | 0.3605 | 0.087 | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher free and fair elections index, Bahrain or Mauritania?
- Mauritania, at 0.288 against 0.274 in Bahrain as of 2025.
- What is the difference in free and fair elections index between Bahrain and Mauritania?
- 0.014, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Mauritania?
- 122 years are reported by both, from 1904 to 2025.
- How do Bahrain and Mauritania rank globally for free and fair elections index?
- Bahrain ranks 123rd and Mauritania ranks 121st of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Free and Fair Elections Index. 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 registration fraud, systematic irregularities, government intimidation of the opposition, vote buying, and election violence are absent, and the election management body is autonomous and has enough staff and resources.