Equal Rights Protection Index by country
Central estimate of the extent to which the state protects the rights and freedoms across social groups equally.
Countries reporting
173
Highest
0.98
Denmark
Lowest
0.018
Vatican
Median
0.647
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
30,496
What the numbers show
Equal Rights Protection Index is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 0.98 in Denmark; the lowest is 0.018 in Vatican.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.647, and the mean is 0.587.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 54.
Over the past decade 59 countries rose and 108 fell. The largest increase was in Sudan (up 164.4%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 95.0%).
Equal Rights Protection Index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Denmark | 0.98 | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 3 | Japan | 0.978 | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 4 | Germany | 0.973 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 5 | Belgium | 0.962 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 6 | Latvia | 0.958 | 2025 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Norway | 0.956 | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 9 | Switzerland | 0.955 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 9 | Czechia | 0.955 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 11 | Italy | 0.929 | 2025 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Sweden | 0.924 | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 13 | Austria | 0.923 | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 14 | Taiwan | 0.922 | 2025 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Netherlands | 0.919 | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 16 | Costa Rica | 0.917 | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 17 | Seychelles | 0.914 | 2025 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 18 | Poland | 0.912 | 2025 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Estonia | 0.908 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 20 | Cyprus | 0.907 | 2025 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Iceland | 0.905 | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 23 | Slovenia | 0.885 | 2025 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 24 | New Zealand | 0.884 | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 25 | Niger | 0.879 | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 26 | Australia | 0.859 | 2025 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Singapore | 0.858 | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 28 | Armenia | 0.855 | 2025 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 29 | Israel | 0.84 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 30 | Jamaica | 0.837 | 2025 | up 38.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Mauritius | 0.834 | 2025 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Finland | 0.831 | 2025 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 33 | Vanuatu | 0.829 | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 34 | Mongolia | 0.827 | 2025 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 35 | Mali | 0.824 | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 36 | Cape Verde | 0.823 | 2025 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Lithuania | 0.823 | 2025 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 38 | South Korea | 0.817 | 2025 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Greece | 0.815 | 2025 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Spain | 0.81 | 2025 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 41 | Chile | 0.789 | 2025 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Ghana | 0.787 | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 43 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.785 | 2025 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 44 | Tunisia | 0.782 | 2025 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Gambia | 0.773 | 2025 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 46 | Bhutan | 0.772 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 46 | France | 0.772 | 2025 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 48 | Benin | 0.759 | 2025 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 49 | Fiji | 0.756 | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 50 | Barbados | 0.755 | 2025 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Hong Kong | 0.754 | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 52 | Solomon Islands | 0.753 | 2025 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 53 | Maldives | 0.752 | 2025 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 54 | Slovakia | 0.747 | 2025 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.746 | 2025 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Suriname | 0.744 | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 57 | Croatia | 0.743 | 2025 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 58 | Montenegro | 0.741 | 2025 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 58 | Nigeria | 0.741 | 2025 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 60 | South Africa | 0.74 | 2025 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Belarus | 0.737 | 2025 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Gabon | 0.734 | 2025 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Malawi | 0.733 | 2025 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Serbia | 0.722 | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 65 | Tanzania | 0.72 | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 66 | Lebanon | 0.717 | 2025 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 67 | Bulgaria | 0.713 | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 68 | Sierra Leone | 0.711 | 2025 | up 81.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Bolivia | 0.706 | 2025 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 69 | United Kingdom | 0.706 | 2025 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.706 | 2025 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Senegal | 0.705 | 2025 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Ukraine | 0.705 | 2025 | up 15.2% | flat |
