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Equal Rights Protection Index in Iran

Iran: Equal Rights Protection Index was 0.56 in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)
0.56
Change on year
up 2.9%
World rank
110th
of 176 countries
All-time high
0.783
in 1980
All-time low
0.035
in 1900
Years of data
237
1789–2025

Equal Rights Protection Index in Iran, 1789–2025

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

Analysis

Iran recorded 0.56 for equal rights protection index in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.9% on the previous year and down 3.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, equal rights protection index in Iran peaked at 0.783 in 1980 and was at its lowest, 0.035, in 1900.

Iran ranks 110th of 176 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Equal Rights Protection Index in Iran, year by year

Year Value Change
1789 0.039 —
1790 0.039 +0.0%
1791 0.039 +0.0%
1792 0.039 +0.0%
1793 0.039 +0.0%
1794 0.039 +0.0%
1795 0.039 +0.0%
1796 0.039 +0.0%
1797 0.039 +0.0%
1798 0.039 +0.0%
1799 0.039 +0.0%
1800 0.039 +0.0%
1801 0.039 +0.0%
1802 0.039 +0.0%
1803 0.039 +0.0%
1804 0.039 +0.0%
1805 0.039 +0.0%
1806 0.039 +0.0%
1807 0.039 +0.0%
1808 0.039 +0.0%
1809 0.039 +0.0%
1810 0.039 +0.0%
1811 0.039 +0.0%
1812 0.039 +0.0%
1813 0.039 +0.0%
1814 0.039 +0.0%
1815 0.039 +0.0%
1816 0.039 +0.0%
1817 0.039 +0.0%
1818 0.039 +0.0%
1819 0.039 +0.0%
1820 0.039 +0.0%
1821 0.039 +0.0%
1822 0.039 +0.0%
1823 0.039 +0.0%
1824 0.039 +0.0%
1825 0.039 +0.0%
1826 0.039 +0.0%
1827 0.039 +0.0%
1828 0.039 +0.0%
1829 0.039 +0.0%
1830 0.039 +0.0%
1831 0.039 +0.0%
1832 0.039 +0.0%
1833 0.039 +0.0%
1834 0.039 +0.0%
1835 0.039 +0.0%
1836 0.039 +0.0%
1837 0.039 +0.0%
1838 0.039 +0.0%
1839 0.039 +0.0%
1840 0.039 +0.0%
1841 0.039 +0.0%
1842 0.039 +0.0%
1843 0.039 +0.0%
1844 0.039 +0.0%
1845 0.039 +0.0%
1846 0.039 +0.0%
1847 0.039 +0.0%
1848 0.039 +0.0%
1849 0.039 +0.0%
1850 0.039 +0.0%
1851 0.039 +0.0%
1852 0.039 +0.0%
1853 0.039 +0.0%
1854 0.039 +0.0%
1855 0.039 +0.0%
1856 0.039 +0.0%
1857 0.039 +0.0%
1858 0.039 +0.0%
1859 0.039 +0.0%
1860 0.039 +0.0%
1861 0.039 +0.0%
1862 0.039 +0.0%
1863 0.039 +0.0%
1864 0.039 +0.0%
1865 0.039 +0.0%
1866 0.039 +0.0%
1867 0.039 +0.0%
1868 0.039 +0.0%
1869 0.039 +0.0%
1870 0.039 +0.0%
1871 0.039 +0.0%
1872 0.039 +0.0%
1873 0.039 +0.0%
1874 0.039 +0.0%
1875 0.039 +0.0%
1876 0.039 +0.0%
1877 0.039 +0.0%
1878 0.039 +0.0%
1879 0.039 +0.0%
1880 0.039 +0.0%
1881 0.039 +0.0%
1882 0.039 +0.0%
1883 0.039 +0.0%
1884 0.039 +0.0%
1885 0.039 +0.0%
1886 0.039 +0.0%
1887 0.039 +0.0%
1888 0.039 +0.0%
1889 0.039 +0.0%
1890 0.039 +0.0%
1891 0.039 +0.0%
1892 0.039 +0.0%
1893 0.039 +0.0%
1894 0.039 +0.0%
1895 0.039 +0.0%
1896 0.039 +0.0%
1897 0.039 +0.0%
1898 0.039 +0.0%
1899 0.039 +0.0%
1900 0.035 -10.3%
1901 0.035 +0.0%
1902 0.035 +0.0%
1903 0.035 +0.0%
1904 0.035 +0.0%
1905 0.035 +0.0%
1906 0.046 +31.4%
1907 0.088 +91.3%
1908 0.088 +0.0%
1909 0.094 +6.8%
1910 0.094 +0.0%
1911 0.094 +0.0%
1912 0.094 +0.0%
1913 0.094 +0.0%
1914 0.094 +0.0%
1915 0.094 +0.0%
1916 0.094 +0.0%
1917 0.094 +0.0%
1918 0.094 +0.0%
1919 0.094 +0.0%
1920 0.094 +0.0%
1921 0.094 +0.0%
1922 0.094 +0.0%
1923 0.094 +0.0%
1924 0.157 +67.0%
1925 0.157 +0.0%
1926 0.157 +0.0%
1927 0.157 +0.0%
1928 0.157 +0.0%
1929 0.157 +0.0%
1930 0.157 +0.0%
1931 0.157 +0.0%
1932 0.157 +0.0%
1933 0.157 +0.0%
1934 0.157 +0.0%
1935 0.157 +0.0%
1936 0.157 +0.0%
1937 0.157 +0.0%
1938 0.157 +0.0%
1939 0.157 +0.0%
1940 0.157 +0.0%
1941 0.422 +168.8%
1942 0.422 +0.0%
1943 0.422 +0.0%
1944 0.422 +0.0%
1945 0.422 +0.0%
1946 0.422 +0.0%
1947 0.422 +0.0%
1948 0.422 +0.0%
1949 0.422 +0.0%
1950 0.528 +25.1%
1951 0.528 +0.0%
1952 0.528 +0.0%
1953 0.437 -17.2%
1954 0.429 -1.8%
1955 0.429 +0.0%
1956 0.429 +0.0%
1957 0.429 +0.0%
1958 0.429 +0.0%
1959 0.429 +0.0%
1960 0.468 +9.1%
1961 0.468 +0.0%
1962 0.468 +0.0%
1963 0.478 +2.1%
1964 0.478 +0.0%
1965 0.478 +0.0%
1966 0.478 +0.0%
1967 0.478 +0.0%
1968 0.478 +0.0%
1969 0.478 +0.0%
1970 0.478 +0.0%
1971 0.478 +0.0%
1972 0.478 +0.0%
1973 0.478 +0.0%
1974 0.478 +0.0%
1975 0.478 +0.0%
1976 0.478 +0.0%
1977 0.478 +0.0%
1978 0.478 +0.0%
1979 0.486 +1.7%
1980 0.783 +61.1%
1981 0.772 -1.4%
1982 0.772 +0.0%
1983 0.772 +0.0%
1984 0.704 -8.8%
1985 0.704 +0.0%
1986 0.704 +0.0%
1987 0.704 +0.0%
1988 0.704 +0.0%
1989 0.704 +0.0%
1990 0.612 -13.1%
1991 0.612 +0.0%
1992 0.612 +0.0%
1993 0.612 +0.0%
1994 0.612 +0.0%
1995 0.612 +0.0%
1996 0.612 +0.0%
1997 0.612 +0.0%
1998 0.612 +0.0%
1999 0.612 +0.0%
2000 0.612 +0.0%
2001 0.612 +0.0%
2002 0.612 +0.0%
2003 0.612 +0.0%
2004 0.612 +0.0%
2005 0.612 +0.0%
2006 0.612 +0.0%
2007 0.612 +0.0%
2008 0.612 +0.0%
2009 0.591 -3.4%
2010 0.569 -3.7%
2011 0.569 +0.0%
2012 0.577 +1.4%
2013 0.577 +0.0%
2014 0.577 +0.0%
2015 0.579 +0.3%
2016 0.571 -1.4%
2017 0.564 -1.2%
2018 0.564 +0.0%
2019 0.561 -0.5%
2020 0.559 -0.4%
2021 0.508 -9.1%
2022 0.508 +0.0%
2023 0.561 +10.4%
2024 0.544 -3.0%
2025 0.56 +2.9%

