India vs Iraq: Democracy
India
2
in 2018
Iraq
2
in 2018
India rank
1st
Iraq rank
1st
Democracy over time
- India
- Iraq
How they compare
India currently reports 2 against 2 in Iraq, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1952 it was Iraq ahead.
India ranks 1st and Iraq ranks 1st of 168 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Iraq | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | India |
| 1970s | 2 | 0 | 2 | India |
| 1980s | 2 | 0 | 2 | India |
| 1990s | 2 | 0 | 2 | India |
| 2000s | 2 | 0 | 2 | India |
| 2010s | 2 | 1.56 | 0.4444 | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, India or Iraq?
- India, at 2 against 2 in Iraq as of 2018.
- 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?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1952 to 2018.
- How do India and Iraq rank globally for democracy?
- India ranks 1st and Iraq ranks 1st of 168 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Polity 5 (2020) – 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
Identifies the political regime of a country using the Polity 5 data by the Center for Systemic Peace. It distinguishes between autocracies (score 0), anocracies (score 1), and democracies (score 2).