India vs Iran: Electoral democracy
India
1
in 2025
Iran
1
in 2025
India rank
87th
Iran rank
87th
Electoral democracy over time
- India
- Iran
How they compare
India currently reports 1 against 1 in Iran, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Iran ahead.
India ranks 87th and Iran ranks 87th of 176 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Iran | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1.7 | India |
| 1960s | 2 | 0 | 2 | India |
| 1970s | 1.7 | 0 | 1.7 | India |
| 1980s | 2 | 0.4 | 1.6 | India |
| 1990s | 2 | 1 | 1 | India |
| 2000s | 2 | 1 | 1 | India |
| 2010s | 1.7 | 1 | 0.7 | India |
| 2020s | 1 | 0.6667 | 0.3333 | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, India or Iran?
- India, at 1 against 1 in Iran as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between India and Iran?
- 0, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Iran?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do India and Iran rank globally for electoral democracy?
- India ranks 87th and Iran 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.