Japan vs Norway: Multi-party elections for legislature
Japan
1
in 2025
Norway
1
in 2025
Japan rank
1st
Norway rank
1st
Multi-party elections for legislature over time
- Japan
- Norway
How they compare
Japan currently reports 1 against 1 in Norway, a difference of 0.
Across all 133 years both countries report, Norway has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 1st and Norway ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 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 Norway?
- Japan, at 1 against 1 in Norway as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections for legislature between Japan and Norway?
- 0, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Norway?
- 133 years are reported by both, from 1890 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Norway rank globally for multi-party elections for legislature?
- Japan ranks 1st and Norway 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.