Japan vs Turkey: Citizen satisfaction with democracy
Japan
0.1061
in 2020
Turkey
0.1321
in 2020
Japan rank
59th
Turkey rank
56th
Citizen satisfaction with democracy over time
- Japan
- Turkey
How they compare
Turkey currently reports 0.1321 against 0.1061 in Japan, a difference of 0.026.
That makes Turkey's figure about 1.2 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 20 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 59th and Turkey ranks 56th of 131 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 1 and Turkey in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -0.3454 | -0.318 | 0.0274 | Turkey |
| 2010s | 0.2756 | -0.3959 | 0.6715 | Japan |
| 2020s | 0.1061 | 0.1321 | 0.0261 | Turkey |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher citizen satisfaction with democracy, Japan or Turkey?
- Turkey, at 0.1321 against 0.1061 in Japan as of 2020.
- What is the difference in citizen satisfaction with democracy between Japan and Turkey?
- 0.026, with Turkey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Turkey?
- 20 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2020.
- How do Japan and Turkey rank globally for citizen satisfaction with democracy?
- Japan ranks 59th and Turkey ranks 56th of 131 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Claassen (2022) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Citizen satisfaction with democracy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Central estimate of the average extent to which citizens are satisfied with democracy in their own country. It combines responses across more than one thousand nationally-representative surveys on how citizens' satisfaction with democracy.