Bolivia vs Japan: Electoral democracy
Bolivia
2
in 2025
Japan
2
in 2025
Bolivia rank
1st
Japan rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Bolivia
- Japan
How they compare
Bolivia currently reports 2 against 2 in Japan, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 22 times across 200 shared years of data; in 1825 it was Japan ahead.
Bolivia ranks 1st and Japan ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 21 decades both report, Bolivia averaged higher in 12 and Japan in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bolivia | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0.3 | 0 | 0.3 | Bolivia |
| 1840s | 0.7 | 0 | 0.7 | Bolivia |
| 1850s | 0.7 | 0 | 0.7 | Bolivia |
| 1860s | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | Bolivia |
| 1870s | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | Bolivia |
| 1880s | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 | Bolivia |
| 1890s | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 | Bolivia |
| 1900s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bolivia |
| 1910s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Bolivia |
| 1920s | 0.9 | 0 | 0.9 | Bolivia |
| 1930s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Bolivia |
| 1940s | 0.4444 | 0.1111 | 0.3333 | Bolivia |
| 1950s | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.8 | Japan |
| 1960s | 0.9 | 2 | 1.1 | Japan |
| 1970s | 0.1 | 2 | 1.9 | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.9 | 2 | 1.1 | Japan |
| 1990s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 1.8 | 2 | 0.2 | Japan |
| 2020s | 1.83 | 2 | 0.1667 | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Bolivia or Japan?
- Bolivia, at 2 against 2 in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Bolivia and Japan?
- 0, with Bolivia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and Japan?
- 200 years are reported by both, from 1825 to 2025.
- How do Bolivia and Japan rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Bolivia 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.