Afghanistan vs Iran: Democracy
Afghanistan
0
in 2025
Iran
2
in 2025
Afghanistan rank
142nd
Iran rank
139th
Democracy over time
- Afghanistan
- Iran
How they compare
Iran currently reports 2 against 0 in Afghanistan, a difference of 2.
Across all 125 years both countries report, Iran has been ahead every year.
Afghanistan ranks 142nd and Iran ranks 139th of 176 countries.
Iran has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Iran | 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 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | Iran |
| 1990s | 0 | 3 | 3 | Iran |
| 2000s | 1.67 | 3 | 1.33 | Iran |
| 2010s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 0.5 | 1.67 | 1.17 | Iran |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Afghanistan or Iran?
- Iran, at 2 against 0 in Afghanistan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Afghanistan and Iran?
- 2, with Iran ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Iran?
- 125 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Afghanistan and Iran rank globally for democracy?
- Afghanistan ranks 142nd and Iran ranks 139th of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (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
Political regime of a country using the Regimes of the World classification by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan Lindberg, including ambiguous categories.