Bahrain vs Mauritania: Universal right to vote
Bahrain
2
in 2025
Mauritania
2
in 2025
Bahrain rank
1st
Mauritania rank
1st
Universal right to vote over time
- Bahrain
- Mauritania
How they compare
Bahrain currently reports 2 against 2 in Mauritania, a difference of 0.
Across all 122 years both countries report, Mauritania has been ahead every year.
Bahrain ranks 1st and Mauritania ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Mauritania has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahrain | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | Mauritania |
| 1960s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Mauritania |
| 1970s | 0.7 | 2 | 1.3 | Mauritania |
| 1980s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Mauritania |
| 1990s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 1.8 | 2 | 0.2 | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher universal right to vote, Bahrain or Mauritania?
- Bahrain, at 2 against 2 in Mauritania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in universal right to vote between Bahrain and Mauritania?
- 0, with Bahrain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Mauritania?
- 122 years are reported by both, from 1904 to 2025.
- How do Bahrain and Mauritania rank globally for universal right to vote?
- Bahrain ranks 1st and Mauritania ranks 1st of 198 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Universal right to vote. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Indicates whether virtually all men and women that are citizens are allowed to vote in national elections (score 2), whether it is only men (score 1), or there is no universal rights to vote for either men or women (score 0). It neither considers informal restrictions nor legal restrictions based on age, criminal conviction, disability, and local residency.