Where does Mao Zedong sit on the political compass?
Chinese communist revolutionary
Mao Zedong is placed at -9.0 economically (left) and +8.5 socially (authoritarian). That coordinate falls in the Leninism cell.
These placements are approximate readings of public statements and policy records, not a quiz the person took. Use them to compare, not to settle a biography.
Portrait: Chen Zhengqing (1917–1966), Public domain. Source.
.jpg){kind=link}
Closest ideology
Leninism Leninism is a far-left, highly authoritarian current of communism. It argues that a disciplined vanguard party should seize the state and use it to socialise production, suppress rival politics, and direct society toward a classless order.
Similar figures
- Kim Jong Un
93% similar on this map. Supreme leader of North Korea.
- Joseph Stalin
92% similar on this map. Soviet dictator.
- Vladimir Lenin
88% similar on this map. Bolshevik revolutionary leader.
- Xi Jinping
84% similar on this map. Paramount leader of China.
Furthest on this map: Javier Milei.
See who you match