Iran vs Qatar: Democracy
Iran
2
in 2025
Qatar
0
in 2025
Iran rank
139th
Qatar rank
142nd
Democracy over time
- Iran
- Qatar
How they compare
Iran currently reports 2 against 0 in Qatar, a difference of 2.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Qatar ahead.
Iran ranks 139th and Qatar ranks 142nd of 176 countries.
Iran has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iran | Qatar | 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 | 1.2 | 0 | 1.2 | Iran |
| 1990s | 3 | 0 | 3 | Iran |
| 2000s | 3 | 0 | 3 | Iran |
| 2010s | 3 | 0 | 3 | 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 Qatar?
- Iran, at 2 against 0 in Qatar as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Iran and Qatar?
- 2, with Iran ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iran and Qatar?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Iran and Qatar rank globally for democracy?
- Iran ranks 139th and Qatar 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.