Bhutan vs Japan: Electoral democracy
Bhutan
2
in 2025
Japan
2
in 2025
Bhutan rank
1st
Japan rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Bhutan
- Japan
How they compare
Bhutan currently reports 2 against 2 in Japan, a difference of 0.
Across all 126 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Bhutan ranks 1st and Japan ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | Japan |
| 1950s | 0 | 1.6 | 1.6 | Japan |
| 1960s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Japan |
| 1970s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Japan |
| 1980s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Japan |
| 1990s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.3 | 2 | 1.7 | Japan |
| 2010s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Bhutan or Japan?
- Bhutan, at 2 against 2 in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Bhutan and Japan?
- 0, with Bhutan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Japan?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Bhutan and Japan rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Bhutan ranks 1st and Japan ranks 1st of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (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 Regimes of the World classification by political scientists Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan Lindberg.