Japan vs Luxembourg: Democracy
Japan
9
in 2025
Luxembourg
9
in 2025
Japan rank
1st
Luxembourg rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Japan
- Luxembourg
How they compare
Japan currently reports 9 against 9 in Luxembourg, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 111 shared years of data; in 1915 it was Luxembourg ahead.
Japan ranks 1st and Luxembourg ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Luxembourg has averaged higher in every one of the 12 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Luxembourg | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | Luxembourg |
| 1920s | 0 | 7 | 7 | Luxembourg |
| 1930s | 0 | 7 | 7 | Luxembourg |
| 1940s | 0.2 | 3.5 | 3.3 | Luxembourg |
| 1950s | 7.1 | 8.3 | 1.2 | Luxembourg |
| 1960s | 9 | 9 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 9 | 9 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 9 | 9 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 9 | 9 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 9 | 9 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 9 | 9 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 9 | 9 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Japan or Luxembourg?
- Japan, at 9 against 9 in Luxembourg as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Japan and Luxembourg?
- 0, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Luxembourg?
- 111 years are reported by both, from 1915 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Luxembourg rank globally for democracy?
- Japan ranks 1st and Luxembourg ranks 1st of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Democracy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Political regime of a country using the Regimes of the World classification by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan Lindberg, including ambiguous categories.