What is equal rights protection index in Argentina?

Equal rights protection index in Argentina was 0.623 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest equal rights protection index recorded in Argentina?

The highest recorded value was 0.82 in 1991.

What is the lowest equal rights protection index recorded in Argentina?

The lowest recorded value was 0.174 in 1789.

How does Argentina rank for equal rights protection index?

Argentina ranks 99th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is equal rights protection index rising or falling in Argentina?

Over the last ten years it is down 17.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Argentina data come from?

The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Equal Rights Protection Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Equal Rights Protection Index in Argentina

Name: Equal Rights Protection Index in Argentina
Creator: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Argentina: Equal Rights Protection Index was 0.623 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

0.623

Change on year

down 13.8%

World rank

99th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.82

in 1991

All-time low

0.174

in 1789

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Equal Rights Protection Index in Argentina, 1789–2025

Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2025, equal rights protection index in Argentina stood at 0.623.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.8% on the previous year and down 17.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, equal rights protection index in Argentina peaked at 0.82 in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.174, in 1789.

That places Argentina 99th out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 237 years of available data.

Equal Rights Protection Index in Argentina, year by year

Annual values for Equal Rights Protection Index in Argentina, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.174	—
1790	0.174	+0.0%
1791	0.174	+0.0%
1792	0.174	+0.0%
1793	0.174	+0.0%
1794	0.174	+0.0%
1795	0.174	+0.0%
1796	0.174	+0.0%
1797	0.174	+0.0%
1798	0.174	+0.0%
1799	0.174	+0.0%
1800	0.174	+0.0%
1801	0.174	+0.0%
1802	0.174	+0.0%
1803	0.174	+0.0%
1804	0.174	+0.0%
1805	0.174	+0.0%
1806	0.174	+0.0%
1807	0.174	+0.0%
1808	0.174	+0.0%
1809	0.174	+0.0%
1810	0.174	+0.0%
1811	0.174	+0.0%
1812	0.174	+0.0%
1813	0.174	+0.0%
1814	0.174	+0.0%
1815	0.174	+0.0%
1816	0.174	+0.0%
1817	0.461	+164.9%
1818	0.461	+0.0%
1819	0.461	+0.0%
1820	0.461	+0.0%
1821	0.461	+0.0%
1822	0.461	+0.0%
1823	0.461	+0.0%
1824	0.461	+0.0%
1825	0.461	+0.0%
1826	0.461	+0.0%
1827	0.461	+0.0%
1828	0.461	+0.0%
1829	0.461	+0.0%
1830	0.461	+0.0%
1831	0.461	+0.0%
1832	0.461	+0.0%
1833	0.461	+0.0%
1834	0.461	+0.0%
1835	0.461	+0.0%
1836	0.461	+0.0%
1837	0.461	+0.0%
1838	0.461	+0.0%
1839	0.461	+0.0%
1840	0.461	+0.0%
1841	0.461	+0.0%
1842	0.461	+0.0%
1843	0.461	+0.0%
1844	0.461	+0.0%
1845	0.461	+0.0%
1846	0.461	+0.0%
1847	0.461	+0.0%
1848	0.461	+0.0%
1849	0.461	+0.0%
1850	0.461	+0.0%
1851	0.461	+0.0%
1852	0.461	+0.0%
1853	0.461	+0.0%
1854	0.461	+0.0%
1855	0.461	+0.0%
1856	0.461	+0.0%
1857	0.461	+0.0%
1858	0.461	+0.0%
1859	0.461	+0.0%
1860	0.461	+0.0%
1861	0.461	+0.0%
1862	0.373	-19.1%
1863	0.395	+5.9%
1864	0.395	+0.0%
1865	0.395	+0.0%
1866	0.395	+0.0%
1867	0.395	+0.0%
1868	0.395	+0.0%
1869	0.395	+0.0%
1870	0.395	+0.0%
1871	0.395	+0.0%
1872	0.395	+0.0%
1873	0.395	+0.0%
1874	0.395	+0.0%
1875	0.395	+0.0%
1876	0.395	+0.0%
1877	0.395	+0.0%
1878	0.395	+0.0%
1879	0.395	+0.0%
1880	0.395	+0.0%
1881	0.395	+0.0%
1882	0.395	+0.0%
1883	0.395	+0.0%
1884	0.395	+0.0%
1885	0.395	+0.0%
1886	0.395	+0.0%
1887	0.395	+0.0%
1888	0.395	+0.0%
1889	0.395	+0.0%
1890	0.395	+0.0%
1891	0.395	+0.0%
1892	0.395	+0.0%
1893	0.395	+0.0%
1894	0.395	+0.0%
1895	0.395	+0.0%
1896	0.395	+0.0%
1897	0.395	+0.0%
1898	0.395	+0.0%
1899	0.395	+0.0%
1900	0.382	-3.3%
1901	0.382	+0.0%
1902	0.382	+0.0%
1903	0.382	+0.0%
1904	0.382	+0.0%
1905	0.382	+0.0%
1906	0.382	+0.0%
1907	0.382	+0.0%
1908	0.382	+0.0%
1909	0.382	+0.0%
1910	0.382	+0.0%
1911	0.382	+0.0%
1912	0.382	+0.0%
1913	0.382	+0.0%
1914	0.382	+0.0%
1915	0.395	+3.4%
1916	0.424	+7.3%
1917	0.497	+17.2%
1918	0.497	+0.0%
1919	0.497	+0.0%
1920	0.497	+0.0%
1921	0.497	+0.0%
1922	0.484	-2.6%
1923	0.484	+0.0%
1924	0.484	+0.0%
1925	0.484	+0.0%
1926	0.484	+0.0%
1927	0.484	+0.0%
1928	0.484	+0.0%
1929	0.484	+0.0%
1930	0.484	+0.0%
1931	0.431	-11.0%
1932	0.431	+0.0%
1933	0.491	+13.9%
1934	0.491	+0.0%
1935	0.491	+0.0%
1936	0.491	+0.0%
1937	0.491	+0.0%
1938	0.491	+0.0%
1939	0.491	+0.0%
1940	0.491	+0.0%
1941	0.491	+0.0%
1942	0.491	+0.0%
1943	0.406	-17.3%
1944	0.406	+0.0%
1945	0.501	+23.4%
1946	0.728	+45.3%
1947	0.732	+0.5%
1948	0.732	+0.0%
1949	0.732	+0.0%
1950	0.71	-3.0%
1951	0.71	+0.0%
1952	0.71	+0.0%
1953	0.71	+0.0%
1954	0.71	+0.0%
1955	0.527	-25.8%
1956	0.508	-3.6%
1957	0.508	+0.0%
1958	0.691	+36.0%
1959	0.75	+8.5%
1960	0.75	+0.0%
1961	0.75	+0.0%
1962	0.696	-7.2%
1963	0.711	+2.2%
1964	0.754	+6.0%
1965	0.754	+0.0%
1966	0.588	-22.0%
1967	0.516	-12.2%
1968	0.516	+0.0%
1969	0.516	+0.0%
1970	0.584	+13.2%
1971	0.584	+0.0%
1972	0.584	+0.0%
1973	0.582	-0.3%
1974	0.737	+26.6%
1975	0.666	-9.6%
1976	0.467	-29.9%
1977	0.467	+0.0%
1978	0.467	+0.0%
1979	0.467	+0.0%
1980	0.473	+1.3%
1981	0.473	+0.0%
1982	0.473	+0.0%
1983	0.532	+12.5%
1984	0.808	+51.9%
1985	0.808	+0.0%
1986	0.808	+0.0%
1987	0.808	+0.0%
1988	0.808	+0.0%
1989	0.808	+0.0%
1990	0.808	+0.0%
1991	0.82	+1.5%
1992	0.82	+0.0%
1993	0.82	+0.0%
1994	0.82	+0.0%
1995	0.82	+0.0%
1996	0.82	+0.0%
1997	0.82	+0.0%
1998	0.82	+0.0%
1999	0.82	+0.0%
2000	0.773	-5.7%
2001	0.773	+0.0%
2002	0.796	+3.0%
2003	0.78	-2.0%
2004	0.78	+0.0%
2005	0.78	+0.0%
2006	0.78	+0.0%
2007	0.78	+0.0%
2008	0.78	+0.0%
2009	0.78	+0.0%
2010	0.785	+0.6%
2011	0.785	+0.0%
2012	0.785	+0.0%
2013	0.765	-2.5%
2014	0.765	+0.0%
2015	0.754	-1.4%
2016	0.777	+3.1%
2017	0.699	-10.0%
2018	0.736	+5.3%
2019	0.71	-3.5%
2020	0.689	-3.0%
2021	0.698	+1.3%
2022	0.698	+0.0%
2023	0.767	+9.9%
2024	0.723	-5.7%
2025	0.623	-13.8%