Iran compared with similar countries

  • Iran's 0.56 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.6235, 90% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
  • Iran's 0.56 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.543, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1780s 0.039 0.039 0.039 1
1790s 0.039 0.039 0.039 10
1800s 0.039 0.039 0.039 10
1810s 0.039 0.039 0.039 10
1820s 0.039 0.039 0.039 10
1830s 0.039 0.039 0.039 10
1840s 0.039 0.039 0.039 10
1850s 0.039 0.039 0.039 10
1860s 0.039 0.039 0.039 10
1870s 0.039 0.039 0.039 10
1880s 0.039 0.039 0.039 10
1890s 0.039 0.039 0.039 10
1900s 0.0526 0.035 0.094 10
1910s 0.094 0.094 0.094 10
1920s 0.1318 0.094 0.157 10
1930s 0.157 0.157 0.157 10
1940s 0.3955 0.157 0.422 10
1950s 0.4595 0.429 0.528 10
1960s 0.475 0.468 0.478 10
1970s 0.4788 0.478 0.486 10
1980s 0.7323 0.704 0.783 10
1990s 0.612 0.612 0.612 10
2000s 0.6099 0.591 0.612 10
2010s 0.5708 0.561 0.579 10
2020s 0.54 0.508 0.561 6

Countries ranked near Iran

  1. 107 Albania 0.589 compare
  2. 108 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.572 compare
  3. 109 Turkey 0.565 compare
  4. 111 Panama 0.548 compare
  5. 112 Djibouti 0.543 compare
  6. 113 Comoros 0.525 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is equal rights protection index in Iran?
Equal rights protection index in Iran was 0.56 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest equal rights protection index recorded in Iran?
The highest recorded value was 0.783 in 1980.
What is the lowest equal rights protection index recorded in Iran?
The lowest recorded value was 0.035 in 1900.
How does Iran rank for equal rights protection index?
Iran ranks 110th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is equal rights protection index rising or falling in Iran?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Iran 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
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Central estimate of the extent to which the state protects the rights and freedoms across social groups equally.