India vs Venezuela: Democracy
India
3
in 2025
Venezuela
3
in 2025
India rank
94th
Venezuela rank
94th
Democracy over time
- India
- Venezuela
How they compare
India currently reports 3 against 3 in Venezuela, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 226 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Venezuela ahead.
India ranks 94th and Venezuela ranks 94th of 176 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, India averaged higher in 4 and Venezuela in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Venezuela | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | Venezuela |
| 1860s | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | Venezuela |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 1.33 | 1.33 | Venezuela |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | India |
| 1950s | 5.1 | 0.6 | 4.5 | India |
| 1960s | 6 | 6 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 5.2 | 6 | 0.8 | Venezuela |
| 1980s | 6 | 6 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 6 | 6 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 6 | 3.9 | 2.1 | India |
| 2010s | 5.1 | 3 | 2.1 | India |
| 2020s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, India or Venezuela?
- India, at 3 against 3 in Venezuela as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between India and Venezuela?
- 0, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Venezuela?
- 226 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do India and Venezuela rank globally for democracy?
- India ranks 94th and Venezuela 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.