Canada vs India: Gender of the head of state
Canada
1
in 2025
India
1
in 2025
Canada rank
1st
India rank
1st
Gender of the head of state over time
- Canada
- India
How they compare
Canada currently reports 1 against 1 in India, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 185 shared years of data; in 1841 it was India ahead.
Canada ranks 1st and India ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 19 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0.6 | 0 | 0.6 | Canada |
| 1990s | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | Canada |
| 2000s | 1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | Canada |
| 2010s | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | Canada |
| 2020s | 1 | 0.6667 | 0.3333 | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gender of the head of state, Canada or India?
- Canada, at 1 against 1 in India as of 2025.
- What is the difference in gender of the head of state between Canada and India?
- 0, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and India?
- 185 years are reported by both, from 1841 to 2025.
- How do Canada and India rank globally for gender of the head of state?
- Canada ranks 1st and India ranks 1st of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Gender of the head of state. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Denotes whether the head of state in office on December 31 is a woman.