India vs Indonesia: Electoral democracy (V-Dem)
India
1
in 2025
Indonesia
1
in 2025
India rank
87th
Indonesia rank
87th
Electoral democracy (V-Dem) over time
- India
- Indonesia
How they compare
India currently reports 1 against 1 in Indonesia, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 226 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Indonesia ahead.
India ranks 87th and Indonesia ranks 87th of 176 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, India averaged higher in 6 and Indonesia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Indonesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | India |
| 1950s | 1.7 | 0.7 | 1 | India |
| 1960s | 2 | 0.1 | 1.9 | India |
| 1970s | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | India |
| 1980s | 2 | 1 | 1 | India |
| 1990s | 2 | 1.1 | 0.9 | India |
| 2000s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 1.7 | 2 | 0.3 | Indonesia |
| 2020s | 1 | 1.67 | 0.6667 | Indonesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, India or Indonesia?
- India, at 1 against 1 in Indonesia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between India and Indonesia?
- 0, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Indonesia?
- 226 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2025.
- How do India and Indonesia rank globally for electoral democracy?
- India ranks 87th and Indonesia ranks 87th of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Electoral democracy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Identifies the political regime of a country using the Regimes of the World classification by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan Lindberg.