What is equal rights protection index in Kuwait?

Equal rights protection index in Kuwait was 0.596 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

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

The highest recorded value was 0.596 in 2024.

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

The lowest recorded value was 0.331 in 1950.

How does Kuwait rank for equal rights protection index?

Kuwait ranks 106th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is equal rights protection index rising or falling in Kuwait?

Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Kuwait 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 Kuwait

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

Kuwait: Equal Rights Protection Index was 0.596 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

0.596

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

106th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.596

in 2024

All-time low

0.331

in 1950

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Equal Rights Protection Index in Kuwait, 1789–2025

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

Analysis

In 2025, equal rights protection index in Kuwait stood at 0.596. That is the highest value across all 237 years on record.

The figure is up 6.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, equal rights protection index in Kuwait peaked at 0.596 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.331, in 1950.

That places Kuwait 106th 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 Kuwait, year by year

Annual values for Equal Rights Protection Index in Kuwait, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.434	—
1790	0.434	+0.0%
1791	0.434	+0.0%
1792	0.434	+0.0%
1793	0.434	+0.0%
1794	0.434	+0.0%
1795	0.434	+0.0%
1796	0.434	+0.0%
1797	0.434	+0.0%
1798	0.434	+0.0%
1799	0.434	+0.0%
1800	0.434	+0.0%
1801	0.434	+0.0%
1802	0.434	+0.0%
1803	0.434	+0.0%
1804	0.434	+0.0%
1805	0.434	+0.0%
1806	0.434	+0.0%
1807	0.434	+0.0%
1808	0.434	+0.0%
1809	0.434	+0.0%
1810	0.434	+0.0%
1811	0.434	+0.0%
1812	0.434	+0.0%
1813	0.434	+0.0%
1814	0.434	+0.0%
1815	0.434	+0.0%
1816	0.434	+0.0%
1817	0.434	+0.0%
1818	0.434	+0.0%
1819	0.434	+0.0%
1820	0.434	+0.0%
1821	0.434	+0.0%
1822	0.434	+0.0%
1823	0.434	+0.0%
1824	0.434	+0.0%
1825	0.434	+0.0%
1826	0.434	+0.0%
1827	0.434	+0.0%
1828	0.434	+0.0%
1829	0.434	+0.0%
1830	0.434	+0.0%
1831	0.434	+0.0%
1832	0.434	+0.0%
1833	0.434	+0.0%
1834	0.434	+0.0%
1835	0.434	+0.0%
1836	0.434	+0.0%
1837	0.434	+0.0%
1838	0.434	+0.0%
1839	0.434	+0.0%
1840	0.434	+0.0%
1841	0.434	+0.0%
1842	0.434	+0.0%
1843	0.434	+0.0%
1844	0.434	+0.0%
1845	0.434	+0.0%
1846	0.434	+0.0%
1847	0.434	+0.0%
1848	0.434	+0.0%
1849	0.434	+0.0%
1850	0.434	+0.0%
1851	0.434	+0.0%
1852	0.434	+0.0%
1853	0.434	+0.0%
1854	0.434	+0.0%
1855	0.434	+0.0%
1856	0.434	+0.0%
1857	0.434	+0.0%
1858	0.434	+0.0%
1859	0.434	+0.0%
1860	0.434	+0.0%
1861	0.434	+0.0%
1862	0.434	+0.0%
1863	0.434	+0.0%
1864	0.434	+0.0%
1865	0.434	+0.0%
1866	0.434	+0.0%
1867	0.434	+0.0%
1868	0.434	+0.0%
1869	0.434	+0.0%
1870	0.434	+0.0%
1871	0.434	+0.0%
1872	0.434	+0.0%
1873	0.434	+0.0%
1874	0.434	+0.0%
1875	0.434	+0.0%
1876	0.434	+0.0%
1877	0.434	+0.0%
1878	0.434	+0.0%
1879	0.434	+0.0%
1880	0.434	+0.0%
1881	0.434	+0.0%
1882	0.434	+0.0%
1883	0.434	+0.0%
1884	0.434	+0.0%
1885	0.434	+0.0%
1886	0.434	+0.0%
1887	0.434	+0.0%
1888	0.434	+0.0%
1889	0.434	+0.0%
1890	0.434	+0.0%
1891	0.434	+0.0%
1892	0.434	+0.0%
1893	0.434	+0.0%
1894	0.434	+0.0%
1895	0.434	+0.0%
1896	0.434	+0.0%
1897	0.434	+0.0%
1898	0.434	+0.0%
1899	0.434	+0.0%
1900	0.43	-0.9%
1901	0.43	+0.0%
1902	0.43	+0.0%
1903	0.43	+0.0%
1904	0.43	+0.0%
1905	0.43	+0.0%
1906	0.43	+0.0%
1907	0.43	+0.0%
1908	0.43	+0.0%
1909	0.43	+0.0%
1910	0.43	+0.0%
1911	0.43	+0.0%
1912	0.43	+0.0%
1913	0.43	+0.0%
1914	0.43	+0.0%
1915	0.43	+0.0%
1916	0.43	+0.0%
1917	0.43	+0.0%
1918	0.43	+0.0%
1919	0.43	+0.0%
1920	0.43	+0.0%
1921	0.379	-11.9%
1922	0.379	+0.0%
1923	0.379	+0.0%
1924	0.379	+0.0%
1925	0.379	+0.0%
1926	0.379	+0.0%
1927	0.379	+0.0%
1928	0.379	+0.0%
1929	0.379	+0.0%
1930	0.379	+0.0%
1931	0.379	+0.0%
1932	0.379	+0.0%
1933	0.379	+0.0%
1934	0.379	+0.0%
1935	0.379	+0.0%
1936	0.379	+0.0%
1937	0.379	+0.0%
1938	0.379	+0.0%
1939	0.379	+0.0%
1940	0.344	-9.2%
1941	0.344	+0.0%
1942	0.344	+0.0%
1943	0.344	+0.0%
1944	0.344	+0.0%
1945	0.344	+0.0%
1946	0.344	+0.0%
1947	0.344	+0.0%
1948	0.344	+0.0%
1949	0.344	+0.0%
1950	0.331	-3.8%
1951	0.331	+0.0%
1952	0.331	+0.0%
1953	0.331	+0.0%
1954	0.331	+0.0%
1955	0.331	+0.0%
1956	0.331	+0.0%
1957	0.331	+0.0%
1958	0.331	+0.0%
1959	0.331	+0.0%
1960	0.352	+6.3%
1961	0.485	+37.8%
1962	0.485	+0.0%
1963	0.553	+14.0%
1964	0.553	+0.0%
1965	0.553	+0.0%
1966	0.553	+0.0%
1967	0.553	+0.0%
1968	0.553	+0.0%
1969	0.553	+0.0%
1970	0.553	+0.0%
1971	0.553	+0.0%
1972	0.553	+0.0%
1973	0.553	+0.0%
1974	0.553	+0.0%
1975	0.553	+0.0%
1976	0.584	+5.6%
1977	0.584	+0.0%
1978	0.584	+0.0%
1979	0.584	+0.0%
1980	0.584	+0.0%
1981	0.584	+0.0%
1982	0.584	+0.0%
1983	0.584	+0.0%
1984	0.584	+0.0%
1985	0.584	+0.0%
1986	0.564	-3.4%
1987	0.564	+0.0%
1988	0.564	+0.0%
1989	0.564	+0.0%
1990	0.564	+0.0%
1991	0.564	+0.0%
1992	0.564	+0.0%
1993	0.564	+0.0%
1994	0.564	+0.0%
1995	0.564	+0.0%
1996	0.559	-0.9%
1997	0.559	+0.0%
1998	0.559	+0.0%
1999	0.559	+0.0%
2000	0.559	+0.0%
2001	0.559	+0.0%
2002	0.559	+0.0%
2003	0.559	+0.0%
2004	0.559	+0.0%
2005	0.559	+0.0%
2006	0.559	+0.0%
2007	0.559	+0.0%
2008	0.559	+0.0%
2009	0.559	+0.0%
2010	0.559	+0.0%
2011	0.559	+0.0%
2012	0.559	+0.0%
2013	0.559	+0.0%
2014	0.559	+0.0%
2015	0.559	+0.0%
2016	0.559	+0.0%
2017	0.559	+0.0%
2018	0.559	+0.0%
2019	0.572	+2.3%
2020	0.555	-3.0%
2021	0.56	+0.9%
2022	0.559	-0.2%
2023	0.561	+0.4%
2024	0.596	+6.2%
2025	0.596	+0.0%

