Data for 2017

Equal Protection Index, 2017

2017, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Equal Protection Index, 2017 covers 176 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 0.986; Yemen is lowest, at 0.019. The middle country reads 0.698. Against 2016, 128 values changed (65 up, 63 down), the same countries are covered.

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Equal Protection Index · Data for 2017

HighestLuxembourg

0.986

LowestYemen

0.019

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

176countries
1measure
2017the year it describes
154distinct 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, 2017, 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, 2017: 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	0.974
=5	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.973
=5	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.973
7	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.962
=8	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.958
=8	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.958
10	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.956
11	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.955
12	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.953
13	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.952
14	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.950
15	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.946
16	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.933
17	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.927
=18	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.926
=18	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.926
=20	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.923
=20	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.923
22	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.912
23	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.908
24	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.900
25	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.899
26	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	0.897
27	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.896
28	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.895
29	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.893
30	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.887
31	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.880
32	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.879
33	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.870
34	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.862
35	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.855
36	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.853
37	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.849
38	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.844
39	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.843
40	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.841
41	ChileCHLSouth America	0.837
42	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.832
=43	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.830
=43	UruguayURYSouth America	0.830
45	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.823
46	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.822
47	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.820
48	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.818
49	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.815
50	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.812
51	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.806
52	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.805
=53	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.803
=53	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.803
=53	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.803
=56	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.800
=56	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.800
58	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.788
=59	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.785
=59	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.785
61	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.779
62	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.777
63	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.762
64	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.761
65	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.757
66	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.751
67	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.750
=68	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.745
=68	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.745
=70	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.738
=70	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	0.738
72	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.736
=73	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.734
=73	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.734
75	SurinameSURSouth America	0.733
=76	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.725
=76	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.725
=78	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.722
=78	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.722
=80	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.721
=80	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.721
82	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.719
83	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.711
84	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.707
85	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.704
86	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.702
87	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.699
88	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.698
89	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.697
=90	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.696
=90	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.696
=92	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.693
=92	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.693
94	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.692
95	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.691
96	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.685
97	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.684
98	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.679
99	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.674
100	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.669
101	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.661
102	PanamaPANCentral America	0.649
103	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.643
104	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.638
105	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.633
106	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.631
107	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.624
=108	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.623
=108	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.623
=110	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.620
=110	PeruPERSouth America	0.620
=112	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.616
=112	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.616
114	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.615
115	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.609
116	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.608
117	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.591
118	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.585
119	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.574
120	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.564
121	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.563
122	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.559
123	BrazilBRASouth America	0.556
124	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.551
125	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.521
=126	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.520
=126	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.520
128	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.514
129	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.513
130	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.510
131	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.495
132	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.490
133	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.481
134	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.473
135	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.469
136	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.457
137	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.433
138	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.419
139	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.407
140	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.405
141	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.404
142	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.377
143	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.376
144	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.371
145	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.348
146	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.347
147	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.345
148	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.340
149	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.328
150	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.326
151	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.323
152	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.320
153	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.287
154	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.285
155	SomalilandXSLEastern Africa	0.284
156	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.270
157	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.255
158	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.244
159	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.234
160	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.218
161	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.216
162	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.205
163	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.191
164	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.188
165	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.167
166	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.147
167	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.143
168	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.136
169	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.124
170	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.111
171	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.099
172	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.085
173	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	0.082
174	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.049
175	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.035
176	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.019

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg0.986
2Denmarkshared0.982
2Norwayshared0.982
4Japan0.974
5Germanyshared0.973

Lowest

176Yemen0.019
175South Sudan0.035
174Haiti0.049
173North Korea0.082
172Angola0.085

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.698. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
128values changed, of 176 in both
65 · 63rose · fell
48unchanged

Rose most

Gambia0.663 → 0.805+0.142
Zambia0.615 → 0.757+0.142
Burundi0.304 → 0.404+0.100
Zimbabwe0.650 → 0.725+0.075
Guyana0.714 → 0.785+0.071

Fell most

Lebanon0.745 → 0.405−0.340
Benin0.887 → 0.762−0.125
Namibia0.723 → 0.608−0.115
Turkmenistan0.243 → 0.147−0.096
Philippines0.419 → 0.340−0.079

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 2017.
154 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.803. 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 (2017). Equal Protection Index, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/equal-protection/2017

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