How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Taiwan?

232 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Japan vs Taiwan: Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index

Japan

0.958

in 2025

Taiwan

0.961

in 2025

Japan rank

19th

Taiwan rank

18th

Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index over time

Japan
Taiwan

How they compare

Taiwan currently reports 0.961 against 0.958 in Japan, a difference of 0.003.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 232 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 19th and Taiwan ranks 18th of 176 countries.

Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 25 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Japan	Taiwan	Difference	Ahead
1780s	0.104	0.058	0.046	Japan
1790s	0.073	0.058	0.015	Japan
1800s	0.073	0.058	0.015	Japan
1810s	0.073	0.058	0.015	Japan
1820s	0.073	0.058	0.015	Japan
1830s	0.073	0.058	0.015	Japan
1840s	0.073	0.058	0.015	Japan
1850s	0.0902	0.0535	0.0367	Japan
1860s	0.119	0.056	0.063	Japan
1870s	0.5518	0.059	0.4928	Japan
1880s	0.567	0.059	0.508	Japan
1890s	0.592	0.058	0.534	Japan
1900s	0.7269	0.189	0.5379	Japan
1910s	0.7295	0.213	0.5165	Japan
1920s	0.7314	0.2898	0.4416	Japan
1930s	0.7124	0.2453	0.4671	Japan
1940s	0.7552	0.2253	0.5299	Japan
1950s	0.9326	0.3075	0.6251	Japan
1960s	0.9577	0.3596	0.5981	Japan
1970s	0.9654	0.3937	0.5717	Japan
1980s	0.967	0.589	0.378	Japan
1990s	0.967	0.8856	0.0814	Japan
2000s	0.967	0.9527	0.0143	Japan
2010s	0.9658	0.9527	0.0131	Japan
2020s	0.9585	0.9582	0.0003	Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher individual liberties and equality before the law index, Japan or Taiwan?: Taiwan, at 0.961 against 0.958 in Japan as of 2025.
What is the difference in individual liberties and equality before the law index between Japan and Taiwan?: 0.003, with Taiwan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Taiwan?: 232 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
How do Japan and Taiwan rank globally for individual liberties and equality before the law index?: Japan ranks 19th and Taiwan ranks 18th of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 30,494 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which extent to which citizens enjoy physical integrity rights, freedoms of religion, of movement, and from forced labor, as well as access to justice, laws are transparent, and public administration is impartial.