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Equal Rights Protection Index in Japan

Japan: Equal Rights Protection Index was 0.978 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
0.978
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
3rd
of 176 countries
All-time high
0.979
in 1953
All-time low
0.285
in 1789
Years of data
237
1789–2025

Equal Rights Protection Index in Japan, 1789–2025

0.20.40.60.81178919072025

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

Analysis

Japan recorded 0.978 for equal rights protection index in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, equal rights protection index in Japan peaked at 0.979 in 1953 and was at its lowest, 0.285, in 1789.

That places Japan 3rd out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.

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

Equal Rights Protection Index in Japan, year by year

Year Value Change
1789 0.285 —
1790 0.285 +0.0%
1791 0.285 +0.0%
1792 0.285 +0.0%
1793 0.285 +0.0%
1794 0.285 +0.0%
1795 0.285 +0.0%
1796 0.285 +0.0%
1797 0.285 +0.0%
1798 0.285 +0.0%
1799 0.285 +0.0%
1800 0.285 +0.0%
1801 0.285 +0.0%
1802 0.285 +0.0%
1803 0.285 +0.0%
1804 0.285 +0.0%
1805 0.285 +0.0%
1806 0.285 +0.0%
1807 0.285 +0.0%
1808 0.285 +0.0%
1809 0.285 +0.0%
1810 0.285 +0.0%
1811 0.285 +0.0%
1812 0.285 +0.0%
1813 0.285 +0.0%
1814 0.285 +0.0%
1815 0.285 +0.0%
1816 0.285 +0.0%
1817 0.285 +0.0%
1818 0.285 +0.0%
1819 0.285 +0.0%
1820 0.285 +0.0%
1821 0.285 +0.0%
1822 0.285 +0.0%
1823 0.285 +0.0%
1824 0.285 +0.0%
1825 0.285 +0.0%
1826 0.285 +0.0%
1827 0.285 +0.0%
1828 0.285 +0.0%
1829 0.285 +0.0%
1830 0.285 +0.0%
1831 0.285 +0.0%
1832 0.285 +0.0%
1833 0.285 +0.0%
1834 0.285 +0.0%
1835 0.285 +0.0%
1836 0.285 +0.0%
1837 0.285 +0.0%
1838 0.285 +0.0%
1839 0.285 +0.0%
1840 0.285 +0.0%
1841 0.285 +0.0%
1842 0.285 +0.0%
1843 0.285 +0.0%
1844 0.285 +0.0%
1845 0.285 +0.0%
1846 0.285 +0.0%
1847 0.285 +0.0%
1848 0.285 +0.0%
1849 0.285 +0.0%
1850 0.285 +0.0%
1851 0.285 +0.0%
1852 0.285 +0.0%
1853 0.285 +0.0%
1854 0.285 +0.0%
1855 0.285 +0.0%
1856 0.285 +0.0%
1857 0.285 +0.0%
1858 0.285 +0.0%
1859 0.285 +0.0%
1860 0.285 +0.0%
1861 0.285 +0.0%
1862 0.285 +0.0%
1863 0.285 +0.0%
1864 0.285 +0.0%
1865 0.285 +0.0%
1866 0.285 +0.0%
1867 0.285 +0.0%
1868 0.285 +0.0%
1869 0.285 +0.0%
1870 0.461 +61.8%
1871 0.461 +0.0%
1872 0.461 +0.0%
1873 0.461 +0.0%
1874 0.461 +0.0%
1875 0.461 +0.0%
1876 0.461 +0.0%
1877 0.461 +0.0%
1878 0.461 +0.0%
1879 0.461 +0.0%
1880 0.461 +0.0%
1881 0.461 +0.0%
1882 0.461 +0.0%
1883 0.461 +0.0%
1884 0.461 +0.0%
1885 0.461 +0.0%
1886 0.461 +0.0%
1887 0.461 +0.0%
1888 0.461 +0.0%
1889 0.461 +0.0%
1890 0.488 +5.9%
1891 0.488 +0.0%
1892 0.488 +0.0%
1893 0.488 +0.0%
1894 0.488 +0.0%
1895 0.488 +0.0%
1896 0.488 +0.0%
1897 0.488 +0.0%
1898 0.488 +0.0%
1899 0.488 +0.0%
1900 0.79 +61.9%
1901 0.79 +0.0%
1902 0.79 +0.0%
1903 0.79 +0.0%
1904 0.79 +0.0%
1905 0.79 +0.0%
1906 0.79 +0.0%
1907 0.79 +0.0%
1908 0.79 +0.0%
1909 0.79 +0.0%
1910 0.79 +0.0%
1911 0.801 +1.4%
1912 0.801 +0.0%
1913 0.801 +0.0%
1914 0.801 +0.0%
1915 0.801 +0.0%
1916 0.801 +0.0%
1917 0.801 +0.0%
1918 0.801 +0.0%
1919 0.801 +0.0%
1920 0.801 +0.0%
1921 0.801 +0.0%
1922 0.801 +0.0%
1923 0.801 +0.0%
1924 0.801 +0.0%
1925 0.801 +0.0%
1926 0.803 +0.2%
1927 0.803 +0.0%
1928 0.803 +0.0%
1929 0.803 +0.0%
1930 0.803 +0.0%
1931 0.803 +0.0%
1932 0.803 +0.0%
1933 0.803 +0.0%
1934 0.803 +0.0%
1935 0.803 +0.0%
1936 0.803 +0.0%
1937 0.803 +0.0%
1938 0.803 +0.0%
1939 0.803 +0.0%
1940 0.803 +0.0%
1941 0.803 +0.0%
1942 0.803 +0.0%
1943 0.803 +0.0%
1944 0.803 +0.0%
1945 0.803 +0.0%
1946 0.905 +12.7%
1947 0.905 +0.0%
1948 0.916 +1.2%
1949 0.916 +0.0%
1950 0.916 +0.0%
1951 0.916 +0.0%
1952 0.916 +0.0%
1953 0.979 +6.9%
1954 0.979 +0.0%
1955 0.979 +0.0%
1956 0.979 +0.0%
1957 0.979 +0.0%
1958 0.979 +0.0%
1959 0.979 +0.0%
1960 0.979 +0.0%
1961 0.979 +0.0%
1962 0.979 +0.0%
1963 0.979 +0.0%
1964 0.979 +0.0%
1965 0.979 +0.0%
1966 0.979 +0.0%
1967 0.979 +0.0%
1968 0.979 +0.0%
1969 0.979 +0.0%
1970 0.979 +0.0%
1971 0.979 +0.0%
1972 0.979 +0.0%
1973 0.979 +0.0%
1974 0.979 +0.0%
1975 0.979 +0.0%
1976 0.979 +0.0%
1977 0.979 +0.0%
1978 0.979 +0.0%
1979 0.979 +0.0%
1980 0.979 +0.0%
1981 0.979 +0.0%
1982 0.979 +0.0%
1983 0.979 +0.0%
1984 0.979 +0.0%
1985 0.979 +0.0%
1986 0.979 +0.0%
1987 0.979 +0.0%
1988 0.979 +0.0%
1989 0.979 +0.0%
1990 0.979 +0.0%
1991 0.979 +0.0%
1992 0.979 +0.0%
1993 0.979 +0.0%
1994 0.979 +0.0%
1995 0.979 +0.0%
1996 0.979 +0.0%
1997 0.979 +0.0%
1998 0.979 +0.0%
1999 0.979 +0.0%
2000 0.979 +0.0%
2001 0.979 +0.0%
2002 0.979 +0.0%
2003 0.979 +0.0%
2004 0.979 +0.0%
2005 0.979 +0.0%
2006 0.979 +0.0%
2007 0.979 +0.0%
2008 0.979 +0.0%
2009 0.979 +0.0%
2010 0.979 +0.0%
2011 0.979 +0.0%
2012 0.978 -0.1%
2013 0.979 +0.1%
2014 0.979 +0.0%
2015 0.979 +0.0%
2016 0.979 +0.0%
2017 0.974 -0.5%
2018 0.974 +0.0%
2019 0.974 +0.0%
2020 0.974 +0.0%
2021 0.978 +0.4%
2022 0.978 +0.0%
2023 0.978 +0.0%
2024 0.978 +0.0%
2025 0.978 +0.0%

