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India vs Pakistan

129 shared metrics.

IndiaLeads in 91

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PakistanLeads in 38

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What matters for both sides

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India

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of India.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

India overtook China in 2023 to become the world's most populous country.

UN DESA 2023

Pakistan

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Identity

Formal name: Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: the name is said to have been proposed in the early 1930s by Muslim students at Cambridge University, created from the initials of Punjab, Afghanistan, and…

CIA 2026

Analysis

India leads in 91 of 129 shared metrics, while Pakistan leads in 38.

India's Highest Elevation is 4292.0x that of Pakistan (8.6K m vs 2.0 m).

India's Spirits Consumption is 65.8x that of Pakistan (2.3 L/person/yr vs 0.03 L/person/yr).

India's Foreign Patents is 61.3x that of Pakistan (35.3K vs 567).

India's Domestic Patents is 60.7x that of Pakistan (26.3K vs 426).

India's Alcohol Consumption is 47.8x that of Pakistan (4.1 L/adult/yr vs 0.08 L/adult/yr).

Key Comparisons

Highest ElevationIndia leads

India

8.6K m

Pakistan

2.0 m

Spirits ConsumptionIndia leads

India

2.3 L/person/yr

Pakistan

0.03 L/person/yr

Foreign PatentsIndia leads

India

35.3K

Pakistan

567

Domestic PatentsIndia leads

India

26.3K

Pakistan

426

Alcohol ConsumptionIndia leads

India

4.1 L/adult/yr

Pakistan

0.08 L/adult/yr

Beer ConsumptionIndia leads

India

0.13 L/person/yr

Pakistan

0.00 L/person/yr

All Metrics

Highest Elevation

India

8.6K m

Pakistan

2.0 m

429200% higher

Spirits Consumption

India

2.3 L/person/yr

Pakistan

0.03 L/person/yr

6581% higher

Foreign Patents

India

35.3K

Pakistan

567

6127% higher

Domestic Patents

India

26.3K

Pakistan

426

6066% higher

Alcohol Consumption

India

4.1 L/adult/yr

Pakistan

0.08 L/adult/yr

4781% higher

Beer Consumption

India

0.13 L/person/yr

Pakistan

0.00 L/person/yr

4313% higher

Merchant Fleet Size

India

1.9K

Pakistan

2998% higher

Air Passengers

India

180.42M

Pakistan

7.15M

2422% higher

Forest Area

India

729.6K km²

Pakistan

36.0K km²

1926% higher

Tourism Revenue

India

$13,413,000,000

Pakistan

$765,000,000

1653% higher

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

India

0.03 per 100k people

Pakistan

0.00 per 100k people

1600% higher

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)

Total CO2 Emissions

India

3.2K Mt CO2e

Pakistan

203.99 Mt CO2e

1446% higher

Electric Generating Capacity

India

499.14M kW

Pakistan

43.51M kW

1047% higher

Electricity Generation

India

2.1K TWh

Pakistan

182.76 TWh

1026% higher

GDP (Nominal)

India

$3,909,891,533,858.08

Pakistan

$371,570,000,121.27

952% higher

Scientific Publications

India

207.4K

Pakistan

22.6K

816% higher

High-Tech Exports (%)

India

18.57%

Pakistan

2.4%

662% higher

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

India

44 sites

Pakistan

6.0 sites

633% higher

Coastline Length

India

7.0K km

Pakistan

1.0K km

569% higher

Shipping Traffic

India

19.72M

Pakistan

3.38M

483% higher

Comparison of India and Pakistan across 129 metrics
				Winner
Highest Elevation	8.6K m	2.0 m	429200% higher	India
Spirits Consumption	2.3 L/person/yr	0.03 L/person/yr	6581% higher	India
Foreign Patents	35.3K	567	6127% higher	India
Domestic Patents	26.3K	426	6066% higher	India
Alcohol Consumption	4.1 L/adult/yr	0.08 L/adult/yr	4781% higher	India
Beer Consumption	0.13 L/person/yr	0.00 L/person/yr	4313% higher	India
Merchant Fleet Size	1.9K	60	2998% higher	India
Air Passengers	180.42M	7.15M	2422% higher	India
Forest Area	729.6K km²	36.0K km²	1926% higher	India
Tourism Revenue	$13,413,000,000	$765,000,000	1653% higher	India
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.03 per 100k people	0.00 per 100k people	1600% higher	India
Total CO2 Emissions	3.2K Mt CO2e	203.99 Mt CO2e	1446% higher	India
Electric Generating Capacity	499.14M kW	43.51M kW	1047% higher	India
Electricity Generation	2.1K TWh	182.76 TWh	1026% higher	India
GDP (Nominal)	$3,909,891,533,858.08	$371,570,000,121.27	952% higher	India
Scientific Publications	207.4K	22.6K	816% higher	India
High-Tech Exports (%)	18.57%	2.4%	662% higher	India
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	44 sites	6.0 sites	633% higher	India
Coastline Length	7.0K km	1.0K km	569% higher	India
Shipping Traffic	19.72M	3.38M	483% higher	India
Railway Length	65.6K km	11.9K km	452% higher	India
Population	1.42B	257.05M	452% higher	India
Forest Coverage (%)	24.54%	4.7%	425% higher	India
Seafood Consumption per Person	7.9 kg/person/yr	1.6 kg/person/yr	399% higher	India
Coal Electricity Share	70.82%	14.82%	378% higher	India
R&D Spending (% GDP)	0.65% of GDP	0.16% of GDP	294% higher	India
Irrigated Land	754.6K km²	194.2K km²	289% higher	India
Land Area	2.97M km²	770.9K km²	286% higher	India
All-Time Olympic Medals	41 medals	11 medals	273% higher	India
Water Withdrawal	647.5 B m³	179.3 B m³	261% higher	India
Armed Forces Personnel	3.07M	943.0K	225% higher	India
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	1.6 per 1k	0.50 per 1k	220% higher	India
University Enrollment Rate	34.42%	10.86%	217% higher	India
CO2 Per Capita	2.2 t/person/yr	0.72 t/person/yr	208% higher	India
Credit Card Ownership	4.6% of adults	1.6% of adults	184% higher	India
Broadband Access (%)	2.7 per 100 people	1.0 per 100 people	175% higher	India
Airports	318	116	174% higher	India
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	10 gold medals	4.0 gold medals	150% higher	India
Suicide Rate	12.56 per 100k	5.6 per 100k	123% higher	India
GDP Growth Rate	6.5%	3.0%	113% higher	India
Education Spending (% GDP)	4.1% of GDP	1.9% of GDP	111% higher	India
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	24.96 per 100k	12.01 per 100k	108% higher	India
Internet Users (%)	56%	27%	107% higher	India
Health Spending Per Capita	$79.52	$38.77	105% higher	India
Exports (% GDP)	21.16% of GDP	10.39% of GDP	104% higher	India
Firms with Female Top Manager	6.8% of firms	3.4% of firms	101% higher	India
Digital Payments Used	48.46% of adults	24.64% of adults	97% higher	India
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	1.2K kWh/person	605.79 kWh/person	95% higher	India
Electricity Carbon Intensity	670.13 gCO2/kWh	346.56 gCO2/kWh	93% higher	India
Land Border Length	13.9K km	7.3K km	91% higher	India
Vehicles per 1,000 People	158.15 per 1k people	83.37 per 1k people	90% higher	India
Water Stress (%)	44.78%	326%	86% lower	Pakistan
GNI Per Capita	$2,650	$1,430	85% higher	India
Nuclear Electricity Share	3.1%	17.4%	82% lower	Pakistan
Firms Making Informal Payments	39.33% of firms	21.6% of firms	82% higher	India
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$11,159.99	$6,252.12	78% higher	India
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.00 per 1M people	0.02 per 1M people	75% lower	Pakistan
Firms Asked for Bribes	27.23% of firms	15.9% of firms	71% higher	India
Wind Electricity Share	5.0%	2.9%	70% higher	India
Safe Drinking Water (%)	76.44%	44.97%	70% higher	India
Obesity Rate	7.2%	21.85%	67% lower	Pakistan
Youth Unemployment Rate	16.02% of youth labor force	9.6% of youth labor force	67% higher	India
