Data for 2015

Equal Protection Index, 2015

2015, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Equal Protection Index, 2015 covers 176 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 0.986; Yemen is lowest, at 0.040. The middle country reads 0.702. Against 2014, 88 values changed (44 up, 44 down), the same countries are covered.

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Equal Protection Index · Data for 2015

HighestLuxembourg

0.986

LowestYemen

0.040

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

176countries
1measure
2015the year it describes
150distinct 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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.986
=2	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.982
=2	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.982
4	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.979
=5	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.973
=5	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.973
7	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.964
8	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.962
=9	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.955
=9	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.955
11	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.949
12	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.944
13	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.940
14	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.933
15	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.932
16	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.931
=17	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.926
=17	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.926
19	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.923
20	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.922
21	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.920
22	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	0.910
23	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.908
24	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.906
25	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.900
26	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.897
27	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.896
28	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.895
29	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.888
30	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.880
31	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.878
32	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.865
33	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.856
=34	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.855
=34	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.855
36	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.841
=37	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.838
=37	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.838
=37	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.838
40	ChileCHLSouth America	0.837
41	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.836
42	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.831
=43	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.830
=43	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.830
=43	UruguayURYSouth America	0.830
46	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.829
47	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.827
48	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.826
=49	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.820
=49	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.820
51	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.815
52	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.810
53	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.808
54	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.800
=55	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.793
=55	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.793
=57	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.789
=57	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.789
59	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.785
60	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.781
61	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.773
62	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.771
=63	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.770
=63	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.770
=65	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.766
=65	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.766
67	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.760
68	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.754
69	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	0.753
70	SurinameSURSouth America	0.748
71	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.743
72	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.741
=73	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.734
=73	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.734
75	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.732
76	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.728
=77	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.723
=77	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.723
79	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.719
80	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.715
81	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.713
82	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.712
=83	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.711
=83	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.711
=85	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.710
=85	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.710
=87	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.703
=87	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.703
=89	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.702
=89	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.702
91	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.700
92	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.690
93	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.689
=94	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.684
=94	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.684
=96	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.683
=96	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.683
98	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.681
99	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.679
=100	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.677
=100	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.677
102	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.676
103	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.666
104	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.665
105	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.658
106	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.655
107	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.652
108	PanamaPANCentral America	0.649
109	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.648
110	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.647
=111	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.635
=111	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.635
113	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.629
114	BrazilBRASouth America	0.625
115	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.617
116	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.612
117	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.605
118	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.598
119	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.586
120	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.585
121	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.583
122	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.579
123	PeruPERSouth America	0.572
124	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.559
125	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.547
126	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.542
=127	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.541
=127	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.541
129	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.523
130	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.511
131	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.504
132	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.503
133	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.498
134	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.488
135	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.484
136	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.478
137	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.475
138	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.444
139	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.415
140	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.410
141	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.405
142	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.391
143	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.376
144	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.371
145	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.360
=146	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.347
=146	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.347
148	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.323
149	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.319
150	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.312
151	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.309
152	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.294
153	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.271
154	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.270
155	SomalilandXSLEastern Africa	0.263
156	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.259
157	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.248
158	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.246
159	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.243
160	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.242
161	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.231
162	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.224
163	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.209
164	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.192
165	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.187
166	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.166
167	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.152
168	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.138
169	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.111
170	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.099
171	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.090
172	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.064
173	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.050
174	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.048
175	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	0.046
176	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.040

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg0.986
2Denmarkshared0.982
2Norwayshared0.982
4Japan0.979
5Germanyshared0.973

Lowest

176Yemen0.040
175North Korea0.046
174Haiti0.048
173South Sudan0.050
172Angola0.064

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.702. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
88values changed, of 176 in both
44 · 44rose · fell
88unchanged

Rose most

Lebanon0.704 → 0.760+0.056
Somalia0.082 → 0.138+0.056
Fiji0.664 → 0.715+0.051
Central African Republic0.284 → 0.323+0.039
Guyana0.673 → 0.712+0.039

Fell most

Tajikistan0.327 → 0.209−0.118
Mozambique0.746 → 0.665−0.081
Barbados0.798 → 0.723−0.075
Nicaragua0.465 → 0.415−0.050
Libya0.547 → 0.498−0.049

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 2015.
150 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.838. 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 176 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2015). Equal Protection Index, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/equal-protection/2015

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