Japan vs Latvia: Access to justice for women
Japan
1
in 2025
Latvia
1
in 2025
Japan rank
1st
Latvia rank
1st
Access to justice for women over time
- Japan
- Latvia
How they compare
Japan currently reports 1 against 1 in Latvia, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Latvia ahead.
Japan ranks 1st and Latvia ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Across the 25 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 6 and Latvia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Latvia | 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 | 1 | 1 | Latvia |
| 1930s | 0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | Latvia |
| 1940s | 0.4 | 0 | 0.4 | Japan |
| 1950s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Japan |
| 1960s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Japan |
| 1970s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Japan |
| 1980s | 1 | 0 | 1 | Japan |
| 1990s | 1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | Japan |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher access to justice for women, Japan or Latvia?
- Japan, at 1 against 1 in Latvia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in access to justice for women between Japan and Latvia?
- 0, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Latvia?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Latvia rank globally for access to justice for women?
- Japan ranks 1st and Latvia ranks 1st of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Access to justice for women. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Central estimate whether women have access to justice.