India vs Singapore: Electoral democracy
India
1
in 2025
Singapore
1
in 2025
India rank
87th
Singapore rank
87th
Electoral democracy over time
- India
- Singapore
How they compare
India currently reports 1 against 1 in Singapore, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 158 shared years of data; in 1868 it was Singapore ahead.
India ranks 87th and Singapore ranks 87th of 176 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 17 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Singapore | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0.5 | 1.2 | India |
| 1960s | 2 | 1 | 1 | India |
| 1970s | 1.7 | 1 | 0.7 | India |
| 1980s | 2 | 1 | 1 | India |
| 1990s | 2 | 1 | 1 | India |
| 2000s | 2 | 1 | 1 | India |
| 2010s | 1.7 | 1 | 0.7 | India |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, India or Singapore?
- India, at 1 against 1 in Singapore as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between India and Singapore?
- 0, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Singapore?
- 158 years are reported by both, from 1868 to 2025.
- How do India and Singapore rank globally for electoral democracy?
- India ranks 87th and Singapore 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.