What is equal rights protection index in Latvia?

Equal rights protection index in Latvia was 0.958 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

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

The highest recorded value was 0.964 in 2013.

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

The lowest recorded value was 0.037 in 1789.

How does Latvia rank for equal rights protection index?

Latvia ranks 6th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is equal rights protection index rising or falling in Latvia?

Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Latvia 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 Latvia

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

Latvia: Equal Rights Protection Index was 0.958 in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)

0.958

Change on year

up 0.1%

World rank

6th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.964

in 2013

All-time low

0.037

in 1789

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Equal Rights Protection Index in Latvia, 1789–2025

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

Analysis

Latvia recorded 0.958 for equal rights protection index in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, equal rights protection index in Latvia peaked at 0.964 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.037, in 1789.

Latvia ranks 6th of 176 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Equal Rights Protection Index in Latvia, year by year

Annual values for Equal Rights Protection Index in Latvia, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.037	—
1790	0.037	+0.0%
1791	0.037	+0.0%
1792	0.037	+0.0%
1793	0.037	+0.0%
1794	0.037	+0.0%
1795	0.037	+0.0%
1796	0.037	+0.0%
1797	0.037	+0.0%
1798	0.037	+0.0%
1799	0.037	+0.0%
1800	0.037	+0.0%
1801	0.037	+0.0%
1802	0.037	+0.0%
1803	0.037	+0.0%
1804	0.037	+0.0%
1805	0.037	+0.0%
1806	0.037	+0.0%
1807	0.037	+0.0%
1808	0.037	+0.0%
1809	0.037	+0.0%
1810	0.037	+0.0%
1811	0.037	+0.0%
1812	0.037	+0.0%
1813	0.037	+0.0%
1814	0.037	+0.0%
1815	0.037	+0.0%
1816	0.037	+0.0%
1817	0.037	+0.0%
1818	0.037	+0.0%
1819	0.037	+0.0%
1820	0.037	+0.0%
1821	0.037	+0.0%
1822	0.037	+0.0%
1823	0.037	+0.0%
1824	0.037	+0.0%
1825	0.037	+0.0%
1826	0.037	+0.0%
1827	0.037	+0.0%
1828	0.037	+0.0%
1829	0.037	+0.0%
1830	0.037	+0.0%
1831	0.037	+0.0%
1832	0.037	+0.0%
1833	0.037	+0.0%
1834	0.037	+0.0%
1835	0.037	+0.0%
1836	0.037	+0.0%
1837	0.037	+0.0%
1838	0.037	+0.0%
1839	0.037	+0.0%
1840	0.037	+0.0%
1841	0.037	+0.0%
1842	0.037	+0.0%
1843	0.037	+0.0%
1844	0.037	+0.0%
1845	0.037	+0.0%
1846	0.037	+0.0%
1847	0.037	+0.0%
1848	0.048	+29.7%
1849	0.048	+0.0%
1850	0.048	+0.0%
1851	0.048	+0.0%
1852	0.048	+0.0%
1853	0.048	+0.0%
1854	0.048	+0.0%
1855	0.048	+0.0%
1856	0.048	+0.0%
1857	0.048	+0.0%
1858	0.048	+0.0%
1859	0.048	+0.0%
1860	0.048	+0.0%
1861	0.048	+0.0%
1862	0.048	+0.0%
1863	0.048	+0.0%
1864	0.046	-4.2%
1865	0.046	+0.0%
1866	0.046	+0.0%
1867	0.046	+0.0%
1868	0.046	+0.0%
1869	0.046	+0.0%
1870	0.046	+0.0%
1871	0.046	+0.0%
1872	0.046	+0.0%
1873	0.046	+0.0%
1874	0.046	+0.0%
1875	0.046	+0.0%
1876	0.046	+0.0%
1877	0.046	+0.0%
1878	0.046	+0.0%
1879	0.046	+0.0%
1880	0.046	+0.0%
1881	0.046	+0.0%
1882	0.046	+0.0%
1883	0.046	+0.0%
1884	0.046	+0.0%
1885	0.046	+0.0%
1886	0.046	+0.0%
1887	0.046	+0.0%
1888	0.046	+0.0%
1889	0.046	+0.0%
1890	0.046	+0.0%
1891	0.046	+0.0%
1892	0.046	+0.0%
1893	0.046	+0.0%
1894	0.046	+0.0%
1895	0.046	+0.0%
1896	0.046	+0.0%
1897	0.046	+0.0%
1898	0.046	+0.0%
1899	0.046	+0.0%
1900	0.057	+23.9%
1901	0.058	+1.8%
1902	0.06	+3.4%
1903	0.06	+0.0%
1904	0.059	-1.7%
1905	0.06	+1.7%
1906	0.075	+25.0%
1907	0.08	+6.7%
1908	0.079	-1.3%
1909	0.076	-3.8%
1910	0.076	+0.0%
1911	0.076	+0.0%
1912	0.077	+1.3%
1913	0.077	+0.0%
1914	0.082	+6.5%
1915	0.08	-2.4%
1916	0.077	-3.8%
1917	0.135	+75.3%
1918	0.431	+219.3%
1919	0.429	-0.5%
1920	0.793	+84.8%
1921	0.793	+0.0%
1922	0.793	+0.0%
1923	0.793	+0.0%
1924	0.793	+0.0%
1925	0.793	+0.0%
1926	0.793	+0.0%
1927	0.793	+0.0%
1928	0.793	+0.0%
1929	0.793	+0.0%
1930	0.793	+0.0%
1931	0.793	+0.0%
1932	0.793	+0.0%
1933	0.793	+0.0%
1934	0.793	+0.0%
1935	0.793	+0.0%
1936	0.793	+0.0%
1937	0.793	+0.0%
1938	0.793	+0.0%
1939	0.793	+0.0%
1940	0.63	-20.6%
1941	0.63	+0.0%
1942	0.63	+0.0%
1943	0.63	+0.0%
1944	0.63	+0.0%
1945	0.63	+0.0%
1946	0.63	+0.0%
1947	0.63	+0.0%
1948	0.63	+0.0%
1949	0.63	+0.0%
1950	0.63	+0.0%
1951	0.63	+0.0%
1952	0.63	+0.0%
1953	0.63	+0.0%
1954	0.675	+7.1%
1955	0.681	+0.9%
1956	0.681	+0.0%
1957	0.681	+0.0%
1958	0.676	-0.7%
1959	0.668	-1.2%
1960	0.668	+0.0%
1961	0.67	+0.3%
1962	0.672	+0.3%
1963	0.673	+0.1%
1964	0.673	+0.0%
1965	0.681	+1.2%
1966	0.678	-0.4%
1967	0.673	-0.7%
1968	0.676	+0.4%
1969	0.682	+0.9%
1970	0.673	-1.3%
1971	0.679	+0.9%
1972	0.684	+0.7%
1973	0.689	+0.7%
1974	0.689	+0.0%
1975	0.679	-1.5%
1976	0.677	-0.3%
1977	0.677	+0.0%
1978	0.677	+0.0%
1979	0.688	+1.6%
1980	0.688	+0.0%
1981	0.688	+0.0%
1982	0.688	+0.0%
1983	0.688	+0.0%
1984	0.688	+0.0%
1985	0.688	+0.0%
1986	0.676	-1.7%
1987	0.663	-1.9%
1988	0.645	-2.7%
1989	0.617	-4.3%
1990	0.824	+33.5%
1991	0.799	-3.0%
1992	0.799	+0.0%
1993	0.82	+2.6%
1994	0.82	+0.0%
1995	0.82	+0.0%
1996	0.82	+0.0%
1997	0.82	+0.0%
1998	0.82	+0.0%
1999	0.82	+0.0%
2000	0.82	+0.0%
2001	0.82	+0.0%
2002	0.82	+0.0%
2003	0.82	+0.0%
2004	0.82	+0.0%
2005	0.82	+0.0%
2006	0.86	+4.9%
2007	0.867	+0.8%
2008	0.863	-0.5%
2009	0.865	+0.2%
2010	0.857	-0.9%
2011	0.857	+0.0%
2012	0.859	+0.2%
2013	0.964	+12.2%
2014	0.963	-0.1%
2015	0.964	+0.1%
2016	0.905	-6.1%
2017	0.958	+5.9%
2018	0.952	-0.6%
2019	0.953	+0.1%
2020	0.955	+0.2%
2021	0.96	+0.5%
2022	0.96	+0.0%
2023	0.955	-0.5%
2024	0.957	+0.2%
2025	0.958	+0.1%

