Equal Rights Protection Index in Bhutan
Bhutan: Equal Rights Protection Index was 0.772 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Equal Rights Protection Index in Bhutan, 1900–2025
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2025, equal rights protection index in Bhutan stood at 0.772.
The figure is down 1.9% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, equal rights protection index in Bhutan peaked at 0.83 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.258, in 1900.
That places Bhutan 46th 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 126 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0.2763 | 0.258 | 0.319 | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.319 | 0.319 | 0.319 | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.3451 | 0.319 | 0.407 | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.407 | 0.407 | 0.407 | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.407 | 0.407 | 0.407 | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.4338 | 0.407 | 0.456 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.495 | 0.495 | 0.495 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.4978 | 0.495 | 0.509 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5338 | 0.527 | 0.538 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.577 | 0.543 | 0.596 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6762 | 0.603 | 0.765 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7824 | 0.765 | 0.83 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7743 | 0.745 | 0.787 | 6 |
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More social development data for Bhutan
- Political Rights Rating 2 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 7,257 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Liberal democracy 2 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.457 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 2 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.701 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.349 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.701 (2025)
- Key features of electoral democracy 0.566 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is equal rights protection index in Bhutan?
- Equal rights protection index in Bhutan was 0.772 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest equal rights protection index recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.83 in 2017.
- What is the lowest equal rights protection index recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.258 in 1900.
- How does Bhutan rank for equal rights protection index?
- Bhutan ranks 46th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
- Is equal rights protection index rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan 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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About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which the state protects the rights and freedoms across social groups equally.