Data for 2025

Equal Protection Index, 2025

2025, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Equal Protection Index, 2025 covers 176 countries. Luxembourg is highest, at 0.986; Afghanistan is lowest, at 0.027. The middle country reads 0.651. Against 2024, 114 values changed (46 up, 68 down), the same countries are covered.

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Equal Protection Index · Data for 2025

HighestLuxembourg

0.986

LowestAfghanistan

0.027

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

176countries
1measure
2025the year it describes
161distinct 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, 2025, 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, 2025: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.986
2	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.980
3	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.978
4	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.973
5	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.962
=6	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.958
=6	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.958
8	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.956
=9	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.955
=9	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.955
11	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.929
12	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.924
13	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.923
14	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	0.922
15	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.919
16	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.917
17	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.914
18	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.912
19	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.908
20	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.907
21	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.905
22	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.889
23	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.885
24	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.884
25	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.879
26	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.859
27	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.858
28	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.855
29	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.840
30	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.837
31	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.834
32	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.831
33	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.829
34	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.827
35	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.824
=36	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.823
=36	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.823
38	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.817
39	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.815
40	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.810
41	ChileCHLSouth America	0.789
42	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.787
43	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.785
44	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.782
45	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.773
=46	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.772
=46	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.772
48	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.759
49	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.756
50	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.755
51	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.754
52	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.753
53	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.752
54	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.747
55	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.746
56	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	0.745
57	SurinameSURSouth America	0.744
58	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.743
=59	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.741
=59	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.741
61	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.740
62	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.737
63	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.734
64	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.733
65	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.722
66	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.720
67	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.717
68	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.713
69	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.711
=70	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.706
=70	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.706
=70	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.706
=73	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.705
=73	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.705
75	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.699
76	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.696
77	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.695
=78	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.686
=78	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.686
80	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.678
81	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.672
=82	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.671
=82	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.671
84	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.665
85	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.664
86	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.662
87	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.658
=88	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.651
=88	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.651
90	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.649
91	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.647
92	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.643
93	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.640
94	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.638
95	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.635
=96	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.631
=96	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.631
98	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.627
99	BrazilBRASouth America	0.624
100	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.623
101	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.614
102	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.608
=103	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.604
=103	UruguayURYSouth America	0.604
105	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.602
106	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.596
107	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.589
108	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.572
109	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.565
110	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.560
111	PanamaPANCentral America	0.548
112	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.543
113	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.525
114	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.522
115	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.520
116	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.515
=117	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.511
=117	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.511
119	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.510
120	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.505
121	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.504
122	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.503
123	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.491
124	PeruPERSouth America	0.481
125	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.467
126	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.459
127	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.456
128	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.452
129	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.449
130	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.426
131	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.420
132	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.415
133	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.408
=134	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.402
=134	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.402
136	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.401
137	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.374
138	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.371
139	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.368
140	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.363
141	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.336
142	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.323
143	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.317
144	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.312
145	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.306
146	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.300
147	SomalilandXSLEastern Africa	0.287
148	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.278
149	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.267
150	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.266
151	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.256
152	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.238
153	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.231
154	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.229
155	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.225
156	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.222
157	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.214
158	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.209
159	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.203
160	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.199
161	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.197
162	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.178
163	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.177
164	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.173
165	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.172
166	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.110
167	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	0.099
168	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.098
169	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.086
170	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.084
171	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.077
172	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.076
173	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.069
174	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.067
175	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.057
176	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.027

02In 2025

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Luxembourg0.986
2Denmark0.980
3Japan0.978
4Germany0.973
5Belgium0.962

Lowest

176Afghanistan0.027
175South Sudan0.057
174Cambodia0.067
173Haiti0.069
172Angola0.076

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.651. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
114values changed, of 176 in both
46 · 68rose · fell
62unchanged

Rose most

Syria0.417 → 0.631+0.214
Sudan0.163 → 0.238+0.075
Nigeria0.678 → 0.741+0.063
Eritrea0.390 → 0.449+0.059
El Salvador0.152 → 0.197+0.045

Fell most

Uganda0.588 → 0.267−0.321
Zambia0.499 → 0.209−0.290
Portugal0.810 → 0.614−0.196
Indonesia0.496 → 0.300−0.196
Republic of the Congo0.276 → 0.084−0.192

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 2025.
161 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.706. 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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Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2025). Equal Protection Index, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/equal-protection/2025

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