Japan vs Taiwan: Human rights index vdem
Japan
0.925
in 2025
Taiwan
0.93
in 2025
Japan rank
20th
Taiwan rank
18th
Human rights index vdem over time
- Japan
- Taiwan
How they compare
Taiwan currently reports 0.93 against 0.925 in Japan, a difference of 0.005.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 232 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Taiwan ahead.
Japan ranks 20th and Taiwan ranks 18th of 176 countries.
Across the 25 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 14 and Taiwan in 11.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Taiwan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0.09 | 0.124 | 0.034 | Taiwan |
| 1790s | 0.09 | 0.1228 | 0.0328 | Taiwan |
| 1800s | 0.09 | 0.121 | 0.031 | Taiwan |
| 1810s | 0.09 | 0.121 | 0.031 | Taiwan |
| 1820s | 0.09 | 0.121 | 0.031 | Taiwan |
| 1830s | 0.09 | 0.121 | 0.031 | Taiwan |
| 1840s | 0.09 | 0.121 | 0.031 | Taiwan |
| 1850s | 0.1008 | 0.1024 | 0.0016 | Taiwan |
| 1860s | 0.1206 | 0.1221 | 0.0015 | Taiwan |
| 1870s | 0.4842 | 0.136 | 0.3482 | Japan |
| 1880s | 0.501 | 0.136 | 0.365 | Japan |
| 1890s | 0.534 | 0.126 | 0.408 | Japan |
| 1900s | 0.5755 | 0.1477 | 0.4278 | Japan |
| 1910s | 0.576 | 0.1768 | 0.3992 | Japan |
| 1920s | 0.572 | 0.2373 | 0.3347 | Japan |
| 1930s | 0.5079 | 0.1881 | 0.3198 | Japan |
| 1940s | 0.5777 | 0.1797 | 0.398 | Japan |
| 1950s | 0.8863 | 0.2055 | 0.6808 | Japan |
| 1960s | 0.925 | 0.2517 | 0.6733 | Japan |
| 1970s | 0.9371 | 0.2864 | 0.6507 | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.9385 | 0.4814 | 0.4571 | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.94 | 0.8094 | 0.1306 | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.9404 | 0.9321 | 0.0083 | Japan |
| 2010s | 0.9348 | 0.9392 | 0.0044 | Taiwan |
| 2020s | 0.9207 | 0.9332 | 0.0125 | Taiwan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher human rights index vdem, Japan or Taiwan?
- Taiwan, at 0.93 against 0.925 in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in human rights index vdem between Japan and Taiwan?
- 0.005, with Taiwan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Taiwan?
- 232 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Taiwan rank globally for human rights index vdem?
- Japan ranks 20th and Taiwan ranks 18th 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.