Cyprus vs Japan: Democracy
Cyprus
7
in 2025
Japan
7
in 2025
Cyprus rank
1st
Japan rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Cyprus
- Japan
How they compare
Cyprus currently reports 7 against 7 in Japan, a difference of 0.
Across all 148 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Cyprus ranks 1st and Japan ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cyprus | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1880s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1890s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Japan |
| 1900s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Japan |
| 1910s | 0 | 2.4 | 2.4 | Japan |
| 1920s | 0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | Japan |
| 1930s | 0 | 3 | 3 | Japan |
| 1940s | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Japan |
| 1950s | 0.2 | 5.4 | 5.2 | Japan |
| 1960s | 3.9 | 7 | 3.1 | Japan |
| 1970s | 3.7 | 7 | 3.3 | Japan |
| 1980s | 6 | 7 | 1 | Japan |
| 1990s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher democracy, Cyprus or Japan?
- Cyprus, at 7 against 7 in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Cyprus and Japan?
- 0, with Cyprus ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cyprus and Japan?
- 148 years are reported by both, from 1878 to 2025.
- How do Cyprus and Japan rank globally for democracy?
- Cyprus ranks 1st and Japan ranks 1st of 198 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Lexical Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as 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. It distinguishes between non-electoral autocracies (score 0), one-party autocracies (score 1), multi-party autocracies without elected executive (score 2), multi-party autocracies (score 3), exclusive democracies (score 4), male democracies (score 5), electoral democracies (score 6), and full democracies (score 7).