Japan vs Latvia: Full democracy
Japan
1
in 2025
Latvia
1
in 2025
Japan rank
1st
Latvia rank
1st
Full democracy over time
- Japan
- Latvia
How they compare
Japan currently reports 1 against 1 in Latvia, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1918 it was Latvia ahead.
Japan ranks 1st and Latvia ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 12 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Latvia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0.6 | 0 | 0.6 | Japan |
| 1960s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Japan |
| 1970s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Japan |
| 1980s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Japan |
| 1990s | 1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | Japan |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher full democracy, Japan or Latvia?
- Japan, at 1 against 1 in Latvia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in full democracy between Japan and Latvia?
- 0, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Latvia?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1918 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Latvia rank globally for full democracy?
- Japan ranks 1st and Latvia ranks 1st of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Full democracy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Identifies if a country is a full democracy using the extended Lexical Index of Electoral Democracy (LIED+).