Japan vs Netherlands: Free and fair elections

Japan
1
in 2025
Netherlands
1
in 2025
Japan rank
1st
Netherlands rank
1st

Free and fair elections over time

  • Japan
  • Netherlands
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 1 against 1 in Netherlands, a difference of 0.

Across all 131 years both countries report, Netherlands has been ahead every year.

Japan ranks 1st and Netherlands ranks 1st of 172 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Free and fair elections
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
172 places, 17,000 data points, 1789–2025
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Central estimate of whether national elections were free and fair or not.