India vs Iraq: Democracy
India
3
in 2025
Iraq
3
in 2025
India rank
94th
Iraq rank
94th
Democracy over time
- India
- Iraq
How they compare
India currently reports 3 against 3 in Iraq, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Iraq ahead.
India ranks 94th and Iraq ranks 94th of 176 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 25 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Iraq | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0.6 | 0 | 0.6 | India |
| 1950s | 5.1 | 1.7 | 3.4 | India |
| 1960s | 6 | 0 | 6 | India |
| 1970s | 5.2 | 0 | 5.2 | India |
| 1980s | 6 | 0 | 6 | India |
| 1990s | 6 | 1 | 5 | India |
| 2000s | 6 | 1.5 | 4.5 | India |
| 2010s | 5.1 | 3 | 2.1 | India |
| 2020s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, India or Iraq?
- India, at 3 against 3 in Iraq as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between India and Iraq?
- 0, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Iraq?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do India and Iraq rank globally for democracy?
- India ranks 94th and Iraq ranks 94th 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.