Japan vs Latvia: Gender of the chief executive
Japan
1
in 2025
Latvia
1
in 2025
Japan rank
1st
Latvia rank
1st
Gender of the chief executive over time
- Japan
- Latvia
How they compare
Japan currently reports 1 against 1 in Latvia, a difference of 0.
Across all 235 years both countries report, Latvia has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 1st and Latvia ranks 1st of 176 countries.
Latvia has averaged higher in every one of the 25 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Latvia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0 | 1 | 1 | Latvia |
| 1790s | 0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | Latvia |
| 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 | 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 | 0.1667 | 0.5 | 0.3333 | Latvia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gender of the chief executive, Japan or Latvia?
- Japan, at 1 against 1 in Latvia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in gender of the chief executive between Japan and Latvia?
- 0, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Latvia?
- 235 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Latvia rank globally for gender of the chief executive?
- 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 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.