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Equal Protection Index, 2020

2020, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Equal Protection Index, 2020 covers 176 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 0.984; Yemen is lowest, at 0.030. The middle country reads 0.684. Against 2019, 143 values changed (66 up, 77 down), the same countries are covered.

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Equal Protection Index · Data for 2020

HighestLuxembourg

0.984

LowestYemen

0.030

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, 2020, 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 176 countries · select a heading to sort

Equal Protection Index, 2020: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe0.984
=2AustriaAUTWestern Europe0.979
=2DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe0.979
4FinlandFINNorthern Europe0.975
5JapanJPNEastern Asia0.974
6GermanyDEUWestern Europe0.973
7SwedenSWENorthern Europe0.963
8BelgiumBELWestern Europe0.962
9IrelandIRLNorthern Europe0.958
10NorwayNORNorthern Europe0.956
=11CzechiaCZEEastern Europe0.955
=11LatviaLVANorthern Europe0.955
=11SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe0.955
14SpainESPSouthern Europe0.933
15NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe0.919
16Costa RicaCRICentral America0.917
17PolandPOLEastern Europe0.912
18TaiwanTWNEastern Asia0.909
19EstoniaESTNorthern Europe0.908
20ItalyITASouthern Europe0.898
21MaltaMLTSouthern Europe0.896
22SeychellesSYCEastern Africa0.894
23CyprusCYPWestern Asia0.893
24IcelandISLNorthern Europe0.889
25New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand0.884

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Luxembourg0.984
  2. 2Austriashared0.979
  3. 2Denmarkshared0.979
  4. 4Finland0.975
  5. 5Japan0.974

Lowest

  1. 176Yemen0.030
  2. 175North Korea0.084
  3. 174Angola0.086
  4. 173Haiti0.110
  5. 172South Sudan0.112

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.684. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 143values changed, of 176 in both
  • 66 · 77rose · fell
  • 33unchanged

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 2020.

  • 160 distinct values among 176

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.955. 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

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 (2020). Equal Protection Index, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/equal-protection/2020

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07Questions

Equal Protection Index, 2020: questions and answers

Which country has the highest equal protection of rights in Equal Protection Index, 2020?

Luxembourg, at 0.984, of the 176 countries in the file.

What year does Equal Protection Index, 2020 describe?

2020.

How many countries does Equal Protection Index, 2020 cover?

176.

Where can I download Equal Protection Index, 2020?

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, 2020 the newest?

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

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