🇮🇶 Iraq Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇮🇶 Iraq IQ / IRQ #58

Nomad Score 47.0

Cities 8

Region Arab League, Middle East, Arab World, Silk Road, Fertile Crescent, OPEC, Mesopotamia, Asia, Asia, Western Asia

Currency IQD

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Federal parliamentary republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 28/100

Press Freedom (2025) 30.7/100 #155

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.369

HDI 0.712

Regional Blocs AL

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2013) 9.5/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 27.3/100k

Military Spending (2024) 2.4% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Federal parliamentary republic

Title	Name
President of Iraq	Abdul Latif Rashid
Prime Minister of Iraq	Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 28 / 100

Interpretation Significant corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 30.7 / 100

Global Rank #155 / 180

Rank Change +14 vs previous year

RSF Zone MENA

Political #149 25.8

Economic #164 25.7

Legal #145 37.8

Social #153 34.8

Safety #158 29.3

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.369

Liberal 0.220

Participatory 0.224

Deliberative 0.270

Egalitarian 0.197

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	30.7	155	25.8	25.7	37.8	34.8	29.3
2024	25.5	169	20.7	22.1	26.4	29.5	28.7
2023	32.9	167	39.3	28.0	31.1	36.4	29.9
2022	28.6	172	34.1	20.1	29.8	40.7	18.3
2021	44.4	163	-	-	-	-	35.3
2020	44.6	162	-	-	-	-	42.0
2019	47.4	156	-	-	-	-	61.1
2018	43.4	160	-	-	-	-	32.0
2017	46.0	158	-	-	-	-	34.7
2016	45.7	158	-	-	-	-	82.1
2015	52.2	156	-	-	-	-	27.6
2014	54.6	153	-	-	-	-	-
2013	55.3	150	-	-	-	-	-
2012	75.4	152	-	-	-	-	-
2010	45.6	130	-	-	-	-	-
2009	53.3	145	-	-	-	-	-
2008	59.4	158	-	-	-	-	-
2007	67.8	157	-	-	-	-	-
2006	66.8	154	-	-	-	-	-
2005	67.0	157	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

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