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Denmark vs Japan: Strong Elected Regional Governments Index

Denmark
0.987
in 2025
Japan
0.988
in 2025
Denmark rank
7th
Japan rank
5th

Strong Elected Regional Governments Index over time

  • Denmark
  • Japan
00.20.40.60.81178919072025

How they compare

Japan currently reports 0.988 against 0.987 in Denmark, a difference of 0.001.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Japan ahead.

Denmark ranks 7th and Japan ranks 5th of 175 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Strong Elected Regional Governments Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
175 places, 29,575 data points, 1789–2025
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Central estimate of the extent to which elected regional governments exist, and they operate without interference from regional unelected bodies.