Japan vs Paraguay: Democracy
Japan
2
in 2018
Paraguay
2
in 2018
Japan rank
1st
Paraguay rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Japan
- Paraguay
How they compare
Japan currently reports 2 against 2 in Paraguay, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 201 shared years of data; in 1811 it was Paraguay ahead.
Japan ranks 1st and Paraguay ranks 1st of 167 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 21 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 | Japan |
| 1870s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | Japan |
| 1940s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Japan |
| 1950s | 2 | 0.25 | 1.75 | Japan |
| 1960s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Japan |
| 1970s | 2 | 0 | 2 | Japan |
| 1980s | 2 | 0.1 | 1.9 | Japan |
| 1990s | 2 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 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 Paraguay?
- Japan, at 2 against 2 in Paraguay as of 2018.
- What is the difference in democracy between Japan and Paraguay?
- 0, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Paraguay?
- 201 years are reported by both, from 1811 to 2018.
- How do Japan and Paraguay rank globally for democracy?
- Japan ranks 1st and Paraguay 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).