Barbados vs Japan: Human rights index vdem

Barbados
0.918
in 2025
Japan
0.925
in 2025
Barbados rank
21st
Japan rank
20th

Human rights index vdem over time

  • Barbados
  • Japan
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 0.925 against 0.918 in Barbados, a difference of 0.007.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 21st and Japan ranks 20th of 176 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 5 and Japan in 8.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Japan Difference Ahead
1900s 0.6 0.5755 0.0245 Barbados
1910s 0.6 0.576 0.024 Barbados
1920s 0.6 0.572 0.028 Barbados
1930s 0.6043 0.5079 0.0964 Barbados
1940s 0.6599 0.5777 0.0822 Barbados
1950s 0.7116 0.8863 0.1747 Japan
1960s 0.7991 0.925 0.1259 Japan
1970s 0.8908 0.9371 0.0463 Japan
1980s 0.903 0.9385 0.0355 Japan
1990s 0.91 0.94 0.03 Japan
2000s 0.9088 0.9404 0.0316 Japan
2010s 0.9107 0.9348 0.0241 Japan
2020s 0.9197 0.9207 0.001 Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher human rights index vdem, Barbados or Japan?
Japan, at 0.925 against 0.918 in Barbados as of 2025.
What is the difference in human rights index vdem between Barbados and Japan?
0.007, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Japan?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Barbados and Japan rank globally for human rights index vdem?
Barbados ranks 21st and Japan ranks 20th of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Human rights index vdem. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Human rights index vdem
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 30,202 data points, 1789–2025
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