Above Japan

Rank it · Share who say their country is democratic · %

Who says their country is democratic?

Singapore leads this card at 75, with Japan at 44. The gap is 31 %. Singapore is 1.7 times Japan.

Singapore (75%), India (74%), and Hong Kong (71%) all sit above South Korea (67%), the United Kingdom (55%), and Japan (44%). A 7 to 10 counts. Latana says that where speech is restricted, that can strongly influence the answers, which applies to Singapore and Hong Kong. The same release labels South Korea, the United Kingdom, and Japan free, and Singapore, India, and Hong Kong less free, using Freedom House 2024.

Source: Latana and the Alliance of Democracies, Democracy Perception Index 2024. Online sample of 62,953 people in 53 countries, 20 Feb to 15 Apr 2024. Nationally representative by age, gender, and education. Average margin of error about 2.9 points. Think about your country today. How democratic do you think it is? A 7 to 10 on the 0 to 10 scale counts as democratic. See the source.

God is Meaningful

Tier it · Spirituality, faith and religion mentioned as a source of meaning · % · 2021

% who mentioned religion as greatest source of meaning in life (Pew 2021)

Americans stand out: 15% mentioned religion/God as a source of meaning — three times New Zealand (5%) and far above every other public surveyed (none above 5%).

Source: Pew Research Center: What Makes Life Meaningful? Views From 17 Advanced Economies (Spring 2021 Global Attitudes, Q36) See the source.

The Meatiest

Rank it · Carcass-mass availability, not loss-adjusted plate consumption · kg/yr per capita

Meat consumption per person 🇦🇷🇯🇵

Argentina's lead is a long asado culture built on huge cattle herds. Mongolia matches Germany through nomadic herding. Japan eats far more fish than meat. Note: FAO carcass supply, not the plate.

Source: Wikipedia / FAO (meat supply per person, 2020) Food supply is used here as a proxy for consumption. See the source.