Mauritania vs Pakistan: Democracy
Mauritania
3
in 2025
Pakistan
3
in 2025
Mauritania rank
94th
Pakistan rank
94th
Democracy over time
- Mauritania
- Pakistan
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 3 against 3 in Pakistan, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 122 shared years of data; in 1904 it was Pakistan ahead.
Mauritania ranks 94th and Pakistan ranks 94th of 176 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 3 and Pakistan in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Pakistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | Pakistan |
| 1950s | 0.9 | 0 | 0.9 | Mauritania |
| 1960s | 2.2 | 0 | 2.2 | Mauritania |
| 1970s | 1.6 | 0.3 | 1.3 | Mauritania |
| 1980s | 0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | Pakistan |
| 1990s | 2.4 | 3 | 0.6 | Pakistan |
| 2000s | 2.1 | 2.5 | 0.4 | Pakistan |
| 2010s | 3.3 | 3.5 | 0.2 | Pakistan |
| 2020s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Mauritania or Pakistan?
- Mauritania, at 3 against 3 in Pakistan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Mauritania and Pakistan?
- 0, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Pakistan?
- 122 years are reported by both, from 1904 to 2025.
- How do Mauritania and Pakistan rank globally for democracy?
- Mauritania ranks 94th and Pakistan 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.