India vs Lebanon: Democracy

India
2
in 2018
Lebanon
2
in 2018
India rank
1st
Lebanon rank
1st

Democracy over time

  • India
  • Lebanon
00.511.52194319802018

How they compare

India currently reports 2 against 2 in Lebanon, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1952 it was Lebanon ahead.

India ranks 1st and Lebanon ranks 1st of 167 countries.

India has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade India Lebanon Difference Ahead
1950s 1 1 0
1960s 1.3 1 0.3 India
1970s 2 1 1 India
1980s 2 1 1 India
2000s 2 2 0
2010s 2 2 0

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher democracy, India or Lebanon?
India, at 2 against 2 in Lebanon as of 2018.
What is the difference in democracy between India and Lebanon?
0, with India ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Lebanon?
52 years are reported by both, from 1952 to 2018.
How do India and Lebanon rank globally for democracy?
India ranks 1st and Lebanon ranks 1st of 167 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Polity 5 (2020) – 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
Polity 5 (2020) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
168 places, 18,392 data points, 1776–2020
Last refreshed

Identifies the political regime of a country using the Polity 5 data by the Center for Systemic Peace. It distinguishes between autocracies (score 0), anocracies (score 1), and democracies (score 2).