Cuba vs Iran: Engaged Society Score

Cuba

-0.793

in 2025

Iran

-0.852

in 2025

Cuba rank

152nd

Iran rank

155th

Engaged Society Score over time

Cuba
Iran

How they compare

Cuba currently reports -0.793 against -0.852 in Iran, a difference of 0.059.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Cuba ahead.

Cuba ranks 152nd and Iran ranks 155th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Engaged Society Score in Cuba
Engaged Society Score in Iran
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Engaged Society Score
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 30,403 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which ordinary people independently discuss important policy changes among themselves, in the media, in associations or neighborhoods, or in the streets.