Political rights rating fh, gaps filled in Iran, Islamic Republic of
Iran, Islamic Republic of: Political rights rating fh, gaps filled was 7 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Political rights rating fh, gaps filled in Iran, Islamic Republic of, 1972–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
The most recent figure for political rights rating fh, gaps filled in Iran, Islamic Republic of is 7, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.
The figure is up 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political rights rating fh, gaps filled in Iran, Islamic Republic of peaked at 7 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 5, in 1972.
Iran, Islamic Republic of ranks 1st of 199 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Political rights rating fh, gaps filled in Iran, Islamic Republic of, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 5 | — |
| 1973 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 6 | +20.0% |
| 1976 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 5 | -16.7% |
| 1979 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 5.5 | +10.0% |
| 1982 | 6 | +9.1% |
| 1983 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 5 | -16.7% |
| 1985 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 6 | +20.0% |
| 1990 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 7 | +16.7% |
| 2022 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 7 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5.38 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| 1980s | 5.35 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| 1990s | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
| 2000s | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
| 2010s | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.83 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
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More social development data for Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 770,514 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 157,912 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh 7 (2025)
- Democracy lexical 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0017 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 157,912 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0083 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of -77.92 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is political rights rating fh, gaps filled in Iran, Islamic Republic of?
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled in Iran, Islamic Republic of was 7 in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest political rights rating fh, gaps filled recorded in Iran, Islamic Republic of?
- The highest recorded value was 7 in 2021.
- What is the lowest political rights rating fh, gaps filled recorded in Iran, Islamic Republic of?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 in 1972.
- How does Iran, Islamic Republic of rank for political rights rating fh, gaps filled?
- Iran, Islamic Republic of ranks 1st out of 199 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political rights rating fh, gaps filled rising or falling in Iran, Islamic Republic of?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iran, Islamic Republic of data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Political rights rating fh, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Political rights rating fh with 183 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
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- Political rights rating fh Our World in Data
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About this data
Political rights rating fh with 183 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.