India vs Kenya: Democracy
India
6
in 2025
Kenya
6
in 2025
India rank
78th
Kenya rank
78th
Democracy over time
- India
- Kenya
How they compare
India currently reports 6 against 6 in Kenya, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 131 shared years of data; in 1895 it was Kenya ahead.
India ranks 78th and Kenya ranks 78th of 198 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 14 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Kenya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 2.3 | 2 | 0.3 | India |
| 1950s | 7 | 2 | 5 | India |
| 1960s | 7 | 2.4 | 4.6 | India |
| 1970s | 6.7 | 1 | 5.7 | India |
| 1980s | 7 | 1 | 6 | India |
| 1990s | 7 | 2.6 | 4.4 | India |
| 2000s | 7 | 4.8 | 2.2 | India |
| 2010s | 6.8 | 5.1 | 1.7 | India |
| 2020s | 6 | 6 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, India or Kenya?
- India, at 6 against 6 in Kenya as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between India and Kenya?
- 0, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Kenya?
- 131 years are reported by both, from 1895 to 2025.
- How do India and Kenya rank globally for democracy?
- India ranks 78th and Kenya 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).