Japan vs Sweden: Democracy
Japan
2
in 2018
Sweden
2
in 2018
Japan rank
1st
Sweden rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Japan
- Sweden
How they compare
Japan currently reports 2 against 2 in Sweden, a difference of 0.
Across all 212 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 1st and Sweden ranks 1st of 167 countries.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Sweden |
| 1860s | 0.8 | 1 | 0.2 | Sweden |
| 1870s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 1 | 1.6 | 0.6 | Sweden |
| 1920s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Sweden |
| 1930s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Sweden |
| 1940s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Sweden |
| 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 Sweden?
- Japan, at 2 against 2 in Sweden as of 2018.
- What is the difference in democracy between Japan and Sweden?
- 0, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Sweden?
- 212 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2018.
- How do Japan and Sweden rank globally for democracy?
- Japan ranks 1st and Sweden 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).