Belgium vs India: Citizen satisfaction with democracy
Belgium
0.5193
in 2020
India
0.5969
in 2020
Belgium rank
35th
India rank
34th
Citizen satisfaction with democracy over time
- Belgium
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 0.5969 against 0.5193 in Belgium, a difference of 0.0776.
That makes India's figure about 1.1 times Belgium's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 20 shared years of data; in 2001 it was India ahead.
Belgium ranks 35th and India ranks 34th of 131 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 2 and India in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7477 | 0.5442 | 0.2035 | Belgium |
| 2010s | 0.8702 | 0.6597 | 0.2106 | Belgium |
| 2020s | 0.5193 | 0.5969 | 0.0776 | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher citizen satisfaction with democracy, Belgium or India?
- India, at 0.5969 against 0.5193 in Belgium as of 2020.
- What is the difference in citizen satisfaction with democracy between Belgium and India?
- 0.0776, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and India?
- 20 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2020.
- How do Belgium and India rank globally for citizen satisfaction with democracy?
- Belgium ranks 35th and India ranks 34th of 131 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Citizen satisfaction with democracy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Central estimate of the average extent to which citizens are satisfied with democracy in their own country. It combines responses across more than one thousand nationally-representative surveys on how citizens' satisfaction with democracy.