Japan vs Palau: Democracy
Japan
7
in 2025
Palau
7
in 2025
Japan rank
1st
Palau rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Japan
- Palau
How they compare
Japan currently reports 7 against 7 in Palau, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 79 shared years of data; in 1947 it was Palau ahead.
Japan ranks 1st and Palau ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 9 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Palau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 5.4 | 0 | 5.4 | Japan |
| 1960s | 7 | 0 | 7 | Japan |
| 1970s | 7 | 0.2 | 6.8 | Japan |
| 1980s | 7 | 6.5 | 0.5 | Japan |
| 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 Palau?
- Japan, at 7 against 7 in Palau as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Japan and Palau?
- 0, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Palau?
- 79 years are reported by both, from 1947 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Palau rank globally for democracy?
- Japan ranks 1st and Palau 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).