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Equal Protection Index, 2022

2022, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Equal Protection Index, 2022 covers 176 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 0.984; South Sudan is lowest, at 0.028. The middle country reads 0.677. Against 2021, 136 values changed (58 up, 78 down), the same countries are covered.

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Equal Protection Index · Data for 2022

HighestLuxembourg

0.984

LowestSouth Sudan

0.028

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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe0.984
=2AustriaAUTWestern Europe0.981
=2DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe0.981
4JapanJPNEastern Asia0.978
5FinlandFINNorthern Europe0.975
6GermanyDEUWestern Europe0.973
7BelgiumBELWestern Europe0.962
8LatviaLVANorthern Europe0.960
9IrelandIRLNorthern Europe0.958
10NorwayNORNorthern Europe0.956
=11CzechiaCZEEastern Europe0.955
=11SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe0.955
13SwedenSWENorthern Europe0.948
14ArmeniaARMWestern Asia0.937
15ItalyITASouthern Europe0.924
16NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe0.919
17PolandPOLEastern Europe0.918
18Costa RicaCRICentral America0.917
=19SeychellesSYCEastern Africa0.914
=19TaiwanTWNEastern Asia0.914
21TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa0.911
22EstoniaESTNorthern Europe0.908
23PortugalPRTSouthern Europe0.896
24NigerNERWestern Africa0.892
25IcelandISLNorthern Europe0.891

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Luxembourg0.984
  2. 2Austriashared0.981
  3. 2Denmarkshared0.981
  4. 4Japan0.978
  5. 5Finland0.975

Lowest

  1. 176South Sudan0.028
  2. 175Yemen0.038
  3. 174North Korea0.057
  4. 172Cambodiashared0.079
  5. 172Angolashared0.079

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.677. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 136values changed, of 176 in both
  • 58 · 78rose · fell
  • 40unchanged

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 2022.

  • 159 distinct values among 176

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.812. 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 (2022). Equal Protection Index, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/equal-protection/2022

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07Questions

Equal Protection Index, 2022: questions and answers

Which country has the highest equal protection of rights in Equal Protection Index, 2022?

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

What year does Equal Protection Index, 2022 describe?

2022.

How many countries does Equal Protection Index, 2022 cover?

176.

Where can I download Equal Protection Index, 2022?

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, 2022 the newest?

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

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