Japan vs Malta: Participatory Democracy Index
Japan
0.526
in 2025
Malta
0.529
in 2025
Japan rank
32nd
Malta rank
29th
Participatory Democracy Index over time
- Japan
- Malta
How they compare
Malta currently reports 0.529 against 0.526 in Japan, a difference of 0.003.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 32nd and Malta ranks 29th of 176 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 10 and Malta in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Malta | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0.0669 | 0.0556 | 0.0113 | Japan |
| 1910s | 0.0713 | 0.056 | 0.0153 | Japan |
| 1920s | 0.0829 | 0.1013 | 0.0184 | Malta |
| 1930s | 0.073 | 0.0703 | 0.0027 | Japan |
| 1940s | 0.1315 | 0.0988 | 0.0327 | Japan |
| 1950s | 0.4486 | 0.193 | 0.2556 | Japan |
| 1960s | 0.5313 | 0.2219 | 0.3094 | Japan |
| 1970s | 0.539 | 0.2919 | 0.2471 | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.5441 | 0.2918 | 0.2523 | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.5482 | 0.4728 | 0.0754 | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.5554 | 0.5393 | 0.0161 | Japan |
| 2010s | 0.5432 | 0.5581 | 0.0149 | Malta |
| 2020s | 0.5295 | 0.5432 | 0.0137 | Malta |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher participatory democracy index, Japan or Malta?
- Malta, at 0.529 against 0.526 in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in participatory democracy index between Japan and Malta?
- 0.003, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Malta?
- 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Malta rank globally for participatory democracy index?
- Japan ranks 32nd and Malta ranks 29th of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Participatory Democracy Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Central estimate of the extent of suffrage, the freedom and fairness of elections, freedoms of association and expression, as well as the extent to which citizens can engage in regional and local government, civil society organizations, and direct democracy.