Mauritius vs New Zealand: Political civil liberties index

Mauritius
0.922
in 2025
New Zealand
0.929
in 2025
Mauritius rank
23rd
New Zealand rank
20th

Political civil liberties index over time

  • Mauritius
  • New Zealand
00.20.40.60.81185319392025

How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 0.929 against 0.922 in Mauritius, a difference of 0.007.

Across all 126 years both countries report, New Zealand has been ahead every year.

Mauritius ranks 23rd and New Zealand ranks 20th of 176 countries.

New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritius New Zealand Difference Ahead
1900s 0.5862 0.9276 0.3414 New Zealand
1910s 0.5751 0.8943 0.3192 New Zealand
1920s 0.586 0.9215 0.3355 New Zealand
1930s 0.59 0.9138 0.3238 New Zealand
1940s 0.67 0.8882 0.2182 New Zealand
1950s 0.7847 0.9122 0.1275 New Zealand
1960s 0.8154 0.9414 0.126 New Zealand
1970s 0.7749 0.9442 0.1693 New Zealand
1980s 0.8488 0.9555 0.1067 New Zealand
1990s 0.8779 0.964 0.0861 New Zealand
2000s 0.888 0.964 0.076 New Zealand
2010s 0.8798 0.9594 0.0796 New Zealand
2020s 0.7408 0.9458 0.205 New Zealand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher political civil liberties index, Mauritius or New Zealand?
New Zealand, at 0.929 against 0.922 in Mauritius as of 2025.
What is the difference in political civil liberties index between Mauritius and New Zealand?
0.007, with New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritius and New Zealand?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Mauritius and New Zealand rank globally for political civil liberties index?
Mauritius ranks 23rd and New Zealand ranks 20th of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Political civil liberties index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Mauritius vs New Zealand: Political civil liberties index. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 28 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/political-civil-liberties-index/mauritius/new-zealand/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/political-civil-liberties-index/mauritius/new-zealand/">Mauritius vs New Zealand: Political civil liberties index</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Political civil liberties index
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 30,211 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed