Japan vs Uruguay: Liberal political institutions
Japan
1
in 2025
Uruguay
1
in 2025
Japan rank
1st
Uruguay rank
1st
Liberal political institutions over time
- Japan
- Uruguay
How they compare
Japan currently reports 1 against 1 in Uruguay, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 201 shared years of data; in 1825 it was Uruguay ahead.
Japan ranks 1st and Uruguay ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 21 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 3 and Uruguay in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | Uruguay |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | Uruguay |
| 1920s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Uruguay |
| 1930s | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | Uruguay |
| 1940s | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | Uruguay |
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | Japan |
| 1970s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Japan |
| 1980s | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Japan |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher liberal political institutions, Japan or Uruguay?
- Japan, at 1 against 1 in Uruguay as of 2025.
- What is the difference in liberal political institutions between Japan and Uruguay?
- 0, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Uruguay?
- 201 years are reported by both, from 1825 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Uruguay rank globally for liberal political institutions?
- Japan ranks 1st and Uruguay ranks 1st of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Liberal political institutions. 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 whether the country has meaningfully liberal political institutions