Japan vs Switzerland: Egalitarian political institutions index
Japan
0.944
in 2025
Switzerland
0.939
in 2025
Japan rank
4th
Switzerland rank
6th
Egalitarian political institutions index over time
- Japan
- Switzerland
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.944 against 0.939 in Switzerland, a difference of 0.005.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Switzerland ahead.
Japan ranks 4th and Switzerland ranks 6th of 175 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 4 and Switzerland in 9.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0.529 | 0.827 | 0.298 | Switzerland |
| 1910s | 0.5376 | 0.8352 | 0.2976 | Switzerland |
| 1920s | 0.5498 | 0.844 | 0.2942 | Switzerland |
| 1930s | 0.5498 | 0.844 | 0.2942 | Switzerland |
| 1940s | 0.6694 | 0.8452 | 0.1758 | Switzerland |
| 1950s | 0.8793 | 0.8482 | 0.0311 | Japan |
| 1960s | 0.9023 | 0.859 | 0.0433 | Japan |
| 1970s | 0.9083 | 0.8948 | 0.0135 | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.9102 | 0.904 | 0.0062 | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.91 | 0.9236 | 0.0136 | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 0.9146 | 0.9317 | 0.0171 | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 0.916 | 0.9315 | 0.0155 | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 0.933 | 0.9365 | 0.0035 | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher egalitarian political institutions index, Japan or Switzerland?
- Japan, at 0.944 against 0.939 in Switzerland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in egalitarian political institutions index between Japan and Switzerland?
- 0.005, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Switzerland?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Switzerland rank globally for egalitarian political institutions index?
- Japan ranks 4th and Switzerland ranks 6th 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.