Australia vs Japan: Democracy
Australia
7
in 2025
Japan
7
in 2025
Australia rank
1st
Japan rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Australia
- Japan
How they compare
Australia currently reports 7 against 7 in Japan, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Japan ahead.
Australia ranks 1st and Japan ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 25 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 1.4 | 0 | 1.4 | Australia |
| 1850s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Australia |
| 1860s | 3 | 0 | 3 | Australia |
| 1870s | 4 | 0 | 4 | Australia |
| 1880s | 4 | 0 | 4 | Australia |
| 1890s | 4.4 | 2 | 2.4 | Australia |
| 1900s | 6.8 | 2 | 4.8 | Australia |
| 1910s | 6.5 | 2.4 | 4.1 | Australia |
| 1920s | 7 | 4.5 | 2.5 | Australia |
| 1930s | 6.9 | 3 | 3.9 | Australia |
| 1940s | 6.4 | 0.5 | 5.9 | Australia |
| 1950s | 7 | 5.4 | 1.6 | Australia |
| 1960s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Australia or Japan?
- Australia, at 7 against 7 in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Australia and Japan?
- 0, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Japan?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Australia and Japan rank globally for democracy?
- Australia ranks 1st and Japan ranks 1st of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Lexical Index (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
Identifies the political regime of a country. It distinguishes between non-electoral autocracies (score 0), one-party autocracies (score 1), multi-party autocracies without elected executive (score 2), multi-party autocracies (score 3), exclusive democracies (score 4), male democracies (score 5), electoral democracies (score 6), and full democracies (score 7).