France vs Japan: Electoral democracy
France
2
in 2025
Japan
2
in 2025
France rank
1st
Japan rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- France
- Japan
How they compare
France currently reports 2 against 2 in Japan, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Japan ahead.
France ranks 1st and Japan ranks 1st of 176 countries.
France has averaged higher in every one of the 25 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0.7 | 0 | 0.7 | France |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0.2 | 0 | 0.2 | France |
| 1850s | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | France |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 1.6 | 0 | 1.6 | France |
| 1880s | 2 | 0 | 2 | France |
| 1890s | 2 | 0 | 2 | France |
| 1900s | 2 | 0 | 2 | France |
| 1910s | 2 | 0 | 2 | France |
| 1920s | 2 | 0 | 2 | France |
| 1930s | 2 | 0 | 2 | France |
| 1940s | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.5 | France |
| 1950s | 2 | 1.6 | 0.4 | France |
| 1960s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 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, France or Japan?
- France, at 2 against 2 in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between France and Japan?
- 0, with France ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Japan?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do France and Japan rank globally for electoral democracy?
- France 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.