India vs Japan: Multi-party elections
India
1
in 2025
Japan
1
in 2025
India rank
1st
Japan rank
1st
Multi-party elections over time
- India
- Japan
How they compare
India currently reports 1 against 1 in Japan, a difference of 0.
Across all 103 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
India ranks 1st and Japan ranks 1st of 172 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 11 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 0.6 | 1 | 0.4 | Japan |
| 1930s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Japan |
| 1940s | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 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, India or Japan?
- India, at 1 against 1 in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in multi-party elections between India and Japan?
- 0, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Japan?
- 103 years are reported by both, from 1920 to 2025.
- How do India and Japan rank globally for multi-party elections?
- India 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Central estimate whether national multi-party elections were held.