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Equal Protection Index, 1996

1996, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Equal Protection Index, 1996 covers 173 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 0.986; Somalia is lowest, at 0.016. The middle country reads 0.678. Against 1995, 23 values changed (14 up, 9 down), the same countries are covered.

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Equal Protection Index · Data for 1996

HighestLuxembourg

0.986

LowestSomalia

0.016

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Equal Protection Index, 1996, as published. V-Dem Institute ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 173 countries · select a heading to sort

Equal Protection Index, 1996: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe0.986
2DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe0.983
=3JapanJPNEastern Asia0.979
=3SwedenSWENorthern Europe0.979
5NorwayNORNorthern Europe0.975
6FinlandFINNorthern Europe0.968
7ItalyITASouthern Europe0.966
8BelgiumBELWestern Europe0.962
=9AustriaAUTWestern Europe0.960
=9GermanyDEUWestern Europe0.960
11SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe0.951
12IrelandIRLNorthern Europe0.950
13SpainESPSouthern Europe0.945
14NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe0.933
15PortugalPRTSouthern Europe0.930
=16IcelandISLNorthern Europe0.929
=16United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe0.929
=18AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand0.921
=18CzechiaCZEEastern Europe0.921
20HungaryHUNEastern Europe0.913
21EstoniaESTNorthern Europe0.901
22GreeceGRCSouthern Europe0.896
23FranceFRAWestern Europe0.895
24IsraelISRWestern Asia0.890
25MongoliaMNGEastern Asia0.883

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Luxembourg0.986
  2. 2Denmark0.983
  3. 3Japanshared0.979
  4. 3Swedenshared0.979
  5. 5Norway0.975

Lowest

  1. 173Somalia0.016
  2. 172Sudan0.028
  3. 171North Korea0.046
  4. 170Haiti0.078
  5. 169Sierra Leone0.082

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.678. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 23values changed, of 173 in both
  • 14 · 9rose · fell
  • 150unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

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 1996.

  • 154 distinct values among 173

    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 173 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially with credit — and anything you publish that adapts it must carry the same licence.

Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1996). Equal Protection Index, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/equal-protection/1996

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07Questions

Equal Protection Index, 1996: questions and answers

Which country has the highest equal protection of rights in Equal Protection Index, 1996?

Luxembourg, at 0.986, of the 173 countries in the file.

What year does Equal Protection Index, 1996 describe?

1996.

How many countries does Equal Protection Index, 1996 cover?

173.

Where can I download Equal Protection Index, 1996?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Equal Protection Index, 1996 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Equal Protection Index, 2025.

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