Japan vs Portugal: Democracy
Japan
7
in 2025
Portugal
7
in 2025
Japan rank
1st
Portugal rank
1st
Democracy over time
- Japan
- Portugal
How they compare
Japan currently reports 7 against 7 in Portugal, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Portugal ahead.
Japan ranks 1st and Portugal ranks 1st of 198 countries.
Across the 25 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 7 and Portugal in 8.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1790s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1800s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Portugal |
| 1830s | 0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | Portugal |
| 1840s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Portugal |
| 1850s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Portugal |
| 1860s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Portugal |
| 1870s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Portugal |
| 1880s | 0 | 2 | 2 | Portugal |
| 1890s | 2 | 1.7 | 0.3 | Japan |
| 1900s | 2 | 1.8 | 0.2 | Japan |
| 1910s | 2.4 | 2.4 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 4.5 | 1.8 | 2.7 | Japan |
| 1930s | 3 | 1.6 | 1.4 | Japan |
| 1940s | 0.5 | 3 | 2.5 | Portugal |
| 1950s | 5.4 | 3 | 2.4 | Japan |
| 1960s | 7 | 3 | 4 | Japan |
| 1970s | 7 | 4.2 | 2.8 | Japan |
| 1980s | 7 | 7 | 0 | — |
| 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, Japan or Portugal?
- Japan, at 7 against 7 in Portugal as of 2025.
- What is the difference in democracy between Japan and Portugal?
- 0, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Portugal?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Portugal rank globally for democracy?
- Japan ranks 1st and Portugal 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).