Equatorial Guinea vs Laos: Human rights index vdem

Equatorial Guinea
0.169
in 2025
Laos
0.144
in 2025
Equatorial Guinea rank
168th
Laos rank
170th

Human rights index vdem over time

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Laos
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How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 0.169 against 0.144 in Laos, a difference of 0.025.

That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 1.2 times Laos's.

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

Equatorial Guinea ranks 168th and Laos ranks 170th of 176 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 5 and Laos in 8.

Head to head by decade

Decade Equatorial Guinea Laos Difference Ahead
1900s 0.1174 0.2281 0.1107 Laos
1910s 0.1243 0.2278 0.1035 Laos
1920s 0.1215 0.2254 0.1039 Laos
1930s 0.117 0.2225 0.1055 Laos
1940s 0.1198 0.263 0.1432 Laos
1950s 0.149 0.3934 0.2444 Laos
1960s 0.2281 0.3488 0.1207 Laos
1970s 0.0127 0.2048 0.1921 Laos
1980s 0.2055 0.0648 0.1407 Equatorial Guinea
1990s 0.2127 0.0829 0.1298 Equatorial Guinea
2000s 0.2174 0.0973 0.1201 Equatorial Guinea
2010s 0.2092 0.1182 0.091 Equatorial Guinea
2020s 0.1905 0.1432 0.0473 Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher human rights index vdem, Equatorial Guinea or Laos?
Equatorial Guinea, at 0.169 against 0.144 in Laos as of 2025.
What is the difference in human rights index vdem between Equatorial Guinea and Laos?
0.025, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Laos?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Laos rank globally for human rights index vdem?
Equatorial Guinea ranks 168th and Laos ranks 170th 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