Elderly Population (%)	7.1%	4.3%	67% higher	India
Teen Birth Rate	14.06 per 1k	41.09 per 1k	66% lower	Pakistan
Meat Consumption per Person	6.1 kg/person/yr	16.87 kg/person/yr	64% lower	Pakistan
Firms Hit by Power Outages	19.91% of firms	50.68% of firms	61% lower	Pakistan
Protected Land (%)	7.7%	19.2%	60% lower	Pakistan
Inflation Rate	5.0%	12.6%	60% lower	Pakistan
Energy Use (Per Capita)	754.18 kg oil eq/person	470.72 kg oil eq/person	60% higher	India
Capital Elevation	216 m	490 m	56% lower	Pakistan
Milk Consumption per Person	84.5 kg/person/yr	183.13 kg/person/yr	54% lower	Pakistan
Child Mortality	27.7 per 1k births	58.5 per 1k births	53% lower	Pakistan
Population Density	483.68 /km²	321.07 /km²	51% higher	India
Infant Mortality	24.5 per 1k births	50.1 per 1k births	51% lower	Pakistan
Time Zones Count	3.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	50% higher	India
Solar Electricity Share	9.4%	18.77%	50% lower	Pakistan
Death Rate	8.7 per 1k	5.8 per 1k	50% higher	India
Border Neighbors	6.0	4.0	50% higher	India
Liberal Democracy Index	0.26	0.18	48% higher	India
Researchers	259.26 per 1M	473.72 per 1M	45% lower	Pakistan
Food Waste per Person	97.34 kg/person/yr	172.58 kg/person/yr	44% lower	Pakistan
Corruption Perceptions Index	39 pts	28 pts	39% higher	India
Adult Literacy Rate	81.7%	58.86%	39% higher	India
Median Age	28.1 years	20.3 years	38% higher	India
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.72 per 1k	1.2 per 1k	38% lower	Pakistan
Fertility Rate	2.0 children/woman	3.3 children/woman	38% lower	Pakistan
Imports (% GDP)	23.49% of GDP	17.19% of GDP	37% higher	India
Tobacco Use Prevalence	24.4% of adults	17.9% of adults	36% higher	India
Birth Rate	15.91 per 1k	25.05 per 1k	36% lower	Pakistan
Big Mac Price	$2.51	$3.86	35% lower	Pakistan
Homicide Rate	2.8 per 100k	4.3 per 100k	35% lower	Pakistan
Dependency Ratio	46.56% of working-age pop.	69.39% of working-age pop.	33% lower	Pakistan
Youth Population (%)	24.62%	36.68%	33% lower	Pakistan
Skilled Birth Attendance (%)	89.4%	68%	31% higher	India
Government Debt (% GDP)	46.5% of GDP	67.6% of GDP	31% lower	Pakistan
Smoking Rate	24.3%	18.9%	29% higher	India
Agricultural Land (%)	60.06%	46.69%	29% higher	India
Hypertension Prevalence	31.3% of adults	43% of adults	27% lower	Pakistan
Renewable Energy (%)	9.1%	12.51%	27% lower	Pakistan
Human Development Index	0.69	0.54	26% higher	India
Women's Political Empowerment	0.66	0.52	26% higher	India
Mobile Money Accounts	23.1% of adults	18.36% of adults	26% higher	India
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	25 days/yr	20 days/yr	25% higher	India
Electoral Democracy Index	0.38	0.30	25% higher	India
Women in Senior Management	11.92% of managers	9.6% of managers	25% higher	India
Unemployment Rate	4.2%	5.5%	23% lower	Pakistan
Road Traffic Death Rate	14.6 per 100k	11.9 per 100k	23% higher	India
Women in Parliament (%)	13.65%	17.04%	20% lower	Pakistan
Freedom of Expression Index	0.46	0.56	18% lower	Pakistan
Renewable Energy (%)	34.9%	41.6%	16% lower	Pakistan
Sanitation Access (%)	83.38%	71.88%	16% higher	India
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.22 per 1M people	0.19 per 1M people	16% higher	India
Political Corruption Index	0.68	0.80	15% lower	Pakistan
Military Spending	2.3% of GDP	2.7% of GDP	15% lower	Pakistan
Can Raise Emergency Money	95.18% of adults	82.98% of adults	15% higher	India
Insufficient Physical Activity	49.42% of adults	42.83% of adults	15% higher	India
Health Spending (% GDP)	3.3% of GDP	2.9% of GDP	14% higher	India
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	48.39 µg/m³	43 µg/m³	13% higher	India
Urban Population (%)	35.38%	39.17%	10% lower	Pakistan
Life Evaluation Score	4.5 pts	4.9 pts	7% lower	Pakistan
Life Expectancy	72.0 years	67.6 years	6% higher	India
Electricity Access (%)	99.5%	95.6%	4% higher	India
Average Weekly Work Hours	45.45 hrs/week	46.77 hrs/week	3% lower	Pakistan
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	79 per 100 people	77 per 100 people	3% higher	India
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	0.69% of GDP	0.72% of GDP	3% lower	Pakistan
Informal Employment Share	87.2% of employed people	88.69% of employed people	2% lower	Pakistan
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	India
Official Languages Count	2.0	2.0	equal	India
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-0.9% of GDP	0.50% of GDP	ranked lower	Pakistan