Latvia compared with similar countries

Latvia's 0.958 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.823, 1.2× the median. (55 countries reporting)
Latvia's 0.958 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.7595, 1.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.037	0.037	0.037	1
1790s	0.037	0.037	0.037	10
1800s	0.037	0.037	0.037	10
1810s	0.037	0.037	0.037	10
1820s	0.037	0.037	0.037	10
1830s	0.037	0.037	0.037	10
1840s	0.0392	0.037	0.048	10
1850s	0.048	0.048	0.048	10
1860s	0.0468	0.046	0.048	10
1870s	0.046	0.046	0.046	10
1880s	0.046	0.046	0.046	10
1890s	0.046	0.046	0.046	10
1900s	0.0664	0.057	0.08	10
1910s	0.154	0.076	0.431	10
1920s	0.793	0.793	0.793	10
1930s	0.793	0.793	0.793	10
1940s	0.63	0.63	0.63	10
1950s	0.6582	0.63	0.681	10
1960s	0.6746	0.668	0.682	10
1970s	0.6812	0.673	0.689	10
1980s	0.6729	0.617	0.688	10
1990s	0.8162	0.799	0.824	10
2000s	0.8375	0.82	0.867	10
2010s	0.9232	0.857	0.964	10
2020s	0.9575	0.955	0.96	6

Countries ranked near Latvia

3 Japan 0.978 compare
4 Germany 0.973 compare
5 Belgium 0.962 compare
6 Ireland 0.958 compare
8 Norway 0.956 compare
9 Czechia 0.955 compare
9 Switzerland 0.955 compare

See the full ranking of 176 places →

More social development data for Latvia

Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 32,454 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 189 (2025)
Political Rights Rating 1 (2025)
Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 1 (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 189 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0176 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 Latvia?: Equal rights protection index in Latvia was 0.958 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest equal rights protection index recorded in Latvia?: The highest recorded value was 0.964 in 2013.
What is the lowest equal rights protection index recorded in Latvia?: The lowest recorded value was 0.037 in 1789.
How does Latvia rank for equal rights protection index?: Latvia ranks 6th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is equal rights protection index rising or falling in Latvia?: Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Latvia 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.