Azerbaijan vs Mauritania: Democracy
Azerbaijan
3
in 2025
Mauritania
3
in 2025
Azerbaijan rank
116th
Mauritania rank
116th
Democracy over time
- Azerbaijan
- Mauritania
How they compare
Azerbaijan currently reports 3 against 3 in Mauritania, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 122 shared years of data; in 1904 it was Mauritania ahead.
Azerbaijan ranks 116th and Mauritania ranks 116th of 197 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Azerbaijan averaged higher in 10 and Mauritania in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Azerbaijan | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0.6667 | 0 | 0.6667 | Azerbaijan |
| 1910s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Azerbaijan |
| 1920s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Azerbaijan |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Azerbaijan |
| 1940s | 1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | Azerbaijan |
| 1950s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Mauritania |
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | Azerbaijan |
| 1980s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Azerbaijan |
| 1990s | 2.8 | 2.4 | 0.4 | Azerbaijan |
| 2000s | 3 | 2.3 | 0.7 | Azerbaijan |
| 2010s | 3 | 2.6 | 0.4 | Azerbaijan |
| 2020s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Azerbaijan or Mauritania?
- Azerbaijan, at 3 against 3 in Mauritania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Azerbaijan and Mauritania?
- 0, with Azerbaijan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Azerbaijan and Mauritania?
- 122 years are reported by both, from 1904 to 2025.
- How do Azerbaijan and Mauritania rank globally for democracy?
- Azerbaijan ranks 116th and Mauritania ranks 116th of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Lexical Index (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
Identifies the political regime of a country. It distinguishes between non-electoral autocracies (score 0), one-party autocracies (score 1), multi-party autocracies without elected executive (score 2), multi-party autocracies (score 3), exclusive democracies (score 4), male democracies (score 5), electoral democracies (score 6), and full democracies (score 7).