Japan vs Lithuania: Liberal democracy
Japan
3
in 2025
Lithuania
3
in 2025
Japan rank
1st
Lithuania rank
1st
Liberal democracy over time
- Japan
- Lithuania
How they compare
Japan currently reports 3 against 3 in Lithuania, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 231 shared years of data; in 1795 it was Lithuania ahead.
Japan ranks 1st and Lithuania ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 8 and Lithuania in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Lithuania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1850s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1860s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1900s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1910s | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | Lithuania |
| 1920s | 0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | Lithuania |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | Japan |
| 1950s | 2.4 | 0 | 2.4 | Japan |
| 1960s | 3 | 0 | 3 | Japan |
| 1970s | 3 | 0 | 3 | Japan |
| 1980s | 3 | 0 | 3 | Japan |
| 1990s | 3 | 2.7 | 0.3 | Japan |
| 2000s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 3 | 2.6 | 0.4 | Japan |
| 2020s | 3 | 2.17 | 0.8333 | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher liberal democracy, Japan or Lithuania?
- Japan, at 3 against 3 in Lithuania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in liberal democracy between Japan and Lithuania?
- 0, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Lithuania?
- 231 years are reported by both, from 1795 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Lithuania rank globally for liberal democracy?
- Japan ranks 1st and Lithuania ranks 1st of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Liberal democracy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Identifies the political regime of a country by distinguishing between closed autocracies, electoral autocracies, electoral democracies, and liberal democracies.