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Analysis

India leads in 91 of 129 shared metrics, while Pakistan leads in 38.

India's Highest Elevation is 4292.0x that of Pakistan (8.6K m vs 2.0 m).

India's Spirits Consumption is 65.8x that of Pakistan (2.3 L/person/yr vs 0.03 L/person/yr).

India's Foreign Patents is 61.3x that of Pakistan (35.3K vs 567).

India's Domestic Patents is 60.7x that of Pakistan (26.3K vs 426).

India's Alcohol Consumption is 47.8x that of Pakistan (4.1 L/adult/yr vs 0.08 L/adult/yr).

Key Comparisons

Highest ElevationIndia leads

India

8.6K m

Pakistan

2.0 m

Spirits ConsumptionIndia leads

India

2.3 L/person/yr

Pakistan

0.03 L/person/yr

Foreign PatentsIndia leads

India

35.3K

Pakistan

567

Domestic PatentsIndia leads

India

26.3K

Pakistan

426

Alcohol ConsumptionIndia leads

India

4.1 L/adult/yr

Pakistan

0.08 L/adult/yr

Beer ConsumptionIndia leads

India

0.13 L/person/yr

Pakistan

0.00 L/person/yr

Highest Elevation

8.6K m

2.0 m

Spirits Consumption

2.3 L/person/yr

0.03 L/person/yr

Foreign Patents

35.3K

567

Domestic Patents

26.3K

426

Alcohol Consumption

4.1 L/adult/yr

0.08 L/adult/yr

Beer Consumption

0.13 L/person/yr

0.00 L/person/yr

Merchant Fleet Size

1.9K

Air Passengers

180.42M

7.15M

Forest Area

729.6K km²

36.0K km²

Tourism Revenue

$13,413,000,000

$765,000,000

0.03 per 100k people

0.00 per 100k people

Total CO2 Emissions

3.2K Mt CO2e

203.99 Mt CO2e

Electric Generating Capacity

499.14M kW

43.51M kW

Electricity Generation

2.1K TWh

182.76 TWh

GDP (Nominal)

$3,909,891,533,858.08

$371,570,000,121.27

Scientific Publications

207.4K

22.6K

High-Tech Exports (%)

18.57%

2.4%

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

44 sites

6.0 sites

Coastline Length

7.0K km

1.0K km

Shipping Traffic

19.72M

3.38M

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Highest Elevation

Spirits Consumption

Foreign Patents

Domestic Patents

Alcohol Consumption

Beer Consumption

Merchant Fleet Size

Air Passengers

Forest Area

Tourism Revenue

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Total CO2 Emissions

Electric Generating Capacity

Electricity Generation

GDP (Nominal)

Scientific Publications

High-Tech Exports (%)

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Coastline Length

Shipping Traffic

Railway Length

Population

Forest Coverage (%)

Seafood Consumption per Person

Coal Electricity Share

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Irrigated Land

Land Area

All-Time Olympic Medals

Water Withdrawal

Armed Forces Personnel

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

University Enrollment Rate

CO2 Per Capita

Credit Card Ownership

Broadband Access (%)

Airports

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Suicide Rate

GDP Growth Rate

Education Spending (% GDP)

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Internet Users (%)

Health Spending Per Capita

Exports (% GDP)

Firms with Female Top Manager

Digital Payments Used

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Land Border Length

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Water Stress (%)

GNI Per Capita

Nuclear Electricity Share

Firms Making Informal Payments

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

Firms Asked for Bribes

Wind Electricity Share

Safe Drinking Water (%)

Obesity Rate

Youth Unemployment Rate

Elderly Population (%)

Teen Birth Rate

Meat Consumption per Person

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Protected Land (%)

Inflation Rate

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Capital Elevation

Milk Consumption per Person

Child Mortality