Social Development in India

155 indicators covering social development for India.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Democracy Index 9 2018 unchanged 33rd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 181,121 2025 up 628.2% 10th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0.0001 units per person 2025 up 560.6% 129th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 287.2% 101st
Political Rights Score 31 2025 down 11.4% 76th
Freedom Score 62 2025 down 19.5% 100th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 15,075 2025 up 132.8% 47th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0 units per person 2025 up 111.2% 142nd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 23.8% 128th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -10.75 % change on previous year 2025 down 122.0% 60th
Full democracy 0 2025 down 100.0% 78th
States involved in state-based conflicts 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Distribution of Democracy Index 19 2018 unchanged 33rd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate 13.83 % change on previous year 2025 down 50.7% 38th
Equal Rights Protection Index 0.408 2025 down 40.4% 133rd
Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.511 2025 down 22.2% 122nd
Political Corruption Index 0.684 2025 up 11.0% 58th
Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.684 2025 up 11.0% 58th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.2519 2024 up 23.6% 152nd
Number of armed conflicts 2 conflicts 2025 up 100.0% 15th
Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 19th
Countries where armed conflicts took place 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.048 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1,043.5% 85th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.004 units per square kilometre 2023 up 225.0% 115th
LGBT+ Rights Index 2.07 2019 up 263.9% 75th
Forcibly displaced people 783,718 2025 down 4.4% 36th
Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 1st
Press freedom 1 2016 unchanged 61st
Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 2 number 2025 unchanged 1st
Age of electoral democracy 76 years 2025 up 15.2% 20th
Full democracy lexical, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year 2018 74th
Corruption Perceptions Index 38 2024 unchanged 95th
Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 38th
Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 5.24 2024 up 2.7% 94th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 3.26 2024 up 5.9% 97th
Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 1.98 2024 down 2.3% 9th
Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year 0.0006 2024 up 169.1% 48th
Self-reported life satisfaction 4.54 2025 up 3.0% 118th
Happiness vs. life satisfaction 4.54 2025 up 3.0% 118th
Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 7.0% 2024 up 4.3% 170th
Homicide rate 2.82 homicides per 100,000 population 2022 down 24.2% 84th
Homicides 40,130 homicides 2022 down 15.5% 2nd
Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 2.82 homicides per 100,000 population 2022 down 24.2% 84th
Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 2.82 homicides per 100,000 population 2022 down 24.2% 84th
Age of electoral democracy 39 years 2016 up 34.5% 36th
States involved in interstate conflicts 1 2014 unchanged 1st
Citizen support for democracy -1.79 2020 down 53.6% 142nd
Citizen satisfaction with democracy 0.5969 2020 up 13.8% 34th
Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Homicides 51,496 deaths 2021 down 4.6% 2nd
Homicide rate 3.66 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 14.7% 112th
Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 3.65 2021 down 14.6% 106th
Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 91.61 million 2030 down 13.0% 2nd
States involved in wars 0 2011 5th
Alcohol, total  (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 6.71 2030 up 56.5% 73rd
States involved in state based conflicts, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Age of full democracy 40 years 2017 up 33.3% 43rd
Freedom of Association Score 5 2025 down 44.4% 58th
Freedom of Expression Score 4 2025 down 42.9% 62nd