Italy vs Japan: Gender of the chief executive
Italy
1
in 2025
Japan
1
in 2025
Italy rank
1st
Japan rank
1st
Gender of the chief executive over time
- Italy
- Japan
How they compare
Italy currently reports 1 against 1 in Japan, a difference of 0.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 209 shared years of data; in 1815 it was Japan ahead.
Italy ranks 1st and Japan ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020s | 0.6667 | 0.1667 | 0.5 | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gender of the chief executive, Italy or Japan?
- Italy, at 1 against 1 in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in gender of the chief executive between Italy and Japan?
- 0, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Japan?
- 209 years are reported by both, from 1815 to 2025.
- How do Italy and Japan rank globally for gender of the chief executive?
- Italy ranks 1st and Japan ranks 1st of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Gender of the chief executive. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The variable denotes whether the chief executive of government in office on December 31 is a woman.