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Equal Protection Index, 2008

2008, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Equal Protection Index, 2008 covers 175 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 0.986; Somalia is lowest, at 0.016. The middle country reads 0.694. Against 2007, 44 values changed (27 up, 17 down), the same countries are covered.

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Equal Protection Index · Data for 2008

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, 2008, 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 175 countries · select a heading to sort

Equal Protection Index, 2008: 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
6GermanyDEUWestern Europe0.973
7FinlandFINNorthern Europe0.968
8ItalyITASouthern Europe0.966
9BelgiumBELWestern Europe0.962
10AustriaAUTWestern Europe0.960
11LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe0.954
12CzechiaCZEEastern Europe0.953
13SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe0.951
14IrelandIRLNorthern Europe0.950
15SpainESPSouthern Europe0.945
16NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe0.933
17PortugalPRTSouthern Europe0.930
18IcelandISLNorthern Europe0.929
19AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand0.921
20Costa RicaCRICentral America0.907
21EstoniaESTNorthern Europe0.901
22United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe0.900
23PolandPOLEastern Europe0.899
=24GreeceGRCSouthern Europe0.896
=24MaltaMLTSouthern Europe0.896

02In 2008

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. 175Somalia0.016
  2. 174North Korea0.046
  3. 173Angola0.064
  4. 172Haiti0.078
  5. 171Yemen0.112

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.694. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 44values changed, of 175 in both
  • 27 · 17rose · fell
  • 131unchanged

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 2008.

  • 155 distinct values among 175

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.880. 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

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 (2008). Equal Protection Index, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/equal-protection/2008

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07Questions

Equal Protection Index, 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest equal protection of rights in Equal Protection Index, 2008?

Luxembourg, at 0.986, of the 175 countries in the file.

What year does Equal Protection Index, 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Equal Protection Index, 2008 cover?

175.

Where can I download Equal Protection Index, 2008?

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, 2008 the newest?

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

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