El Salvador vs Japan: Multi-party elections for legislature
El Salvador
1
in 2025
Japan
1
in 2025
El Salvador rank
1st
Japan rank
1st
Multi-party elections for legislature over time
- El Salvador
- Japan
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 1 against 1 in Japan, a difference of 0.
Across all 132 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
El Salvador ranks 1st and Japan ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 14 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0.6 | 1 | 0.4 | Japan |
| 1910s | 0.6 | 1 | 0.4 | Japan |
| 1920s | 0.8 | 1 | 0.2 | Japan |
| 1930s | 0.5 | 1 | 0.5 | Japan |
| 1940s | 0.4 | 1 | 0.6 | Japan |
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 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, El Salvador or Japan?
- El Salvador, at 1 against 1 in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections for legislature between El Salvador and Japan?
- 0, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Japan?
- 132 years are reported by both, from 1890 to 2025.
- How do El Salvador and Japan rank globally for multi-party elections for legislature?
- El Salvador 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.