Japan vs Uruguay: Justified political positions score

Japan
2.46
in 2025
Uruguay
2.73
in 2025
Japan rank
9th
Uruguay rank
7th

Justified political positions score over time

  • Japan
  • Uruguay
0123190019622025

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 2.73 against 2.46 in Japan, a difference of 0.27.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Uruguay ahead.

Japan ranks 9th and Uruguay ranks 7th of 175 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 8 and Uruguay in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Uruguay Difference Ahead
1900s 0.317 1.54 1.22 Uruguay
1910s 0.317 1.91 1.6 Uruguay
1920s 0.401 2.24 1.84 Uruguay
1930s 0.0462 0.8723 0.8261 Uruguay
1940s 0.6246 1.21 0.5821 Uruguay
1950s 2 1.34 0.658 Japan
1960s 2 1.19 0.8133 Japan
1970s 2 -0.124 2.12 Japan
1980s 2 0.7821 1.22 Japan
1990s 2.4 1.83 0.5684 Japan
2000s 2.66 2.22 0.4389 Japan
2010s 2.81 2.14 0.6702 Japan
2020s 2.64 1.53 1.11 Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher justified political positions score, Japan or Uruguay?
Uruguay, at 2.73 against 2.46 in Japan as of 2025.
What is the difference in justified political positions score between Japan and Uruguay?
0.27, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Uruguay?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Japan and Uruguay rank globally for justified political positions score?
Japan ranks 9th and Uruguay ranks 7th of 175 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Justified political positions score. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Justified political positions score
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
175 places, 20,802 data points, 1900–2025
Last refreshed