Bangladesh vs India: Engaged Society Score
Bangladesh
0.782
in 2025
India
0.789
in 2025
Bangladesh rank
87th
India rank
86th
Engaged Society Score over time
- Bangladesh
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 0.789 against 0.782 in Bangladesh, a difference of 0.007.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was India ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 87th and India ranks 86th of 176 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 25 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | -2.18 | -2.18 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | -2.18 | -2.18 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | -2.18 | -2.18 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | -2.18 | -2.18 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | -2.18 | -2.18 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | -1.58 | -1.58 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | -1.19 | -1.19 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | -1.19 | -1.19 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | -1.19 | -1.19 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | -1.14 | -1.14 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | -1.03 | -1.03 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | -1.03 | -1.03 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | -1 | -1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | -0.729 | -0.729 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | -0.729 | -0.729 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | -0.7965 | -0.7965 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | -0.6387 | -0.4329 | 0.2058 | India |
| 1950s | -0.2383 | 1.11 | 1.35 | India |
| 1960s | -0.4304 | 1.11 | 1.54 | India |
| 1970s | -0.5142 | 1.29 | 1.81 | India |
| 1980s | -0.4917 | 2.39 | 2.88 | India |
| 1990s | -0.1033 | 2.39 | 2.49 | India |
| 2000s | -0.0434 | 2.39 | 2.43 | India |
| 2010s | 0.4259 | 1.6 | 1.18 | India |
| 2020s | 0.386 | 0.7258 | 0.3398 | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher engaged society score, Bangladesh or India?
- India, at 0.789 against 0.782 in Bangladesh as of 2025.
- What is the difference in engaged society score between Bangladesh and India?
- 0.007, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and India?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Bangladesh and India rank globally for engaged society score?
- Bangladesh ranks 87th and India ranks 86th of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Engaged Society Score. 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 extent to which ordinary people independently discuss important policy changes among themselves, in the media, in associations or neighborhoods, or in the streets.