Japan vs Norway: Democracy
Japan
7
in 2025
Norway
7
in 2025
Japan rank
1st
Norway rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Japan
- Norway
How they compare
Japan currently reports 7 against 7 in Norway, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Norway ahead.
Japan ranks 1st and Norway ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Norway has averaged higher in every one of the 25 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | Norway |
| 1820s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Norway |
| 1830s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Norway |
| 1840s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Norway |
| 1850s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Norway |
| 1860s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Norway |
| 1870s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Norway |
| 1880s | 0 | 3.2 | 3.2 | Norway |
| 1890s | 2 | 4.2 | 2.2 | Norway |
| 1900s | 2 | 5 | 3 | Norway |
| 1910s | 2.4 | 5.8 | 3.4 | Norway |
| 1920s | 4.5 | 7 | 2.5 | Norway |
| 1930s | 3 | 6.3 | 3.3 | Norway |
| 1940s | 0.5 | 3.4 | 2.9 | Norway |
| 1950s | 5.4 | 7 | 1.6 | Norway |
| 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, Japan or Norway?
- Japan, at 7 against 7 in Norway as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Japan and Norway?
- 0, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Norway?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Norway rank globally for democracy?
- Japan ranks 1st and Norway 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.
Individual pages
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).