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India vs United States

129 shared metrics.

IndiaLeads in 42

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United StatesLeads in 87

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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

United States

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Identity

Formal name: United States of America.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

The U.S. grew by 3.3 million people in 2024; net international migration drove 84% of that jump.

Census 2024

Analysis

United States leads in 87 of 129 shared metrics, while India leads in 42.

India's Firms Making Informal Payments is 69.2x that of United States (39.33% of firms vs 0.56% of firms).

India's Population Density is 12.1x that of United States (483.68 /km² vs 36.82 /km²).

India's Political Corruption Index is 10.4x that of United States (0.68 vs 0.06).

India's Firms Asked for Bribes is 9.7x that of United States (27.23% of firms vs 2.5% of firms).

India's Air Pollution (PM2.5) is 5.2x that of United States (48.39 µg/m³ vs 7.8 µg/m³).

Key Comparisons

Firms Making Informal PaymentsIndia leads

India

39.33% of firms

United States

0.56% of firms

Population DensityIndia leads

India

483.68 /km²

United States

36.82 /km²

Political Corruption IndexIndia leads

India

0.68

United States

0.06

Firms Asked for BribesIndia leads

India

27.23% of firms

United States

2.5% of firms

Air Pollution (PM2.5)India leads

India

48.39 µg/m³

United States

7.8 µg/m³

Infant MortalityIndia leads

United States

India

$79.52

United States

$12,434.43

99% lower

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

United States

India

0.00 per 1M people

United States

0.72 per 1M people

99% lower

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

United States

India

0.03 per 100k people

United States

3.8 per 100k people

99% lower

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

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

United States

India

10 gold medals

United States

1.2K gold medals

99% lower

Comparison of India and United States across 129 metrics
				Winner
Firms Making Informal Payments	39.33% of firms	0.56% of firms	6918% higher	India
Population Density	483.68 /km²	36.82 /km²	1214% higher	India
Political Corruption Index	0.68	0.06	1040% higher	India
Firms Asked for Bribes	27.23% of firms	2.5% of firms	973% higher	India
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	48.39 µg/m³	7.8 µg/m³	519% higher	India
Infant Mortality	24.5 per 1k births	5.5 per 1k births	345% higher	India
Coal Electricity Share	70.82%	16.31%	334% higher	India
Child Mortality	27.7 per 1k births	6.5 per 1k births	326% higher	India
Population	1.42B	338.02M	320% higher	India
Irrigated Land	754.6K km²	234.8K km²	221% higher	India
Renewable Energy (%)	34.9%	10.9%	220% higher	India
Capital Elevation	216 m	72 m	200% higher	India
Border Neighbors	6.0	2.0	200% higher	India
Water Stress (%)	44.78%	15.77%	184% higher	India
GDP Growth Rate	6.5%	2.8%	133% higher	India
Armed Forces Personnel	3.07M	1.40M	120% higher	India
Health Spending Per Capita	$79.52	$12,434.43	99% lower	United States
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.00 per 1M people	0.72 per 1M people	99% lower	United States
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.03 per 100k people	3.8 per 100k people	99% lower	United States
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	10 gold medals	1.2K gold medals	99% lower	United States
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.22 per 1M people	40.59 per 1M people	99% lower	United States
All-Time Olympic Medals	41 medals	3.1K medals	99% lower	United States
Airports	318	16.2K	98% lower	United States
Beer Consumption	0.13 L/person/yr	4.0 L/person/yr	97% lower	United States
GNI Per Capita	$2,650	$83,490	97% lower	United States
Meat Consumption per Person	6.1 kg/person/yr	124.11 kg/person/yr	95% lower	United States
Researchers	259.26 per 1M	4.8K per 1M	95% lower	United States
Broadband Access (%)	2.7 per 100 people	38 per 100 people	93% lower	United States
Credit Card Ownership	4.6% of adults	66.7% of adults	93% lower	United States
Exports (% GDP)	21.16% of GDP	11.11% of GDP	91% higher	India
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	1.2K kWh/person	12.6K kWh/person	91% lower	United States
Domestic Patents	26.3K	262.2K	90% lower	United States
Foreign Patents	35.3K	329.2K	89% lower	United States
Energy Use (Per Capita)	754.18 kg oil eq/person	6.4K kg oil eq/person	88% lower	United States
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$11,159.99	$85,809.9	87% lower	United States
GDP (Nominal)	$3,909,891,533,858.08	$28,750,956,130,731.2	86% lower	United States
Nurses & Midwives	1.7 per 1k	11.88 per 1k	85% lower	United States
Tourism Revenue	$13,413,000,000	$84,205,000,000	84% lower	United States
CO2 Per Capita	2.2 t/person/yr	14.2 t/person/yr	84% lower	United States
Obesity Rate	7.2%	42.87%	83% lower	United States
Nuclear Electricity Share	3.1%	18.5%	83% lower	United States
R&D Spending (% GDP)	0.65% of GDP	3.6% of GDP	82% lower	United States
Vehicles per 1,000 People	158.15 per 1k people	874.14 per 1k people	82% lower	United States
Time Zones Count	3.0 time zones	16 time zones	81% lower	United States
Air Passengers	180.42M	941.56M	81% lower	United States
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.72 per 1k	3.7 per 1k	80% lower	United States
