Bhutan vs India: Democracy
Bhutan
6
in 2025
India
6
in 2025
Bhutan rank
78th
India rank
78th
Democracy over time
- Bhutan
- India
How they compare
Bhutan currently reports 6 against 6 in India, a difference of 0.
Across all 237 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.
Bhutan ranks 78th and India ranks 78th of 198 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 25 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | 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 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 2 | 2 | India |
| 1930s | 0 | 2 | 2 | India |
| 1940s | 0 | 2.3 | 2.3 | India |
| 1950s | 0.7 | 7 | 6.3 | India |
| 1960s | 1 | 7 | 6 | India |
| 1970s | 1 | 6.7 | 5.7 | India |
| 1980s | 1 | 7 | 6 | India |
| 1990s | 1 | 7 | 6 | India |
| 2000s | 2 | 7 | 5 | India |
| 2010s | 6 | 6.8 | 0.8 | India |
| 2020s | 6 | 6 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Bhutan or India?
- Bhutan, at 6 against 6 in India as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Bhutan and India?
- 0, with Bhutan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and India?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Bhutan and India rank globally for democracy?
- Bhutan ranks 78th and India ranks 78th of 198 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Lexical Index (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
Identifies the political regime of a country. It distinguishes between non-electoral autocracies (score 0), one-party autocracies (score 1), multi-party autocracies without elected executive (score 2), multi-party autocracies (score 3), exclusive democracies (score 4), male democracies (score 5), electoral democracies (score 6), and full democracies (score 7).