Data for 2000

Equal Protection Index, 2000

2000, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Equal Protection Index, 2000 covers 175 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 0.986; Sudan is lowest, at 0.013. The middle country reads 0.690. Against 1999, 69 values changed (43 up, 26 down), the same countries are covered.

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Equal Protection Index · Data for 2000

HighestLuxembourg

0.986

LowestSudan

0.013

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

175countries
1measure
2000the year it describes
159distinct 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, 2000, 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, 2000: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
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	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.973
7	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.968
8	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.966
9	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.962
10	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.960
11	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.951
12	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.950
13	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.945
14	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.933
15	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.930
16	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.929
17	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.923
=18	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.921
=18	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.921
20	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.911
21	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.901
22	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.896
23	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.895
24	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.890
25	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.883
=26	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.880
=26	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.880
=28	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.879
=28	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.879
=30	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.877
=30	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.877
32	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.872
33	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	0.865
34	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.863
35	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.855
36	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.851
=37	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.849
=37	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.849
39	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.845
40	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.839
41	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.836
42	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.834
=43	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.833
=43	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.833
45	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.829
46	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.825
47	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.820
48	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.819
49	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.805
50	UruguayURYSouth America	0.801
51	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.799
52	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.796
53	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.795
54	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.789
55	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.781
56	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.778
57	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.775
58	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.774
59	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.773
60	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.770
61	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.761
=62	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.759
=62	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.759
64	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.758
65	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.756
66	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	0.752
67	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.749
68	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.741
=69	ChileCHLSouth America	0.738
=69	SurinameSURSouth America	0.738
71	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.736
=72	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.734
=72	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.734
74	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.733
75	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.731
76	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.725
77	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.724
78	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.722
79	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.721
80	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.716
81	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.707
82	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.704
=83	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.696
=83	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.696
=83	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.696
86	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.695
87	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.693
=88	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.690
=88	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.690
90	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.689
91	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.683
92	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.682
93	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.681
94	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.680
95	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.679
96	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.669
97	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.667
98	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.660
99	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.649
100	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.647
101	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.643
102	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.630
103	PanamaPANCentral America	0.627
104	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.623
105	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.620
106	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.619
107	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.616
108	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.614
109	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.613
=110	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.612
=110	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.612
=112	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.609
=112	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.609
114	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.603
115	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.601
116	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.599
117	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.591
118	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.589
119	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.581
120	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.580
121	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.577
122	BrazilBRASouth America	0.571
123	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.559
124	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.552
125	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.550
126	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.548
127	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.538
128	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.536
129	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.524
130	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.519
131	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.515
132	PeruPERSouth America	0.511
133	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.499
134	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.495
135	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.486
136	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.475
137	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.469
138	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.461
139	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.444
140	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.442
141	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.425
142	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.400
143	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.388
144	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.386
145	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.385
146	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.375
147	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.330
148	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.328
149	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.326
150	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.315
151	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.303
152	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.249
153	SomalilandXSLEastern Africa	0.244
154	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.242
155	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.238
156	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.236
157	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.220
=158	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.212
=158	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.212
160	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.203
161	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.199
162	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.191
163	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.189
164	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.168
165	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.156
166	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.144
167	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.137
168	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.135
169	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.133
170	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.118
171	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.115
172	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.078
173	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	0.046
174	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.016
175	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.013

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

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

Lowest

175Sudan0.013
174Somalia0.016
173North Korea0.046
172Haiti0.078
171Cambodia0.115

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.690. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
69values changed, of 175 in both
43 · 26rose · fell
106unchanged

Rose most

Timor-Leste0.176 → 0.759+0.583
Peru0.220 → 0.511+0.291
Gabon0.428 → 0.667+0.239
Zimbabwe0.367 → 0.589+0.222
Slovakia0.659 → 0.849+0.190

Fell most

Saudi Arabia0.539 → 0.386−0.153
Eritrea0.707 → 0.580−0.127
Syria0.618 → 0.524−0.094
Colombia0.639 → 0.550−0.089
Philippines0.543 → 0.495−0.048

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

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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 2000.
159 distinct values among 175
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 175 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2000). Equal Protection Index, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/equal-protection/2000

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