Japan vs Spain: Key features of liberal democracy, annual growth rate
Japan
-0.4071 % change on previous year
in 2025
Spain
-0.2692 % change on previous year
in 2025
Japan rank
91st
Spain rank
88th
Key features of liberal democracy, annual growth rate over time
- Japan
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports -0.2692 % change on previous year against -0.4071 % change on previous year in Japan, a difference of 0.1379 % change on previous year.
The two have swapped places 86 times across 236 shared years of data; in 1790 it was Spain ahead.
Japan ranks 91st and Spain ranks 88th of 176 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 12 and Spain in 12.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1790s | -1.58 % change on previous year | 0 % change on previous year | 1.58 % change on previous year | Spain |
| 1800s | 0 % change on previous year | 0.4245 % change on previous year | 0.4245 % change on previous year | Spain |
| 1810s | 0 % change on previous year | 3.37 % change on previous year | 3.37 % change on previous year | Spain |
| 1820s | 0 % change on previous year | 0.8593 % change on previous year | 0.8593 % change on previous year | Spain |
| 1830s | 0 % change on previous year | 3.92 % change on previous year | 3.92 % change on previous year | Spain |
| 1840s | 0 % change on previous year | -0.5597 % change on previous year | 0.5597 % change on previous year | Japan |
| 1850s | 1.77 % change on previous year | 0.3101 % change on previous year | 1.46 % change on previous year | Japan |
| 1860s | 10.03 % change on previous year | 3.37 % change on previous year | 6.65 % change on previous year | Japan |
| 1870s | 13.74 % change on previous year | -1.87 % change on previous year | 15.6 % change on previous year | Japan |
| 1880s | 0.1835 % change on previous year | 0.2675 % change on previous year | 0.0841 % change on previous year | Spain |
| 1890s | 6.17 % change on previous year | 0.708 % change on previous year | 5.46 % change on previous year | Japan |
| 1900s | 0.4869 % change on previous year | -0.061 % change on previous year | 0.5478 % change on previous year | Japan |
| 1910s | 0.5529 % change on previous year | -0.0613 % change on previous year | 0.6142 % change on previous year | Japan |
| 1920s | 0.388 % change on previous year | -5.8 % change on previous year | 6.19 % change on previous year | Japan |
| 1930s | -0.9695 % change on previous year | 16.75 % change on previous year | 17.72 % change on previous year | Spain |
| 1940s | 7.32 % change on previous year | -3.35 % change on previous year | 10.67 % change on previous year | Japan |
| 1950s | 8.47 % change on previous year | 0.5084 % change on previous year | 7.96 % change on previous year | Japan |
| 1960s | 0.0268 % change on previous year | 1.39 % change on previous year | 1.36 % change on previous year | Spain |
| 1970s | 0.0269 % change on previous year | 35.76 % change on previous year | 35.74 % change on previous year | Spain |
| 1980s | -0.0132 % change on previous year | 0.3795 % change on previous year | 0.3928 % change on previous year | Spain |
| 1990s | 0.0799 % change on previous year | 0.1231 % change on previous year | 0.0432 % change on previous year | Spain |
| 2000s | 0.2876 % change on previous year | 0.0179 % change on previous year | 0.2697 % change on previous year | Japan |
| 2010s | -0.3287 % change on previous year | -0.1892 % change on previous year | 0.1394 % change on previous year | Spain |
| 2020s | -0.4217 % change on previous year | -1.34 % change on previous year | 0.9206 % change on previous year | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher key features of liberal democracy, annual growth rate, Japan or Spain?
- Spain, at -0.2692 % change on previous year against -0.4071 % change on previous year in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in key features of liberal democracy, annual growth rate between Japan and Spain?
- 0.1379 % change on previous year, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Spain?
- 236 years are reported by both, from 1790 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Spain rank globally for key features of liberal democracy, annual growth rate?
- Japan ranks 91st and Spain ranks 88th of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Key features of liberal democracy, annual growth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Key features of liberal democracy. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.