Japan vs Poland: Human rights index vdem

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

Human rights index vdem over time

  • Japan
  • Poland
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How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 171 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Poland ahead.

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

Across the 21 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 7 and Poland in 14.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Poland Difference Ahead
1780s 0.09 0.569 0.479 Poland
1790s 0.09 0.5023 0.4123 Poland
1800s 0.09 0.554 0.464 Poland
1810s 0.09 0.4831 0.3931 Poland
1820s 0.09 0.3675 0.2775 Poland
1830s 0.09 0.2462 0.1562 Poland
1840s 0.09 0.191 0.101 Poland
1850s 0.1008 0.205 0.1042 Poland
1860s 0.102 0.1729 0.0709 Poland
1910s 0.578 0.8555 0.2775 Poland
1920s 0.572 0.8224 0.2504 Poland
1930s 0.5122 0.7103 0.1981 Poland
1940s 0.6755 0.2742 0.4013 Japan
1950s 0.8863 0.321 0.5653 Japan
1960s 0.925 0.4514 0.4736 Japan
1970s 0.9371 0.4673 0.4698 Japan
1980s 0.9385 0.4924 0.4461 Japan
1990s 0.94 0.9503 0.0103 Poland
2000s 0.9404 0.9493 0.0089 Poland
2010s 0.9348 0.9147 0.0201 Japan
2020s 0.9207 0.8543 0.0663 Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher human rights index vdem, Japan or Poland?
Japan, at 0.925 against 0.918 in Poland as of 2025.
What is the difference in human rights index vdem between Japan and Poland?
0.007, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Poland?
171 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
How do Japan and Poland rank globally for human rights index vdem?
Japan ranks 20th and Poland ranks 21st 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