Denmark vs Japan: Democracy
Denmark
4
in 2025
Japan
4
in 2025
Denmark rank
17th
Japan rank
17th
Democracy over time
- Denmark
- Japan
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 4 against 4 in Japan, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Japan ahead.
Denmark ranks 17th and Japan ranks 17th of 175 countries.
Denmark has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 3.6 | 1 | 2.6 | Denmark |
| 1910s | 4.1 | 1 | 3.1 | Denmark |
| 1920s | 4 | 1 | 3 | Denmark |
| 1930s | 4 | 1 | 3 | Denmark |
| 1940s | 2.8 | 1.3 | 1.5 | Denmark |
| 1950s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Denmark or Japan?
- Denmark, at 4 against 4 in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Denmark and Japan?
- 0, with Denmark ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Japan?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Denmark and Japan rank globally for democracy?
- Denmark ranks 17th and Japan ranks 17th of 175 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Episodes of Regime Transformation (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 classification by the Episodes of Regime Transformation-project. It distinguishes between hardening autocracies (score 0), stable autocracies (score 1), liberalizing autocracies (score 2), eroding democracies (score 3), stable democracies (score 4), and deepening democracies (score 5).