Japan vs Taiwan: Liberal democracy
Japan
3
in 2025
Taiwan
3
in 2025
Japan rank
1st
Taiwan rank
1st
Liberal democracy over time
- Japan
- Taiwan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 3 against 3 in Taiwan, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 232 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Taiwan ahead.
Japan ranks 1st and Taiwan ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 25 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Taiwan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 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 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 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 | 0.8 | 2.2 | Japan |
| 2000s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher liberal democracy, Japan or Taiwan?
- Japan, at 3 against 3 in Taiwan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in liberal democracy between Japan and Taiwan?
- 0, with Japan 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 liberal democracy?
- Japan ranks 1st and Taiwan 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.