Japan vs New Zealand: Electoral democracy (Lexical Index)
Japan
1
in 2025
New Zealand
1
in 2025
Japan rank
1st
New Zealand rank
1st
Electoral democracy (Lexical Index) over time
- Japan
- New Zealand
How they compare
Japan currently reports 1 against 1 in New Zealand, a difference of 0.
Across all 185 years both countries report, New Zealand has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 1st and New Zealand ranks 1st of 198 countries.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 19 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | New Zealand |
| 1900s | 0 | 1 | 1 | New Zealand |
| 1910s | 0 | 1 | 1 | New Zealand |
| 1920s | 0 | 1 | 1 | New Zealand |
| 1930s | 0 | 1 | 1 | New Zealand |
| 1940s | 0 | 1 | 1 | New Zealand |
| 1950s | 0.8 | 1 | 0.2 | New Zealand |
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 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, Japan or New Zealand?
- Japan, at 1 against 1 in New Zealand as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Japan and New Zealand?
- 0, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and New Zealand?
- 185 years are reported by both, from 1841 to 2025.
- How do Japan and New Zealand rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Japan ranks 1st and New Zealand ranks 1st of 198 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).