China vs Equatorial Guinea: Human rights index vdem

China
0.179
in 2025
Equatorial Guinea
0.169
in 2025
China rank
165th
Equatorial Guinea rank
168th

Human rights index vdem over time

  • China
  • Equatorial Guinea
00.10.20.3178919072025

How they compare

China currently reports 0.179 against 0.169 in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.01.

That makes China's figure about 1.1 times Equatorial Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was China ahead.

China ranks 165th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 168th of 176 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, China averaged higher in 10 and Equatorial Guinea in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade China Equatorial Guinea Difference Ahead
1900s 0.1362 0.1174 0.0188 China
1910s 0.2765 0.1243 0.1522 China
1920s 0.3025 0.1215 0.181 China
1930s 0.2584 0.117 0.1414 China
1940s 0.2504 0.1198 0.1306 China
1950s 0.0755 0.149 0.0735 Equatorial Guinea
1960s 0.0575 0.2281 0.1706 Equatorial Guinea
1970s 0.0724 0.0127 0.0597 China
1980s 0.2558 0.2055 0.0503 China
1990s 0.2486 0.2127 0.0359 China
2000s 0.2852 0.2174 0.0678 China
2010s 0.2509 0.2092 0.0417 China
2020s 0.179 0.1905 0.0115 Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher human rights index vdem, China or Equatorial Guinea?
China, at 0.179 against 0.169 in Equatorial Guinea as of 2025.
What is the difference in human rights index vdem between China and Equatorial Guinea?
0.01, with China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and Equatorial Guinea?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do China and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for human rights index vdem?
China ranks 165th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 168th of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Human rights index vdem. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Human rights index vdem
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 30,202 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed