Japan vs Luxembourg: Democracy
Japan
2
in 2018
Luxembourg
2
in 2018
Japan rank
1st
Luxembourg rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Japan
- Luxembourg
How they compare
Japan currently reports 2 against 2 in Luxembourg, a difference of 0.
Across all 140 years both countries report, Luxembourg has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 1st and Luxembourg ranks 1st of 167 countries.
Luxembourg has averaged higher in every one of the 15 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Luxembourg | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Luxembourg |
| 1900s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Luxembourg |
| 1910s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Luxembourg |
| 1920s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Luxembourg |
| 1930s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Luxembourg |
| 1950s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 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 Luxembourg?
- Japan, at 2 against 2 in Luxembourg as of 2018.
- What is the difference in democracy between Japan and Luxembourg?
- 0, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Luxembourg?
- 140 years are reported by both, from 1867 to 2018.
- How do Japan and Luxembourg rank globally for democracy?
- Japan ranks 1st and Luxembourg 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).