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
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.