Ecuador vs India: Democracy
Ecuador
6
in 2025
India
6
in 2025
Ecuador rank
78th
India rank
78th
Democracy over time
- Ecuador
- India
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 6 against 6 in India, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 196 shared years of data; in 1830 it was Ecuador ahead.
Ecuador ranks 78th and India ranks 78th of 198 countries.
Across the 20 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 10 and India in 9.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Ecuador |
| 1840s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Ecuador |
| 1850s | 2.1 | 0 | 2.1 | Ecuador |
| 1860s | 1.1 | 0 | 1.1 | Ecuador |
| 1870s | 1.8 | 0 | 1.8 | Ecuador |
| 1880s | 0.6 | 0 | 0.6 | Ecuador |
| 1890s | 1.9 | 0 | 1.9 | Ecuador |
| 1900s | 2.6 | 0 | 2.6 | Ecuador |
| 1910s | 3 | 0 | 3 | Ecuador |
| 1920s | 1.6 | 2 | 0.4 | India |
| 1930s | 1.9 | 2 | 0.1 | India |
| 1940s | 3.4 | 2.3 | 1.1 | Ecuador |
| 1950s | 4 | 7 | 3 | India |
| 1960s | 2.2 | 7 | 4.8 | India |
| 1970s | 0.8 | 6.7 | 5.9 | India |
| 1980s | 6 | 7 | 1 | India |
| 1990s | 6 | 7 | 1 | India |
| 2000s | 6 | 7 | 1 | 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, Ecuador or India?
- Ecuador, at 6 against 6 in India as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Ecuador and India?
- 0, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and India?
- 196 years are reported by both, from 1830 to 2025.
- How do Ecuador and India rank globally for democracy?
- Ecuador 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).