Equal Rights Protection Index in Eritrea
Eritrea: Equal Rights Protection Index was 0.449 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Equal Rights Protection Index in Eritrea, 1900–2025
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 0.449 for equal rights protection index in 2025.
That represents a change of up 15.1% on the previous year and down 31.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, equal rights protection index in Eritrea peaked at 0.707 in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.222, in 1930.
That places Eritrea 129th 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 | 0.279 | 0.279 | 0.279 | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.274 | 0.274 | 0.274 | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.284 | 0.284 | 0.284 | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.222 | 0.222 | 0.222 | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.4824 | 0.436 | 0.494 | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.4109 | 0.396 | 0.474 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.3342 | 0.323 | 0.337 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.4004 | 0.385 | 0.413 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.405 | 0.405 | 0.405 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6852 | 0.509 | 0.707 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5584 | 0.553 | 0.58 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5819 | 0.444 | 0.652 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4552 | 0.351 | 0.618 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
More social development data for Eritrea
- Political Rights Rating 7 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 119 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 554,891 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Liberal democracy 0 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.009 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.047 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.008 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.047 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is equal rights protection index in Eritrea?
- Equal rights protection index in Eritrea was 0.449 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest equal rights protection index recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.707 in 1992.
- What is the lowest equal rights protection index recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.222 in 1930.
- How does Eritrea rank for equal rights protection index?
- Eritrea ranks 129th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
- Is equal rights protection index rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.