Health Spending (% GDP)	3.3% of GDP	16.5% of GDP	80% lower	United States
Railway Length	65.6K km	293.6K km	78% lower	United States
Forest Area	729.6K km²	3.10M km²	76% lower	United States
Electricity Carbon Intensity	670.13 gCO2/kWh	384.4 gCO2/kWh	74% higher	India
Women in Senior Management	11.92% of managers	44.06% of managers	73% lower	United States
Inflation Rate	5.0%	2.9%	72% higher	India
Youth Unemployment Rate	16.02% of youth labor force	9.3% of youth labor force	72% higher	India
Firms with Female Top Manager	6.8% of firms	22.23% of firms	69% lower	United States
Shipping Traffic	19.72M	62.21M	68% lower	United States
Milk Consumption per Person	84.5 kg/person/yr	254.69 kg/person/yr	67% lower	United States
Land Area	2.97M km²	9.15M km²	67% lower	United States
Coastline Length	7.0K km	19.9K km	65% lower	United States
Seafood Consumption per Person	7.9 kg/person/yr	22.45 kg/person/yr	65% lower	United States
Imports (% GDP)	23.49% of GDP	14.27% of GDP	65% higher	India
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	44 sites	27 sites	63% higher	India
Tobacco Use Prevalence	24.4% of adults	15.2% of adults	61% higher	India
Government Debt (% GDP)	46.5% of GDP	118.11% of GDP	61% lower	United States
Elderly Population (%)	7.1%	17.93%	60% lower	United States
Electric Generating Capacity	499.14M kW	1.24B kW	60% lower	United States
Big Mac Price	$2.51	$6.12	59% lower	United States
Alcohol Consumption	4.1 L/adult/yr	9.9 L/adult/yr	59% lower	United States
University Enrollment Rate	34.42%	79.36%	57% lower	United States
Urban Population (%)	35.38%	80.12%	56% lower	United States
Scientific Publications	207.4K	457.3K	55% lower	United States
Liberal Democracy Index	0.26	0.57	54% lower	United States
Railway Network	68.1K km	148.6K km	54% lower	United States
Electricity Generation	2.1K TWh	4.4K TWh	53% lower	United States
Women in Parliament (%)	13.65%	28.74%	52% lower	United States
Wind Electricity Share	5.0%	10.27%	51% lower	United States
Homicide Rate	2.8 per 100k	5.8 per 100k	51% lower	United States
Electoral Democracy Index	0.38	0.73	49% lower	United States
Birth Rate	15.91 per 1k	10.75 per 1k	48% higher	India
Digital Payments Used	48.46% of adults	92.97% of adults	48% lower	United States
Merchant Fleet Size	1.9K	3.5K	47% lower	United States
Water Withdrawal	647.5 B m³	444.29 B m³	46% higher	India
Insufficient Physical Activity	49.42% of adults	33.74% of adults	46% higher	India
Youth Population (%)	24.62%	17.32%	42% higher	India
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	1.6 per 1k	2.7 per 1k	41% lower	United States
Protected Land (%)	7.7%	12.9%	40% lower	United States
Internet Users (%)	56%	93%	40% lower	United States
Corruption Perceptions Index	39 pts	64 pts	39% lower	United States
Inequality (Gini)	25.5	41.8	39% lower	United States
Highest Elevation	8.6K m	6.2K m	39% higher	India
Food Waste per Person	97.34 kg/person/yr	158.64 kg/person/yr	39% lower	United States
Spirits Consumption	2.3 L/person/yr	3.6 L/person/yr	38% lower	United States
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	6.7% of GDP	10.89% of GDP	38% lower	United States
Freedom of Expression Index	0.46	0.73	37% lower	United States
Military Spending	2.3% of GDP	3.4% of GDP	34% lower	United States
Life Evaluation Score	4.5 pts	6.8 pts	33% lower	United States
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	0.69% of GDP	1.0% of GDP	33% lower	United States
Total CO2 Emissions	3.2K Mt CO2e	4.6K Mt CO2e	32% lower	United States
Agricultural Land (%)	60.06%	46.08%	30% higher	India
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	79 per 100 people	113 per 100 people	30% lower	United States
Forest Coverage (%)	24.54%	33.87%	28% lower	United States
Human Development Index	0.69	0.94	27% lower	United States
Median Age	28.1 years	38.0 years	26% lower	United States
Education Spending (% GDP)	4.1% of GDP	5.4% of GDP	24% lower	United States
High-Tech Exports (%)	18.57%	24.32%	24% lower	United States
Renewable Energy (%)	9.1%	12.05%	24% lower	United States
Fertility Rate	2.0 children/woman	1.6 children/woman	23% higher	India
Safe Drinking Water (%)	76.44%	97.57%	22% lower	United States
Women's Political Empowerment	0.66	0.83	21% lower	United States
Average Weekly Work Hours	45.45 hrs/week	37.54 hrs/week	21% higher	India
Firms Hit by Power Outages	19.91% of firms	25.17% of firms	21% lower	United States
Suicide Rate	12.56 per 100k	15.63 per 100k	20% lower	United States
Sanitation Access (%)	83.38%	99.62%	16% lower	United States
Land Border Length	13.9K km	12.0K km	16% higher	India
Dependency Ratio	46.56% of working-age pop.	54.45% of working-age pop.	14% lower	United States
Solar Electricity Share	9.4%	8.6%	10% higher	India
Skilled Birth Attendance (%)	89.4%	99.1%	10% lower	United States
Life Expectancy	72.0 years	78.4 years	8% lower	United States
Teen Birth Rate	14.06 per 1k	13.14 per 1k	7% higher	India
Road Traffic Death Rate	14.6 per 100k	14.2 per 100k	3% higher	India
Hypertension Prevalence	31.3% of adults	31.8% of adults	2% lower	United States
Unemployment Rate	4.2%	4.1%	2% higher	India
Death Rate	8.7 per 1k	8.8 per 1k	1% lower	United States
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	25 days/yr	0 days/yr	ranked higher	India
Smoking Rate	24.3%	24.3%	equal	India
Electricity Access (%)	99.5%	100%	equal	United States
Lowest Elevation	0 m	-86 m	ranked higher	India
Official Languages Count	2.0	2.0	equal	India
Can Raise Emergency Money	95.18% of adults	94.99% of adults	equal	India
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-0.9% of GDP	-3.6% of GDP	ranked higher	India

