Data for 2004

Equal Protection Index, 2004

2004, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Equal Protection Index, 2004 covers 175 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 0.986; Somalia is lowest, at 0.016. The middle country reads 0.695. Against 2003, 21 values changed (10 up, 11 down), the same countries are covered.

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Equal Protection Index · Data for 2004

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.

175countries
1measure
2004the year it describes
161distinct 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, 2004, 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, 2004: 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	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	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.954
12	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.951
13	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.950
14	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.945
15	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.933
16	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.930
17	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.929
18	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.923
=19	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.921
=19	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.921
21	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.904
22	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.901
23	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.896
24	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.895
25	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.890
26	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.883
=27	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.880
=27	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.880
29	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.879
=30	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.877
=30	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.877
32	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	0.865
33	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.863
34	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.857
35	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.855
36	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.851
=37	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.849
=37	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.849
=37	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.849
40	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.841
=41	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.839
=41	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.839
43	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.836
44	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.834
=45	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.833
=45	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.833
47	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.829
48	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.820
49	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.819
50	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.805
51	UruguayURYSouth America	0.801
52	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.799
53	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.785
54	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.781
55	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.780
56	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.775
57	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.774
58	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.772
59	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.770
60	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.769
61	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.767
62	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.762
63	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.760
64	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.759
65	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.756
66	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.753
67	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.749
68	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.745
69	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.744
70	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.741
=71	ChileCHLSouth America	0.738
=71	SurinameSURSouth America	0.738
73	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.735
74	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.734
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	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	0.717
81	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.716
82	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.709
83	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.705
84	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.704
=85	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.696
=85	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.696
=85	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.696
88	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.695
89	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.690
90	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.689
91	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.688
92	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.683
93	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.681
94	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.680
95	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.679
96	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.671
97	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.668
98	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.667
99	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.666
100	BrazilBRASouth America	0.662
101	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.660
102	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.654
103	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.649
104	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.637
105	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.630
106	PanamaPANCentral America	0.627
107	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.623
108	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.616
109	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.614
110	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.613
=111	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.612
=111	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.612
=113	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.609
=113	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.609
115	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.607
116	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.603
117	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.601
118	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.599
119	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.591
120	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.581
121	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.570
122	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.564
=123	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.559
=123	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.559
125	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.557
126	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.553
127	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.552
128	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.548
129	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.536
130	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.531
131	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.526
132	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.524
133	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.515
134	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.514
135	PeruPERSouth America	0.511
136	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.499
137	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.470
138	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.469
139	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.467
140	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.448
141	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.442
142	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.425
143	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.400
144	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.389
145	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.378
146	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.375
147	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.350
148	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.344
149	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.343
150	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.320
151	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.315
152	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.309
153	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.288
154	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.272
155	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.249
156	SomalilandXSLEastern Africa	0.244
157	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.238
158	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.236
159	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.230
160	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.220
161	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.212
162	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.205
163	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.199
164	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.194
165	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.191
166	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.183
167	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.156
168	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.133
169	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.118
170	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.115
171	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.078
172	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.064
173	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	0.046
174	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.029
175	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.016

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

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

Lowest

175Somalia0.016
174Sudan0.029
173North Korea0.046
172Angola0.064
171Haiti0.078

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.695. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
21values changed, of 175 in both
10 · 11rose · fell
154unchanged

Rose most

Liberia0.486 → 0.637+0.151
São Tomé and Príncipe0.647 → 0.744+0.097
Georgia0.669 → 0.753+0.084
Russia0.496 → 0.557+0.061
Türkiye0.716 → 0.762+0.046

Fell most

Cuba0.872 → 0.745−0.127
Iraq0.565 → 0.515−0.050
Rwanda0.734 → 0.688−0.046
United Arab Emirates0.388 → 0.343−0.045
China0.339 → 0.320−0.019

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 2004.
161 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.849. 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 (2004). Equal Protection Index, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/equal-protection/2004

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