Japan vs Spain: Democracy
Japan
9
in 2025
Spain
9
in 2025
Japan rank
1st
Spain rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Japan
- Spain
How they compare
Japan currently reports 9 against 9 in Spain, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Spain ahead.
Japan ranks 1st and Spain ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 25 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 5 and Spain in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | Spain |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | Spain |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | Spain |
| 1940s | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | Japan |
| 1950s | 7.1 | 0 | 7.1 | Japan |
| 1960s | 9 | 0 | 9 | Japan |
| 1970s | 9 | 2.1 | 6.9 | Japan |
| 1980s | 9 | 8.4 | 0.6 | Japan |
| 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 Spain?
- Japan, at 9 against 9 in Spain as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Japan and Spain?
- 0, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Spain?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Spain rank globally for democracy?
- Japan ranks 1st and Spain 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.