France vs Japan: Democracy
France
3
in 2025
Japan
3
in 2025
France rank
1st
Japan rank
1st
Democracy over time
- France
- Japan
How they compare
France currently reports 3 against 3 in Japan, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Japan ahead.
France ranks 1st and Japan ranks 1st of 176 countries.
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About this data
Identifies the political regime of a country by distinguishing between closed autocracies, electoral autocracies, electoral democracies, and liberal democracies.