Data for 1990

Equal Protection Index, 1990

1990, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Equal Protection Index, 1990 covers 168 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 0.986; Sudan is lowest, at 0.028. The middle country reads 0.635.

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Equal Protection Index · Data for 1990

HighestLuxembourg

0.986

LowestSudan

0.028

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

168countries
1measure
1990the year it describes
149distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 3, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Equal Protection Index, 1990, as published. V-Dem Institute ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Equal Protection Index, 1990: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.986
2	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.983
=3	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.979
=3	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.979
5	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.975
6	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.968
7	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.966
8	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.962
=9	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.960
=9	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.960
11	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.951
12	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.945
13	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.933
14	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.932
15	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.930
=16	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.929
=16	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.929
=18	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.921
=18	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.921
20	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.920
21	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.901
22	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.896
23	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.891
24	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.890
25	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.880
26	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.879
=27	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.877
=27	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.877
29	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.873
30	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.872
31	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.871
32	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.863
33	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.859
34	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.855
35	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.851
36	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.850
37	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	0.849
38	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.838
39	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.836
40	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.834
41	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.833
42	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.827
43	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.824
44	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.821
45	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.818
46	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.809
47	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.808
48	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.805
49	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.797
50	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.795
51	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.794
52	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.791
53	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.782
54	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.781
55	UruguayURYSouth America	0.779
56	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.776
57	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.772
58	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.754
59	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.743
60	SurinameSURSouth America	0.738
61	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.737
62	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.734
=63	ChileCHLSouth America	0.732
=63	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.732
65	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.730
66	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.728
67	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.725
=68	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.716
=68	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.716
70	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.700
=71	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.696
=71	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.696
=71	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.696
74	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.693
75	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.690
76	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.689
77	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.682
78	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.679
79	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.678
80	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.669
81	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.663
82	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.652
83	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.648
84	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.640
85	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.629
86	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.625
=87	PanamaPANCentral America	0.618
=87	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.618
=87	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.618
90	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.617
91	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.613
=92	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.612
=92	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.612
=92	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.612
95	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.611
96	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.607
97	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.603
=98	BrazilBRASouth America	0.599
=98	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.599
100	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.577
101	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.567
102	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.566
103	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.564
104	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.548
105	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.544
106	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.543
=107	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.536
=107	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.536
=107	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.536
110	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.530
111	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.509
112	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.507
113	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.497
114	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.494
115	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.493
116	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.491
117	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.485
118	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.467
119	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.462
120	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.460
121	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.456
122	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.454
123	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.444
124	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.441
125	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.425
126	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.423
127	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.415
128	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.412
129	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.398
130	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.396
=131	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.393
=131	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.393
133	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.388
134	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.387
135	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.381
136	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.367
137	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.354
138	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.352
139	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.341
140	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.298
141	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.296
142	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.290
=143	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.254
=143	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.254
145	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.222
146	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.218
147	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.212
148	PeruPERSouth America	0.202
149	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.200
150	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.199
151	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.180
=152	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.175
=152	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.175
154	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.170
155	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.165
156	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	0.159
157	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.156
158	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.140
159	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.137
160	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.119
161	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.078
162	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.070
163	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.067
164	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.064
165	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.057
166	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.050
167	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.038
168	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.028

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg0.986
2Denmark0.983
3Japanshared0.979
3Swedenshared0.979
5Norway0.975

Lowest

168Sudan0.028
167South Africa0.038
166Somalia0.050
165El Salvador0.057
164Sierra Leone0.064

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.635. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1990.
149 distinct values among 168
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.696. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
V-Dem Institute publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 168 countries has every column.

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1990). Equal Protection Index, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/equal-protection/1990

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