Japan vs Norway: Egalitarian political institutions index
Japan
0.944
in 2025
Norway
0.963
in 2025
Japan rank
4th
Norway rank
2nd
Egalitarian political institutions index over time
- Japan
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 0.963 against 0.944 in Japan, a difference of 0.019.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Norway ahead.
Japan ranks 4th and Norway ranks 2nd of 175 countries.
Norway has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0.529 | 0.6956 | 0.1666 | Norway |
| 1910s | 0.5376 | 0.728 | 0.1904 | Norway |
| 1920s | 0.5498 | 0.741 | 0.1912 | Norway |
| 1930s | 0.5498 | 0.7916 | 0.2418 | Norway |
| 1940s | 0.6694 | 0.8055 | 0.1361 | Norway |
| 1950s | 0.8793 | 0.901 | 0.0217 | Norway |
| 1960s | 0.9023 | 0.9236 | 0.0213 | Norway |
| 1970s | 0.9083 | 0.965 | 0.0567 | Norway |
| 1980s | 0.9102 | 0.9692 | 0.059 | Norway |
| 1990s | 0.91 | 0.971 | 0.061 | Norway |
| 2000s | 0.9146 | 0.971 | 0.0564 | Norway |
| 2010s | 0.916 | 0.9684 | 0.0524 | Norway |
| 2020s | 0.933 | 0.9632 | 0.0302 | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher egalitarian political institutions index, Japan or Norway?
- Norway, at 0.963 against 0.944 in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in egalitarian political institutions index between Japan and Norway?
- 0.019, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Norway?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Norway rank globally for egalitarian political institutions index?
- Japan ranks 4th and Norway ranks 2nd of 175 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Our World in Data, published as Egalitarian political institutions index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.