Iraq vs Malaysia: Democracy

Iraq
6
in 2025
Malaysia
6
in 2025
Iraq rank
78th
Malaysia rank
78th

Democracy over time

  • Iraq
  • Malaysia
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How they compare

Iraq currently reports 6 against 6 in Malaysia, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 106 shared years of data; in 1920 it was Malaysia ahead.

Iraq ranks 78th and Malaysia ranks 78th of 197 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Democracy
Source
Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
198 places, 32,485 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Identifies the political regime of a country. It distinguishes between non-electoral autocracies (score 0), one-party autocracies (score 1), multi-party autocracies without elected executive (score 2), multi-party autocracies (score 3), exclusive democracies (score 4), male democracies (score 5), electoral democracies (score 6), and full democracies (score 7).