Afghanistan vs Japan: Multi-party elections for legislature
Afghanistan
1
in 2021
Japan
1
in 2025
Afghanistan rank
1st
Japan rank
1st
Multi-party elections for legislature over time
- Afghanistan
- Japan
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 1 against 1 in Japan, a difference of 0.
Across all 65 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Afghanistan ranks 1st and Japan ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 10 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Japan |
| 1940s | 0.1 | 1 | 0.9 | Japan |
| 1950s | 0.2 | 1 | 0.8 | Japan |
| 1960s | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | Japan |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 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 multi-party elections for legislature, Afghanistan or Japan?
- Afghanistan, at 1 against 1 in Japan as of 2021.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections for legislature between Afghanistan and Japan?
- 0, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Japan?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1931 to 2021.
- How do Afghanistan and Japan rank globally for multi-party elections for legislature?
- Afghanistan ranks 1st and Japan ranks 1st of 172 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Multi-party elections for legislature. 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 multi-party elections for the national legislature were held or not.