Latvia vs Mauritania: Political Polarization Score

Latvia
-1.35
in 2025
Mauritania
-1.4
in 2025
Latvia rank
146th
Mauritania rank
147th

Political Polarization Score over time

  • Latvia
  • Mauritania
-4-2024190019622025

How they compare

Latvia currently reports -1.35 against -1.4 in Mauritania, a difference of 0.055.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 122 shared years of data; in 1904 it was Latvia ahead.

Latvia ranks 146th and Mauritania ranks 147th of 174 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Political Polarization Score
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
174 places, 20,575 data points, 1900–2025
Last refreshed

Central estimate of the extent to which society is divided into hostile political camps, where political differences undermine social relationships and discourage interaction across ideological lines.