Burundi vs India: Democracy

Burundi
3
in 2025
India
3
in 2025
Burundi rank
94th
India rank
94th

Democracy over time

  • Burundi
  • India
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How they compare

Burundi currently reports 3 against 3 in India, a difference of 0.

Across all 110 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.

Burundi ranks 94th and India ranks 94th of 176 countries.

India has averaged higher in every one of the 12 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burundi India Difference Ahead
1910s 0 0 0
1920s 0 0 0
1930s 0 0 0
1940s 0 0.6 0.6 India
1950s 0 5.1 5.1 India
1960s 0 6 6 India
1970s 0 5.2 5.2 India
1980s 0.6 6 5.4 India
1990s 0.6 6 5.4 India
2000s 1.5 6 4.5 India
2010s 3 5.1 2.1 India
2020s 3 3 0

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher democracy, Burundi or India?
Burundi, at 3 against 3 in India as of 2025.
What is the difference in democracy between Burundi and India?
0, with Burundi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and India?
110 years are reported by both, from 1916 to 2025.
How do Burundi and India rank globally for democracy?
Burundi ranks 94th and India ranks 94th of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Democracy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Democracy
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,594 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Political regime of a country using the Regimes of the World classification by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan Lindberg, including ambiguous categories.