China vs Japan: Multi-party elections for legislature

China
1
in 1949
Japan
1
in 2025
China rank
1st
Japan rank
1st

Multi-party elections for legislature over time

  • China
  • Japan
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How they compare

China currently reports 1 against 1 in Japan, a difference of 0.

Across all 8 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.

China ranks 1st and Japan ranks 1st of 172 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Multi-party elections for legislature
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
172 places, 17,136 data points, 1789–2025
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Central estimate of whether multi-party elections for the national legislature were held or not.