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Analysis

United States leads in 87 of 129 shared metrics, while India leads in 42.

India's Firms Making Informal Payments is 69.2x that of United States (39.33% of firms vs 0.56% of firms).

India's Population Density is 12.1x that of United States (483.68 /km² vs 36.82 /km²).

India's Political Corruption Index is 10.4x that of United States (0.68 vs 0.06).

India's Firms Asked for Bribes is 9.7x that of United States (27.23% of firms vs 2.5% of firms).

India's Air Pollution (PM2.5) is 5.2x that of United States (48.39 µg/m³ vs 7.8 µg/m³).

Key Comparisons

Firms Making Informal PaymentsIndia leads

India

39.33% of firms

United States

0.56% of firms

Population DensityIndia leads

India

483.68 /km²

United States

36.82 /km²

Political Corruption IndexIndia leads

India

0.68

United States

0.06

Firms Asked for BribesIndia leads

India

27.23% of firms

United States

2.5% of firms

Air Pollution (PM2.5)India leads

India

48.39 µg/m³

United States

7.8 µg/m³

Infant MortalityIndia leads

India

24.5 per 1k births

United States

5.5 per 1k births

Firms Making Informal Payments

39.33% of firms

0.56% of firms

Population Density

483.68 /km²

36.82 /km²

Political Corruption Index

0.68

0.06

Firms Asked for Bribes

27.23% of firms

2.5% of firms

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

48.39 µg/m³

7.8 µg/m³

Infant Mortality

24.5 per 1k births

5.5 per 1k births

Coal Electricity Share

70.82%

16.31%

Child Mortality

27.7 per 1k births

6.5 per 1k births

Population

1.42B

338.02M

Irrigated Land

754.6K km²

234.8K km²

Renewable Energy (%)

34.9%

10.9%

Capital Elevation

216 m

72 m

Border Neighbors

6.0

2.0

Water Stress (%)

44.78%

15.77%

GDP Growth Rate

6.5%

2.8%

Armed Forces Personnel

3.07M

1.40M

Health Spending Per Capita

$79.52

$12,434.43

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

0.00 per 1M people

0.72 per 1M people

0.03 per 100k people

3.8 per 100k people

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

10 gold medals

1.2K gold medals

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Firms Making Informal Payments

Population Density

Political Corruption Index

Firms Asked for Bribes

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Infant Mortality

Coal Electricity Share

Child Mortality

Population

Irrigated Land

Renewable Energy (%)

Capital Elevation

Border Neighbors

Water Stress (%)

GDP Growth Rate

Armed Forces Personnel

Health Spending Per Capita

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

All-Time Olympic Medals

Airports

Beer Consumption

GNI Per Capita

Meat Consumption per Person

Researchers

Broadband Access (%)

Credit Card Ownership

Exports (% GDP)

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Domestic Patents

Foreign Patents

Energy Use (Per Capita)

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

GDP (Nominal)

Nurses & Midwives

Tourism Revenue

CO2 Per Capita

Obesity Rate

Nuclear Electricity Share

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Time Zones Count

Air Passengers

Doctors (per 1,000)

Health Spending (% GDP)

Railway Length

Forest Area

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Women in Senior Management

Inflation Rate

Youth Unemployment Rate

Firms with Female Top Manager

Shipping Traffic

Milk Consumption per Person

Land Area

Coastline Length

Seafood Consumption per Person

Imports (% GDP)

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Government Debt (% GDP)

Elderly Population (%)

Electric Generating Capacity

Big Mac Price

Alcohol Consumption

University Enrollment Rate

Urban Population (%)

Scientific Publications

Liberal Democracy Index

Railway Network