Japan vs Lebanon: Democracy
Japan
2
in 2018
Lebanon
2
in 2018
Japan rank
1st
Lebanon rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Japan
- Lebanon
How they compare
Japan currently reports 2 against 2 in Lebanon, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1943 it was Lebanon ahead.
Japan ranks 1st and Lebanon ranks 1st of 167 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Lebanon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Japan |
| 1960s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Japan |
| 1970s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Japan |
| 1980s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Japan |
| 2000s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Japan or Lebanon?
- Japan, at 2 against 2 in Lebanon as of 2018.
- What is the difference in democracy between Japan and Lebanon?
- 0, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Lebanon?
- 54 years are reported by both, from 1943 to 2018.
- How do Japan and Lebanon rank globally for democracy?
- Japan ranks 1st and Lebanon 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).