Civil rights score bti in Iran
Iran: Civil rights score bti was 1 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
1
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
117th
of 128 countries
All-time high
4
in 2005
All-time low
1
in 2023
Years of data
11
2005–2025
Civil rights score bti in Iran, 2005–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for civil rights score bti in Iran is 1, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, civil rights score bti in Iran peaked at 4 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 1, in 2023.
That places Iran 117th out of 128 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.67 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 2010s | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 2020s | 1.33 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Iran
More social development data for Iran
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 770,514 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 157,912 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh 7 (2025)
- Democracy lexical 0 (2025)
- Human rights index vs electoral democracy index 0.248 (2025)
- Liberal democracy index 0.103 (2025)
- Electoral democracy index 0.159 (2025)
- Freedom of association index 0.093 (2025)
- Freedom of expression index 0.166 (2025)
- Participatory democracy index 0.042 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is civil rights score bti in Iran?
- Civil rights score bti in Iran was 1 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest civil rights score bti recorded in Iran?
- The highest recorded value was 4 in 2005.
- What is the lowest civil rights score bti recorded in Iran?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 2023.
- How does Iran rank for civil rights score bti?
- Iran ranks 117th out of 128 countries with data for 2025.
- Is civil rights score bti rising or falling in Iran?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iran data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Civil rights score bti. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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