Japan vs Myanmar: Direct Democracy Index

Japan
0.02
in 2025
Myanmar
0.021
in 2025
Japan rank
104th
Myanmar rank
103rd

Direct Democracy Index over time

  • Japan
  • Myanmar
00.050.10.150.2190019622025

How they compare

Myanmar currently reports 0.021 against 0.02 in Japan, a difference of 0.001.

That makes Myanmar's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.

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

Japan ranks 104th and Myanmar ranks 103rd 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
Last refreshed

Measures the extent of how easy it is for citizens to vote on specific issues themselves in popular initiatives, referendums, and plebiscites.