Japan vs Latvia: Liberal political institutions index
Japan
0.905
in 2025
Latvia
0.908
in 2025
Japan rank
24th
Latvia rank
22nd
Liberal political institutions index over time
- Japan
- Latvia
How they compare
Latvia currently reports 0.908 against 0.905 in Japan, a difference of 0.003.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 24th and Latvia ranks 22nd of 176 countries.
Across the 25 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 21 and Latvia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Latvia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0.072 | 0.053 | 0.019 | Japan |
| 1790s | 0.06 | 0.0532 | 0.0068 | Japan |
| 1800s | 0.06 | 0.0558 | 0.0042 | Japan |
| 1810s | 0.06 | 0.056 | 0.004 | Japan |
| 1820s | 0.06 | 0.0544 | 0.0056 | Japan |
| 1830s | 0.06 | 0.0564 | 0.0036 | Japan |
| 1840s | 0.06 | 0.0574 | 0.0026 | Japan |
| 1850s | 0.0658 | 0.083 | 0.0172 | Latvia |
| 1860s | 0.0793 | 0.2468 | 0.1675 | Latvia |
| 1870s | 0.3428 | 0.3386 | 0.0042 | Japan |
| 1880s | 0.4034 | 0.1577 | 0.2457 | Japan |
| 1890s | 0.6022 | 0.167 | 0.4352 | Japan |
| 1900s | 0.6437 | 0.1748 | 0.4689 | Japan |
| 1910s | 0.6571 | 0.2051 | 0.452 | Japan |
| 1920s | 0.6628 | 0.744 | 0.0812 | Latvia |
| 1930s | 0.6497 | 0.6239 | 0.0258 | Japan |
| 1940s | 0.7083 | 0.0312 | 0.6771 | Japan |
| 1950s | 0.9026 | 0.0472 | 0.8554 | Japan |
| 1960s | 0.9121 | 0.0637 | 0.8484 | Japan |
| 1970s | 0.9074 | 0.0649 | 0.8425 | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.908 | 0.0965 | 0.8115 | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.9116 | 0.8293 | 0.0823 | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.92 | 0.8645 | 0.0555 | Japan |
| 2010s | 0.9172 | 0.8978 | 0.0194 | Japan |
| 2020s | 0.9037 | 0.9053 | 0.0017 | Latvia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher liberal political institutions index, Japan or Latvia?
- Latvia, at 0.908 against 0.905 in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in liberal political institutions index between Japan and Latvia?
- 0.003, with Latvia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Latvia?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Latvia rank globally for liberal political institutions index?
- Japan ranks 24th and Latvia ranks 22nd of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Our World in Data, published as Liberal political institutions index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.