Gabon vs Mauritania: Democracy
Gabon
3
in 2025
Mauritania
3
in 2025
Gabon rank
94th
Mauritania rank
94th
Democracy over time
- Gabon
- Mauritania
How they compare
Gabon currently reports 3 against 3 in Mauritania, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 116 shared years of data; in 1910 it was Mauritania ahead.
Gabon ranks 94th and Mauritania ranks 94th of 176 countries.
Across the 12 decades both report, Gabon averaged higher in 3 and Mauritania in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gabon | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | Mauritania |
| 1960s | 1.2 | 2.2 | 1 | Mauritania |
| 1970s | 1 | 1.6 | 0.6 | Mauritania |
| 1980s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Gabon |
| 1990s | 2.8 | 2.4 | 0.4 | Gabon |
| 2000s | 3 | 2.1 | 0.9 | Gabon |
| 2010s | 3 | 3.3 | 0.3 | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 2 | 3 | 1 | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Gabon or Mauritania?
- Gabon, at 3 against 3 in Mauritania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Gabon and Mauritania?
- 0, with Gabon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Mauritania?
- 116 years are reported by both, from 1910 to 2025.
- How do Gabon and Mauritania rank globally for democracy?
- Gabon ranks 94th and Mauritania ranks 94th of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Democracy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Political regime of a country using the Regimes of the World classification by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan Lindberg, including ambiguous categories.