Japan vs Sweden: Electoral democracy
Japan
2
in 2025
Sweden
2
in 2025
Japan rank
1st
Sweden rank
1st
Electoral democracy over time
- Japan
- Sweden
How they compare
Japan currently reports 2 against 2 in Sweden, a difference of 0.
Across all 237 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 1st and Sweden ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 25 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | Sweden |
| 1920s | 0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | Sweden |
| 1930s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Sweden |
| 1940s | 0.1 | 2 | 1.9 | Sweden |
| 1950s | 1.6 | 2 | 0.4 | Sweden |
| 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, Japan or Sweden?
- Japan, at 2 against 2 in Sweden as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electoral democracy between Japan and Sweden?
- 0, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Sweden?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Sweden rank globally for electoral democracy?
- Japan ranks 1st and Sweden 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.