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

0.015, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.

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

122 years are reported by both, from 1904 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.

Equatorial Guinea vs Mauritania: Equal Rights Protection Index

Equatorial Guinea

0.467

in 2025

Mauritania

0.452

in 2025

Equatorial Guinea rank

125th

Mauritania rank

128th

Equal Rights Protection Index over time

Equatorial Guinea
Mauritania

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 0.467 against 0.452 in Mauritania, a difference of 0.015.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 122 shared years of data; in 1904 it was Mauritania ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 125th and Mauritania ranks 128th of 176 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 2 and Mauritania in 11.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Equatorial Guinea	Mauritania	Difference	Ahead
1900s	0.009	0.485	0.476	Mauritania
1910s	0.009	0.485	0.476	Mauritania
1920s	0.0097	0.485	0.4753	Mauritania
1930s	0.009	0.412	0.403	Mauritania
1940s	0.0102	0.4768	0.4666	Mauritania
1950s	0.0169	0.484	0.4671	Mauritania
1960s	0.0831	0.5127	0.4296	Mauritania
1970s	0.1572	0.5033	0.3461	Mauritania
1980s	0.444	0.4105	0.0335	Equatorial Guinea
1990s	0.4455	0.5532	0.1077	Mauritania
2000s	0.425	0.609	0.184	Mauritania
2010s	0.4484	0.5698	0.1214	Mauritania
2020s	0.4775	0.4668	0.0107	Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher equal rights protection index, Equatorial Guinea or Mauritania?: Equatorial Guinea, at 0.467 against 0.452 in Mauritania as of 2025.
What is the difference in equal rights protection index between Equatorial Guinea and Mauritania?: 0.015, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Mauritania?: 122 years are reported by both, from 1904 to 2025.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Mauritania rank globally for equal rights protection index?: Equatorial Guinea ranks 125th and Mauritania ranks 128th 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.