Japan vs Norway: Equal Resource Distribution Index

Japan

0.973

in 2025

Norway

0.986

in 2025

Japan rank

3rd

Norway rank

1st

Equal Resource Distribution Index over time

Japan
Norway

How they compare

Norway currently reports 0.986 against 0.973 in Japan, a difference of 0.013.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Norway ahead.

Japan ranks 3rd and Norway ranks 1st of 175 countries.

Individual pages

Equal Resource Distribution Index in Japan
Equal Resource Distribution Index in Norway
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Equal Resource Distribution Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 175 places, 20,802 data points, 1900–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which all social groups benefit from public spending and have equal access to education, healthcare, and the welfare state.