Democracy for the government of Iraq has been a long sought after goal by politicians, activists, and revolutionaries. Iraq has a score of 3.51 of ten (authoritarian) on the 2021 Democracy Index. Numerous wars and conflicts in Iraq have made it difficult for a stable democratic government to emerge. Since 1980, the country has only experienced 13 years in which they were not at war. Iraq's government has been in a political crisis since 2021.