Chile vs Japan: Liberal democracy

Chile
3
in 2025
Japan
3
in 2025
Chile rank
1st
Japan rank
1st

Liberal democracy over time

  • Chile
  • Japan
0123178919072025

How they compare

Chile currently reports 3 against 3 in Japan, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 234 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Japan ahead.

Chile ranks 1st and Japan ranks 1st of 176 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Liberal democracy
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,594 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Identifies the political regime of a country by distinguishing between closed autocracies, electoral autocracies, electoral democracies, and liberal democracies.