Colombia vs Japan: Electoral democracy (V-Dem)
Colombia
2
in 2025
Japan
2
in 2025
Colombia rank
1st
Japan rank
1st
Electoral democracy (V-Dem) over time
- Colombia
- Japan
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 2 against 2 in Japan, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 40 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Japan ahead.
Colombia ranks 1st and Japan ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 25 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 12 and Japan in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0.9 | 0 | 0.9 | Colombia |
| 1830s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Colombia |
| 1840s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Colombia |
| 1850s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Colombia |
| 1860s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Colombia |
| 1870s | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | Colombia |
| 1880s | 0.4 | 0 | 0.4 | Colombia |
| 1890s | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | Colombia |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0.6 | 0 | 0.6 | Colombia |
| 1920s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Colombia |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Colombia |
| 1940s | 1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | Colombia |
| 1950s | 0.4 | 1.6 | 1.2 | Japan |
| 1960s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Japan |
| 1970s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Japan |
| 1980s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Japan |
| 1990s | 1.9 | 2 | 0.1 | Japan |
| 2000s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 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, Colombia or Japan?
- Colombia, at 2 against 2 in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Colombia and Japan?
- 0, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Japan?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Colombia and Japan rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Colombia 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.