Which has higher egalitarian democracy index, India or Iraq?

India, at 0.201 against 0.197 in Iraq as of 2025.

How many years of comparable data are there for India and Iraq?

126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Egalitarian Democracy Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

India vs Iraq: Egalitarian Democracy Index

India

0.201

in 2025

Iraq

0.197

in 2025

India rank

118th

Iraq rank

119th

Egalitarian Democracy Index over time

India
Iraq

How they compare

India currently reports 0.201 against 0.197 in Iraq, a difference of 0.004.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was India ahead.

India ranks 118th and Iraq ranks 119th of 175 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, India averaged higher in 12 and Iraq in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	India	Iraq	Difference	Ahead
1900s	0.0672	0.0566	0.0106	India
1910s	0.069	0.0672	0.0018	India
1920s	0.0814	0.0754	0.006	India
1930s	0.0904	0.0906	0.0002	Iraq
1940s	0.1146	0.0952	0.0194	India
1950s	0.3655	0.1138	0.2517	India
1960s	0.4055	0.1039	0.3016	India
1970s	0.3658	0.1019	0.2639	India
1980s	0.4286	0.1046	0.324	India
1990s	0.4903	0.0887	0.4016	India
2000s	0.4725	0.1688	0.3037	India
2010s	0.3455	0.2133	0.1322	India
2020s	0.2135	0.2055	0.008	India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher egalitarian democracy index, India or Iraq?: India, at 0.201 against 0.197 in Iraq as of 2025.
What is the difference in egalitarian democracy index between India and Iraq?: 0.004, with India ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Iraq?: 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do India and Iraq rank globally for egalitarian democracy index?: India ranks 118th and Iraq ranks 119th of 175 countries.
Where does this data come from?: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Egalitarian Democracy Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

India vs Iraq: Egalitarian Democracy Index. Statizoid, drawing on V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 07 November 2026, from https://social-development.statizoid.com/compare/egalitarian-democracy-index-vdem/india/iraq/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://social-development.statizoid.com/compare/egalitarian-democracy-index-vdem/india/iraq/">India vs Iraq: Egalitarian Democracy Index</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Egalitarian Democracy Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 175 places, 20,734 data points, 1900–2025
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026

Central estimate of the extent of suffrage, the freedom and fairness of elections, freedoms of association and expression, as well as the extent to which the protection of rights, access to power, and distribution of resources is equal.