Which has higher equal rights protection index, Canada or Equatorial Guinea?

Equatorial Guinea, at 0.467 against 0.456 in Canada as of 2025.

What is the difference in equal rights protection index between Canada and Equatorial Guinea?

0.011, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Equatorial Guinea?

126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Equal Rights Protection Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Canada vs Equatorial Guinea: Equal Rights Protection Index

Canada

0.456

in 2025

Equatorial Guinea

0.467

in 2025

Canada rank

127th

Equatorial Guinea rank

125th

Equal Rights Protection Index over time

Canada
Equatorial Guinea

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 0.467 against 0.456 in Canada, a difference of 0.011.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 127th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 125th of 176 countries.

Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Canada	Equatorial Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1900s	0.687	0.009	0.678	Canada
1910s	0.687	0.009	0.678	Canada
1920s	0.687	0.0097	0.6773	Canada
1930s	0.696	0.009	0.687	Canada
1940s	0.697	0.0102	0.6868	Canada
1950s	0.7078	0.0169	0.6909	Canada
1960s	0.76	0.0831	0.6769	Canada
1970s	0.76	0.1572	0.6028	Canada
1980s	0.7712	0.444	0.3272	Canada
1990s	0.7744	0.4455	0.3289	Canada
2000s	0.774	0.425	0.349	Canada
2010s	0.7702	0.4484	0.3218	Canada
2020s	0.5652	0.4775	0.0877	Canada

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher equal rights protection index, Canada or Equatorial Guinea?: Equatorial Guinea, at 0.467 against 0.456 in Canada as of 2025.
What is the difference in equal rights protection index between Canada and Equatorial Guinea?: 0.011, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Equatorial Guinea?: 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Canada and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for equal rights protection index?: Canada ranks 127th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 125th of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Equal Rights Protection Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Equal Rights Protection Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 30,496 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which the state protects the rights and freedoms across social groups equally.