| 74 | Cameroon | 0.699 | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 75 | Romania | 0.696 | 2025 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Algeria | 0.695 | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 77 | Burkina Faso | 0.686 | 2025 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 77 | Liberia | 0.686 | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 79 | Cuba | 0.678 | 2025 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Morocco | 0.672 | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 81 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.671 | 2025 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Georgia | 0.671 | 2025 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Nepal | 0.665 | 2025 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Guyana | 0.664 | 2025 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Botswana | 0.662 | 2025 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Moldova | 0.658 | 2025 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Hungary | 0.651 | 2025 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Lesotho | 0.651 | 2025 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 89 | Jordan | 0.649 | 2025 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 90 | East Timor | 0.647 | 2025 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Colombia | 0.643 | 2025 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Togo | 0.64 | 2025 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 93 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.638 | 2025 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 94 | Malaysia | 0.635 | 2025 | up 76.4% | volatile |
| 95 | North Macedonia | 0.631 | 2025 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 95 | Syria | 0.631 | 2025 | up 53.9% | rising |
| 97 | Guinea | 0.627 | 2025 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 98 | Brazil | 0.624 | 2025 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Argentina | 0.623 | 2025 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 100 | Portugal | 0.614 | 2025 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 101 | United States | 0.608 | 2025 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 102 | Azerbaijan | 0.604 | 2025 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Uruguay | 0.604 | 2025 | down 27.2% | rising |
| 104 | Sri Lanka | 0.602 | 2025 | up 25.9% | flat |
| 105 | Palestine | 0.599 | 1948 | unchanged | flat |
| 106 | Kuwait | 0.596 | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 107 | Albania | 0.589 | 2025 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 108 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.572 | 2025 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 109 | Turkey | 0.565 | 2025 | down 20.4% | rising |
| 110 | Iran | 0.56 | 2025 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Panama | 0.548 | 2025 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 112 | Djibouti | 0.543 | 2025 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Comoros | 0.525 | 2025 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 114 | Kazakhstan | 0.522 | 2025 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Oman | 0.52 | 2025 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Iraq | 0.515 | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 117 | Kenya | 0.511 | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 117 | Mozambique | 0.511 | 2025 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 119 | Rwanda | 0.51 | 2025 | down 28.5% | rising |
| 120 | Zimbabwe | 0.505 | 2025 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 121 | Papua New Guinea | 0.504 | 2025 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Ethiopia | 0.503 | 2025 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Honduras | 0.491 | 2025 | up 119.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Peru | 0.481 | 2025 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.467 | 2025 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Dominican Republic | 0.459 | 2025 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Canada | 0.456 | 2025 | down 40.8% | rising |
| 128 | Mauritania | 0.452 | 2025 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 129 | Eritrea | 0.449 | 2025 | down 31.1% | rising |
| 130 | Libya | 0.426 | 2025 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 131 | Vietnam | 0.42 | 2025 | down 45.7% | rising |
| 132 | Laos | 0.415 | 2025 | up 53.1% | volatile |
| 133 | India | 0.408 | 2025 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 134 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.402 | 2025 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Uzbekistan | 0.402 | 2025 | up 28.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Namibia | 0.401 | 2025 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Bangladesh | 0.374 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Guatemala | 0.371 | 2025 | up 60.6% | volatile |
| 139 | China | 0.368 | 2025 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Mexico | 0.363 | 2025 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Madagascar | 0.336 | 2025 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Bahrain | 0.323 | 2025 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 143 | Saudi Arabia | 0.317 | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 144 | Russia | 0.312 | 2025 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 145 | Somalia | 0.306 | 2025 | up 121.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Indonesia | 0.3 | 2025 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Philippines | 0.278 | 2025 | down 42.6% | volatile |
| 148 | Uganda | 0.267 | 2025 | down 50.7% | rising |
| 149 | Paraguay | 0.266 | 2025 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 150 | Myanmar | 0.256 | 2025 | down 36.8% | rising |
| 151 | Sudan | 0.238 | 2025 | up 164.4% | falling |
| 152 | Nicaragua | 0.231 | 2025 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 153 | Egypt | 0.229 | 2025 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 154 | Thailand | 0.225 | 2025 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Ecuador | 0.222 | 2025 | down 65.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Chad | 0.214 | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 157 | Zambia | 0.209 | 2025 | down 70.3% | volatile |
| 158 | Burundi | 0.203 | 2025 | down 34.3% | rising |
| 159 | United Arab Emirates | 0.199 | 2025 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 160 | El Salvador | 0.197 | 2025 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 161 | Eswatini | 0.178 | 2025 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Venezuela | 0.177 | 2025 | down 73.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Qatar | 0.173 | 2025 | down 35.9% | rising |
| 164 | Turkmenistan | 0.172 | 2025 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 165 | Pakistan | 0.11 | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 166 | North Korea | 0.099 | 2025 | up 115.2% | volatile |
| 167 | Tajikistan | 0.098 | 2025 | down 53.1% | volatile |
| 168 | Yemen | 0.086 | 2025 | up 115.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Congo | 0.084 | 2025 | down 24.3% | rising |
| 170 | Central African Republic | 0.077 | 2025 | down 76.2% | volatile |
| 171 | Angola | 0.076 | 2025 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Haiti | 0.069 | 2025 | up 43.8% | falling |
| 173 | Cambodia | 0.067 | 2025 | down 55.9% | volatile |
| 174 | South Sudan | 0.057 | 2025 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 175 | Afghanistan | 0.027 | 2025 | down 95.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Vatican | 0.018 | 1870 | unchanged | falling |
About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which the state protects the rights and freedoms across social groups equally.