Japan compared with similar countries

  • Japan's 0.978 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.823, 1.2× the median. (55 countries reporting)
  • Japan's 0.978 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.641, 1.5× the median. (22 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1780s 0.285 0.285 0.285 1
1790s 0.285 0.285 0.285 10
1800s 0.285 0.285 0.285 10
1810s 0.285 0.285 0.285 10
1820s 0.285 0.285 0.285 10
1830s 0.285 0.285 0.285 10
1840s 0.285 0.285 0.285 10
1850s 0.285 0.285 0.285 10
1860s 0.285 0.285 0.285 10
1870s 0.461 0.461 0.461 10
1880s 0.461 0.461 0.461 10
1890s 0.488 0.488 0.488 10
1900s 0.79 0.79 0.79 10
1910s 0.7999 0.79 0.801 10
1920s 0.8018 0.801 0.803 10
1930s 0.803 0.803 0.803 10
1940s 0.846 0.803 0.916 10
1950s 0.9601 0.916 0.979 10
1960s 0.979 0.979 0.979 10
1970s 0.979 0.979 0.979 10
1980s 0.979 0.979 0.979 10
1990s 0.979 0.979 0.979 10
2000s 0.979 0.979 0.979 10
2010s 0.9774 0.974 0.979 10
2020s 0.9773 0.974 0.978 6

Countries ranked near Japan

  1. 1 Luxembourg 0.986 compare
  2. 2 Denmark 0.98 compare
  3. 4 Germany 0.973 compare
  4. 5 Belgium 0.962 compare
  5. 6 Ireland 0.958 compare
  6. 6 Latvia 0.958 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is equal rights protection index in Japan?
Equal rights protection index in Japan was 0.978 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest equal rights protection index recorded in Japan?
The highest recorded value was 0.979 in 1953.
What is the lowest equal rights protection index recorded in Japan?
The lowest recorded value was 0.285 in 1789.
How does Japan rank for equal rights protection index?
Japan ranks 3rd out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is equal rights protection index rising or falling in Japan?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Japan 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.