Argentina compared with similar countries

Argentina's 0.623 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.6235, 100% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Argentina's 0.623 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.604, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.174	0.174	0.174	1
1790s	0.174	0.174	0.174	10
1800s	0.174	0.174	0.174	10
1810s	0.2601	0.174	0.461	10
1820s	0.461	0.461	0.461	10
1830s	0.461	0.461	0.461	10
1840s	0.461	0.461	0.461	10
1850s	0.461	0.461	0.461	10
1860s	0.406	0.373	0.461	10
1870s	0.395	0.395	0.395	10
1880s	0.395	0.395	0.395	10
1890s	0.395	0.395	0.395	10
1900s	0.382	0.382	0.382	10
1910s	0.422	0.382	0.497	10
1920s	0.4866	0.484	0.497	10
1930s	0.4783	0.431	0.491	10
1940s	0.571	0.406	0.732	10
1950s	0.6534	0.508	0.75	10
1960s	0.6551	0.516	0.754	10
1970s	0.5605	0.467	0.737	10
1980s	0.6799	0.473	0.808	10
1990s	0.8188	0.808	0.82	10
2000s	0.7802	0.773	0.796	10
2010s	0.7561	0.699	0.785	10
2020s	0.6997	0.623	0.767	6

Countries ranked near Argentina

97 Guinea 0.627 compare
98 Brazil 0.624 compare
100 Portugal 0.614 compare
101 United States 0.608 compare
102 Azerbaijan 0.604 compare
102 Uruguay 0.604 compare

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More social development data for Argentina

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Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 542 (2025)
Political Rights Rating 2 (2025)
Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 2 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person (2025)
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Frequently asked questions

What is equal rights protection index in Argentina?: Equal rights protection index in Argentina was 0.623 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest equal rights protection index recorded in Argentina?: The highest recorded value was 0.82 in 1991.
What is the lowest equal rights protection index recorded in Argentina?: The lowest recorded value was 0.174 in 1789.
How does Argentina rank for equal rights protection index?: Argentina ranks 99th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is equal rights protection index rising or falling in Argentina?: Over the last ten years it is down 17.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Argentina data come from?: The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Equal Rights Protection Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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: 18 September 2026

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