India's tax-to-GDP ratio appears respectable among developing countries which are also democracies, adjusting for income

*including social security contributions. Data pertains to 20 developing economies with GDP size $50 billion or more and which also scored high on democracy index. Those countries were deemed as democracies which scored more 7 or more (out of maximum 10) in Polity IV dataset's "polity2" score (2000-2016 average)