Mali vs Mauritania: Respect for Counterarguments Score
Mali
0.571
in 2025
Mauritania
0.601
in 2025
Mali rank
79th
Mauritania rank
78th
Respect for Counterarguments Score over time
- Mali
- Mauritania
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 0.601 against 0.571 in Mali, a difference of 0.03.
That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.1 times Mali's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 122 shared years of data; in 1904 it was Mali ahead.
Mali ranks 79th and Mauritania ranks 78th of 175 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Mali averaged higher in 8 and Mauritania in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mali | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | -1.34 | -1.75 | 0.408 | Mali |
| 1910s | -1.34 | -1.75 | 0.408 | Mali |
| 1920s | -1.34 | -1.75 | 0.408 | Mali |
| 1930s | -1.34 | -1.75 | 0.408 | Mali |
| 1940s | -1.1 | -1.18 | 0.0738 | Mali |
| 1950s | -0.749 | 0 | 0.749 | Mauritania |
| 1960s | -0.4417 | 0.886 | 1.33 | Mauritania |
| 1970s | -2.83 | 0.3242 | 3.15 | Mauritania |
| 1980s | -2.04 | -2.37 | 0.3335 | Mali |
| 1990s | 0.6675 | 0.3182 | 0.3493 | Mali |
| 2000s | 1.12 | 0.9956 | 0.1226 | Mali |
| 2010s | 0.9202 | 0.9241 | 0.0039 | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 0.6275 | 0.711 | 0.0835 | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher respect for counterarguments score, Mali or Mauritania?
- Mauritania, at 0.601 against 0.571 in Mali as of 2025.
- What is the difference in respect for counterarguments score between Mali and Mauritania?
- 0.03, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Mauritania?
- 122 years are reported by both, from 1904 to 2025.
- How do Mali and Mauritania rank globally for respect for counterarguments score?
- Mali ranks 79th and Mauritania ranks 78th of 175 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Respect for Counterarguments Score. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which political elites acknowledge and respect counterarguments when considering important policy changes.