Hungary vs India: Democracy
Hungary
3
in 2025
India
3
in 2025
Hungary rank
94th
India rank
94th
Democracy over time
- Hungary
- India
How they compare
Hungary currently reports 3 against 3 in India, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was India ahead.
Hungary ranks 94th and India ranks 94th of 176 countries.
Across the 25 decades both report, Hungary averaged higher in 14 and India in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Hungary | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0.3 | 0 | 0.3 | Hungary |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0.6 | 0 | 0.6 | Hungary |
| 1870s | 3 | 0 | 3 | Hungary |
| 1880s | 3 | 0 | 3 | Hungary |
| 1890s | 3 | 0 | 3 | Hungary |
| 1900s | 3 | 0 | 3 | Hungary |
| 1910s | 3 | 0 | 3 | Hungary |
| 1920s | 3 | 0 | 3 | Hungary |
| 1930s | 3 | 0 | 3 | Hungary |
| 1940s | 2.7 | 0.6 | 2.1 | Hungary |
| 1950s | 0 | 5.1 | 5.1 | India |
| 1960s | 0 | 6 | 6 | India |
| 1970s | 0 | 5.2 | 5.2 | India |
| 1980s | 0.2 | 6 | 5.8 | India |
| 1990s | 8.2 | 6 | 2.2 | Hungary |
| 2000s | 8.9 | 6 | 2.9 | Hungary |
| 2010s | 5.5 | 5.1 | 0.4 | Hungary |
| 2020s | 3.33 | 3 | 0.3333 | Hungary |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Hungary or India?
- Hungary, at 3 against 3 in India as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Hungary and India?
- 0, with Hungary ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Hungary and India?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Hungary and India rank globally for democracy?
- Hungary 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
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.