Japan vs Slovakia: Free and fair elections index
Japan
0.937
in 2025
Slovakia
0.938
in 2025
Japan rank
27th
Slovakia rank
25th
Free and fair elections index over time
- Japan
- Slovakia
How they compare
Slovakia currently reports 0.938 against 0.937 in Japan, a difference of 0.001.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Slovakia ahead.
Japan ranks 27th and Slovakia ranks 25th of 176 countries.
Across the 25 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 10 and Slovakia in 8.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Slovakia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0.0016 | 0.0016 | Slovakia |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0.0502 | 0.0502 | Slovakia |
| 1870s | 0 | 0.3886 | 0.3886 | Slovakia |
| 1880s | 0 | 0.3774 | 0.3774 | Slovakia |
| 1890s | 0.3645 | 0.3597 | 0.0048 | Japan |
| 1900s | 0.4595 | 0.3406 | 0.1189 | Japan |
| 1910s | 0.4711 | 0.3481 | 0.123 | Japan |
| 1920s | 0.5679 | 0.8761 | 0.3082 | Slovakia |
| 1930s | 0.6013 | 0.8188 | 0.2175 | Slovakia |
| 1940s | 0.6872 | 0.193 | 0.4942 | Japan |
| 1950s | 0.8989 | 0.4124 | 0.4865 | Japan |
| 1960s | 0.9196 | 0.4228 | 0.4968 | Japan |
| 1970s | 0.9206 | 0.4235 | 0.4971 | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.9199 | 0.4228 | 0.4971 | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.9184 | 0.9099 | 0.0085 | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.9254 | 0.9355 | 0.0101 | Slovakia |
| 2010s | 0.9324 | 0.9383 | 0.0059 | Slovakia |
| 2020s | 0.9405 | 0.9297 | 0.0108 | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher free and fair elections index, Japan or Slovakia?
- Slovakia, at 0.938 against 0.937 in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in free and fair elections index between Japan and Slovakia?
- 0.001, with Slovakia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Slovakia?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Slovakia rank globally for free and fair elections index?
- Japan ranks 27th and Slovakia ranks 25th of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Our World in Data, published as Free and fair elections index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.