Japan vs Malaysia: Electoral democracy
Japan
2
in 2025
Malaysia
2
in 2025
Japan rank
1st
Malaysia rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Japan
- Malaysia
How they compare
Japan currently reports 2 against 2 in Malaysia, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Malaysia ahead.
Japan ranks 1st and Malaysia ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | Japan |
| 1950s | 1.6 | 0.5 | 1.1 | Japan |
| 1960s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Japan |
| 1970s | 2 | 0.6 | 1.4 | Japan |
| 1980s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Japan |
| 1990s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Japan |
| 2000s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Japan |
| 2010s | 2 | 1 | 1 | Japan |
| 2020s | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electoral democracy, Japan or Malaysia?
- Japan, at 2 against 2 in Malaysia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Japan and Malaysia?
- 0, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Malaysia?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Malaysia rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Japan ranks 1st and Malaysia 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.