India vs Indonesia
India vs Indonesia: National power
National power in 2022: 9.94% of world capability in India and 2.09% of world capability in Indonesia, by Correlates of War estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in India, by 7.85 percentage points, or 4.77 times that in Indonesia.
% of world capability · Correlates of War
What the numbers say
- India has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1949.
- In 2022, India ranked 3 and Indonesia ranked 6 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of world capability · Correlates of War
| Year | India | Indonesia |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.94 | 2.09 |
| 2021 | 9.79 | 2.04 |
| 2020 | 9.61 | 2.04 |
| 2019 | 9.75 | 2.03 |
| 2018 | 9.77 | 1.99 |
| 2017 | 9.75 | 1.98 |
| 2016 | 8.73 | 1.6 |
| 2015 | 8.57 | 1.58 |
| 2014 | 8.4 | 1.52 |
| 2013 | 8.18 | 1.52 |
| 2012 | 8.1 | 1.42 |
| 2011 | 8.04 | 1.44 |
| 2010 | 7.96 | 1.42 |
| 2009 | 8.09 | 1.43 |
| 2008 | 7.81 | 1.44 |
| 2007 | 7.73 | 1.43 |
| 2006 | 7.64 | 1.42 |
| 2005 | 7.61 | 1.41 |
| 2004 | 7.39 | 1.5 |
| 2003 | 7.35 | 1.48 |
| 2002 | 7.31 | 1.49 |
| 2001 | 7.01 | 1.45 |
| 2000 | 6.93 | 1.46 |
| 1999 | 6.86 | 1.56 |
| 1998 | 6.81 | 1.54 |
| 1997 | 6.68 | 1.69 |
| 1996 | 6.66 | 1.6 |
| 1995 | 6.55 | 1.48 |
| 1994 | 6.43 | 1.42 |
| 1993 | 6.39 | 1.41 |
| 1992 | 6.38 | 1.41 |
| 1991 | 6.28 | 1.37 |
| 1990 | 6.03 | 1.31 |
| 1989 | 5.95 | 1.3 |
| 1988 | 5.85 | 1.28 |
| 1987 | 5.76 | 1.28 |
| 1986 | 5.67 | 1.29 |
| 1985 | 5.6 | 1.29 |
| 1984 | 5.45 | 1.33 |
| 1983 | 5.44 | 1.3 |
| 1982 | 5.42 | 1.31 |
| 1981 | 5.2 | 1.29 |
| 1980 | 5.17 | 1.26 |
| 1979 | 5.28 | 1.22 |
| 1978 | 5.32 | 1.23 |
| 1977 | 5.31 | 1.24 |
| 1976 | 5.36 | 1.19 |
| 1975 | 5.46 | 1.18 |
| 1974 | 5.36 | 1.17 |
| 1973 | 5.42 | 1.19 |
| 1972 | 5.42 | 1.21 |
| 1971 | 5.26 | 1.19 |
| 1970 | 5.23 | 1.31 |
| 1969 | 5.03 | 1.25 |
| 1968 | 5.08 | 1.24 |
| 1967 | 5.07 | 1.24 |
| 1966 | 5.21 | 1.23 |
| 1965 | 5.2 | 1.26 |
| 1964 | 5.17 | 1.3 |
| 1963 | 5.15 | 1.27 |
| 1962 | 4.91 | 1.3 |
| 1961 | 4.87 | 1.31 |
| 1960 | 4.61 | 1.28 |
| 1959 | 4.69 | 1.28 |
| 1958 | 4.63 | 1.26 |
| 1957 | 4.58 | 1.28 |
| 1956 | 4.52 | 1.24 |
| 1955 | 4.52 | 1.19 |
| 1954 | 4.65 | 1.15 |
| 1953 | 4.67 | 1.14 |
| 1952 | 4.69 | 1.23 |
| 1951 | 4.9 | 1.47 |
| 1950 | 4.96 | 1.79 |
| 1949 | 5.14 | 1.36 |
| 1948 | 5.25 | – |
| 1947 | 5.28 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The Correlates of War’s Composite Index of National Capability: the country’s share of the world’s military spending, soldiers, iron and steel, energy use, people and city dwellers, averaged.
- Source: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
- Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
India vs Indonesia
Health
- Life expectancyIndia: 72 years in 2023Indonesia: 71.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIndia: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024Indonesia: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIndia: 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Indonesia: 17.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIndia: 3.53% in 2017Indonesia: 2.64% in 2017
- Suicide rateIndia: 15.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Indonesia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIndia: 1.44 billion people in 2023Indonesia: 281 million people in 2023
- Population growthIndia: 0.89% a year in 2023Indonesia: 0.83% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIndia: 1.98 births per woman in 2023Indonesia: 2.13 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIndia: 35.7% in 2025Indonesia: 59.4% in 2025
- Median ageIndia: 28.1 years in 2023Indonesia: 29.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIndia: 6.9% in 2023Indonesia: 7% in 2023
- Net migration rateIndia: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Indonesia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIndia: 2.3% of GDP in 2025Indonesia: 1.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIndia: $93.3B in 2025Indonesia: $15.3B in 2025
- Military spending per personIndia: $63 in 2025Indonesia: $53 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIndia: 8.2% of government spending in 2025Indonesia: 6.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIndia: 3.07 million people in 2020Indonesia: 676,000 people in 2020
- Armed forces, share of workersIndia: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020Indonesia: 0.49% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIndia: 2.86 billion TIV in 2025Indonesia: 1.28 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIndia: 81 million TIV in 2025Indonesia: 17 million TIV in 2021