Chile vs Japan: Human rights index vdem

Chile
0.93
in 2025
Japan
0.925
in 2025
Chile rank
18th
Japan rank
20th

Human rights index vdem over time

  • Chile
  • Japan
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How they compare

Chile currently reports 0.93 against 0.925 in Japan, a difference of 0.005.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Chile ahead.

Chile ranks 18th and Japan ranks 20th of 176 countries.

Across the 25 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 19 and Japan in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Chile Japan Difference Ahead
1780s 0.095 0.09 0.005 Chile
1790s 0.0952 0.09 0.0052 Chile
1800s 0.0938 0.09 0.0038 Chile
1810s 0.182 0.09 0.092 Chile
1820s 0.4363 0.09 0.3463 Chile
1830s 0.3406 0.09 0.2506 Chile
1840s 0.4797 0.09 0.3897 Chile
1850s 0.4562 0.1008 0.3554 Chile
1860s 0.5933 0.1206 0.4727 Chile
1870s 0.6566 0.4842 0.1724 Chile
1880s 0.6708 0.501 0.1698 Chile
1890s 0.5941 0.5408 0.0533 Chile
1900s 0.6234 0.5755 0.0479 Chile
1910s 0.625 0.576 0.049 Chile
1920s 0.6015 0.572 0.0295 Chile
1930s 0.6111 0.5079 0.1032 Chile
1940s 0.6552 0.5777 0.0775 Chile
1950s 0.6224 0.8863 0.2639 Japan
1960s 0.775 0.925 0.15 Japan
1970s 0.332 0.9371 0.6051 Japan
1980s 0.2033 0.9385 0.7352 Japan
1990s 0.9319 0.94 0.0081 Japan
2000s 0.9415 0.9404 0.0011 Chile
2010s 0.9394 0.9348 0.0046 Chile
2020s 0.9147 0.9207 0.006 Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher human rights index vdem, Chile or Japan?
Chile, at 0.93 against 0.925 in Japan as of 2025.
What is the difference in human rights index vdem between Chile and Japan?
0.005, with Chile ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Japan?
237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
How do Chile and Japan rank globally for human rights index vdem?
Chile ranks 18th 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
Last refreshed