Age of democracy polity in Iraq
Iraq: Age of democracy polity was 5 in 2018. ▲ Rising
Latest (2018)
5
Change on year
up 25.0%
World rank
99th
of 110 countries
All-time high
5
in 2018
All-time low
1
in 2014
Years of data
5
2014–2018
Age of democracy polity in Iraq, 2014–2018
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 5 for age of democracy polity in 2018. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 25.0% on the previous year and up 400.0% over five years.
Iraq ranks 99th of 110 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 96 Mali 7
- 96 Russia 7
- 98 Tunisia 6 compare
- 99 Guinea-Bissau 5 compare
- 99 Haiti 5
- 99 Madagascar 5 compare
- 99 Niger 5
More social development data for Iraq
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 322,345 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 270,671 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh 5 (2025)
- Democracy lexical 1 (2025)
- Human rights index vs electoral democracy index 0.521 (2025)
- Liberal democracy index 0.22 (2025)
- Electoral democracy index 0.369 (2025)
- Freedom of association index 0.578 (2025)
- Freedom of expression index 0.571 (2025)
- Participatory democracy index 0.224 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is age of democracy polity in Iraq?
- Age of democracy polity in Iraq was 5 in 2018, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest age of democracy polity recorded in Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 5 in 2018.
- What is the lowest age of democracy polity recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 2014.
- How does Iraq rank for age of democracy polity?
- Iraq ranks 99th out of 110 countries with data for 2018.
- Where does this Iraq data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Age of democracy polity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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