Sworn Score
Country profile
Japan
Asia · Capital: Tokyo
Score 70.4 ± 2 · Rank #23 of scored countries.
Based on 112/123 indicators, avg data age 4.2 years.
Category breakdown
How Japan scores across the 7 dimensions
Weight-normalized averages over the indicators that have data. Categories below 70% coverage of their own indicators are suppressed.
Health
94.2
Economy
55.3
Governance
87.0
Education
70.7
Infrastructure
74.2
Environment
57.5
Rights
41.4
Promises
Latest promise updates
10 achieved · 6 failing · 2 tracking
History
Japan — Sworn Score over time
Each year is a snapshot using that year's methodology (trimmed-bounds over the trailing 5-year value pool). Click a column header to sort.
Change since 1980: -8.9 points
| Year | Score | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 69.1 | 24 |
| 2025 | 69.7 | 23 |
| 2024 | 70.7 | 23 |
| 2023 | 71.0 | 25 |
| 2022 | 71.7 | 23 |
| 2021 | 71.8 | 24 |
| 2020 | 71.8 | 23 |
| 2019 | 72.0 | 25 |
| 2018 | 72.3 | 25 |
| 2017 | 72.3 | 25 |
| 2016 | 71.7 | 24 |
| 2015 | 70.8 | 25 |
| 2014 | 70.8 | 23 |
| 2013 | 70.5 | 22 |
| 2012 | 74.3 | 16 |
| 2011 | 74.3 | 15 |
| 2010 | 74.1 | 18 |
| 2009 | 74.4 | 16 |
| 2008 | 74.5 | 17 |
| 2007 | 74.1 | 20 |
| 2006 | 74.0 | 19 |
| 2005 | 74.1 | 20 |
| 2004 | 74.1 | 18 |
| 2003 | 73.4 | 21 |
| 2002 | 73.0 | 20 |
| 2001 | 72.3 | 22 |
| 2000 | 72.2 | 21 |
| 1999 | 71.0 | 21 |
| 1998 | 70.8 | 22 |
| 1997 | 73.3 | 18 |
| 1996 | 74.4 | 16 |
| 1995 | 75.1 | 11 |
| 1994 | 73.6 | 13 |
| 1993 | 72.3 | 13 |
| 1992 | 72.2 | 12 |
| 1991 | 72.4 | 11 |
| 1990 | 72.0 | 13 |
| 1989 | 75.8 | 14 |
| 1988 | 75.2 | 11 |
| 1987 | 75.2 | 9 |
| 1986 | 75.8 | 9 |
| 1985 | 78.5 | 4 |
| 1984 | 81.2 | 4 |
| 1983 | 79.5 | 5 |
| 1982 | 79.3 | 3 |
| 1981 | 79.0 | 4 |
| 1980 | 77.9 | 5 |
| 1979 | — | — |
| 1978 | — | — |
| 1977 | — | — |
| 1976 | — | — |
| 1975 | — | — |
| 1974 | — | — |
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| 1966 | — | — |
| 1965 | — | — |