Iran vs Libya: Democracy
Iran
2
in 2025
Libya
0
in 2025
Iran rank
139th
Libya rank
142nd
Democracy over time
- Iran
- Libya
How they compare
Iran currently reports 2 against 0 in Libya, a difference of 2.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 97 shared years of data; in 1911 it was Libya ahead.
Iran ranks 139th and Libya ranks 142nd of 176 countries.
Iran has averaged higher in every one of the 12 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iran | Libya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1.2 | 0 | 1.2 | Iran |
| 1990s | 3 | 0 | 3 | Iran |
| 2000s | 3 | 0 | 3 | Iran |
| 2010s | 3 | 0.8 | 2.2 | Iran |
| 2020s | 1.67 | 0 | 1.67 | Iran |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Iran or Libya?
- Iran, at 2 against 0 in Libya as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Iran and Libya?
- 2, with Iran ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iran and Libya?
- 97 years are reported by both, from 1911 to 2025.
- How do Iran and Libya rank globally for democracy?
- Iran ranks 139th and Libya ranks 142nd 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.