Japan vs Nicaragua: Multi-party elections for legislature
Japan
1
in 2025
Nicaragua
1
in 2025
Japan rank
1st
Nicaragua rank
1st
Multi-party elections for legislature over time
- Japan
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Japan currently reports 1 against 1 in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 129 shared years of data; in 1890 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 1st and Nicaragua ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 14 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | Japan |
| 1900s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Japan |
| 1910s | 1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | Japan |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | Japan |
| 1940s | 1 | 0.125 | 0.875 | 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, Japan or Nicaragua?
- Japan, at 1 against 1 in Nicaragua as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections for legislature between Japan and Nicaragua?
- 0, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Nicaragua?
- 129 years are reported by both, from 1890 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Nicaragua rank globally for multi-party elections for legislature?
- Japan ranks 1st and Nicaragua 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.