Kuwait compared with similar countries

Kuwait's 0.596 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.823, 72% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
Kuwait's 0.596 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.543, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.434	0.434	0.434	1
1790s	0.434	0.434	0.434	10
1800s	0.434	0.434	0.434	10
1810s	0.434	0.434	0.434	10
1820s	0.434	0.434	0.434	10
1830s	0.434	0.434	0.434	10
1840s	0.434	0.434	0.434	10
1850s	0.434	0.434	0.434	10
1860s	0.434	0.434	0.434	10
1870s	0.434	0.434	0.434	10
1880s	0.434	0.434	0.434	10
1890s	0.434	0.434	0.434	10
1900s	0.43	0.43	0.43	10
1910s	0.43	0.43	0.43	10
1920s	0.3841	0.379	0.43	10
1930s	0.379	0.379	0.379	10
1940s	0.344	0.344	0.344	10
1950s	0.331	0.331	0.331	10
1960s	0.5193	0.352	0.553	10
1970s	0.5654	0.553	0.584	10
1980s	0.576	0.564	0.584	10
1990s	0.562	0.559	0.564	10
2000s	0.559	0.559	0.559	10
2010s	0.5603	0.559	0.572	10
2020s	0.5712	0.555	0.596	6

Countries ranked near Kuwait

104 Sri Lanka 0.602 compare
105 Palestine 0.599 compare
107 Albania 0.589 compare
108 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.572 compare
109 Turkey 0.565 compare

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More social development data for Kuwait

Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 386 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 3,369 (2025)
Political Rights Rating 6 (2025)
Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 6 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0007 units per person (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 3,369 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0001 units per person (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is equal rights protection index in Kuwait?: Equal rights protection index in Kuwait was 0.596 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest equal rights protection index recorded in Kuwait?: The highest recorded value was 0.596 in 2024.
What is the lowest equal rights protection index recorded in Kuwait?: The lowest recorded value was 0.331 in 1950.
How does Kuwait rank for equal rights protection index?: Kuwait ranks 106th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is equal rights protection index rising or falling in Kuwait?: Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Kuwait 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.