Iraq vs Japan: Democracy
Iraq
2
in 2018
Japan
2
in 2018
Iraq rank
1st
Japan rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Iraq
- Japan
How they compare
Iraq currently reports 2 against 2 in Japan, a difference of 0.
Across all 81 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Iraq ranks 1st and Japan ranks 1st of 167 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 10 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iraq | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Japan |
| 1960s | 0.8 | 2 | 1.2 | Japan |
| 1970s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Japan |
| 1980s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Japan |
| 1990s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Japan |
| 2000s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Japan |
| 2010s | 1.56 | 2 | 0.4444 | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Iraq or Japan?
- Iraq, at 2 against 2 in Japan as of 2018.
- What is the difference in democracy between Iraq and Japan?
- 0, with Iraq ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Japan?
- 81 years are reported by both, from 1924 to 2018.
- How do Iraq and Japan rank globally for democracy?
- Iraq ranks 1st and Japan ranks 1st of 167 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Polity 5 (2020) – 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 using the Polity 5 data by the Center for Systemic Peace. It distinguishes between autocracies (score 0), anocracies (score 1), and democracies (score 2).