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
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?
- V-Dem (2026) β processed by 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
Central estimate of the extent to which political elites provide complex, nuanced, and complete justifications for their views when considering important policy changes.