Brazil vs India: Multi-party elections
Brazil
1
in 2025
India
1
in 2025
Brazil rank
1st
India rank
1st
Multi-party elections over time
- Brazil
- India
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 1 against 1 in India, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 89 shared years of data; in 1920 it was India ahead.
Brazil ranks 1st and India ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Across the 11 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 3 and India in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | Brazil |
| 1930s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Brazil |
| 1940s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Brazil |
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0.6 | 1 | 0.4 | India |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher multi-party elections, Brazil or India?
- Brazil, at 1 against 1 in India as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections between Brazil and India?
- 0, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and India?
- 89 years are reported by both, from 1920 to 2025.
- How do Brazil and India rank globally for multi-party elections?
- Brazil ranks 1st and India ranks 1st of 172 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Multi-party elections. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Central estimate whether national multi-party elections were held.