Bahrain vs Japan: Direct Democracy Index

Bahrain
0.02
in 2025
Japan
0.02
in 2025
Bahrain rank
104th
Japan rank
104th

Direct Democracy Index over time

  • Bahrain
  • Japan
00.050.10.150.2190019622025

How they compare

Bahrain currently reports 0.02 against 0.02 in Japan, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Japan ahead.

Bahrain ranks 104th and Japan ranks 104th of 175 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Direct Democracy Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
175 places, 20,802 data points, 1900–2025
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Measures the extent of how easy it is for citizens to vote on specific issues themselves in popular initiatives, referendums, and plebiscites.