Bulgaria vs Japan: Electoral democracy
Bulgaria
1
in 2025
Japan
1
in 2025
Bulgaria rank
1st
Japan rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Bulgaria
- Japan
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 1 against 1 in Japan, a difference of 0.
Across all 148 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Bulgaria ranks 1st and Japan ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | Japan |
| 1960s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Japan |
| 1970s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Japan |
| 1980s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Japan |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Bulgaria or Japan?
- Bulgaria, at 1 against 1 in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Bulgaria and Japan?
- 0, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Japan?
- 148 years are reported by both, from 1878 to 2025.
- How do Bulgaria and Japan rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Bulgaria ranks 1st and Japan ranks 1st of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Electoral 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 reduced Lexical Index of Electoral Democracy. It distinguishes between non-electoral autocracies, one-party autocracies, multi-party autocracies without elected executive, multi-party autocracies, exclusive democracies, male democracies, and electoral democracies (including full democracies or polyarchies).