What is equal rights protection index in Netherlands?

Equal rights protection index in Netherlands was 0.919 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

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

The highest recorded value was 0.95 in 2017.

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

The lowest recorded value was 0.163 in 1789.

How does Netherlands rank for equal rights protection index?

Netherlands ranks 15th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is equal rights protection index rising or falling in Netherlands?

Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Netherlands 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 Netherlands

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

Netherlands: Equal Rights Protection Index was 0.919 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

0.919

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

15th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.95

in 2017

All-time low

0.163

in 1789

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Equal Rights Protection Index in Netherlands, 1789–2025

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for equal rights protection index in Netherlands is 0.919, measured in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, equal rights protection index in Netherlands peaked at 0.95 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.163, in 1789.

Netherlands ranks 15th of 176 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Equal Rights Protection Index in Netherlands, year by year

Annual values for Equal Rights Protection Index in Netherlands, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.163	—
1790	0.163	+0.0%
1791	0.163	+0.0%
1792	0.163	+0.0%
1793	0.163	+0.0%
1794	0.163	+0.0%
1795	0.163	+0.0%
1796	0.196	+20.2%
1797	0.196	+0.0%
1798	0.242	+23.5%
1799	0.242	+0.0%
1800	0.242	+0.0%
1801	0.242	+0.0%
1802	0.242	+0.0%
1803	0.242	+0.0%
1804	0.242	+0.0%
1805	0.242	+0.0%
1806	0.242	+0.0%
1807	0.242	+0.0%
1808	0.242	+0.0%
1809	0.242	+0.0%
1810	0.242	+0.0%
1811	0.578	+138.8%
1812	0.578	+0.0%
1813	0.233	-59.7%
1814	0.233	+0.0%
1815	0.194	-16.7%
1816	0.194	+0.0%
1817	0.194	+0.0%
1818	0.194	+0.0%
1819	0.194	+0.0%
1820	0.194	+0.0%
1821	0.194	+0.0%
1822	0.194	+0.0%
1823	0.194	+0.0%
1824	0.194	+0.0%
1825	0.194	+0.0%
1826	0.194	+0.0%
1827	0.194	+0.0%
1828	0.194	+0.0%
1829	0.194	+0.0%
1830	0.194	+0.0%
1831	0.194	+0.0%
1832	0.194	+0.0%
1833	0.194	+0.0%
1834	0.194	+0.0%
1835	0.194	+0.0%
1836	0.194	+0.0%
1837	0.194	+0.0%
1838	0.194	+0.0%
1839	0.194	+0.0%
1840	0.233	+20.1%
1841	0.233	+0.0%
1842	0.233	+0.0%
1843	0.233	+0.0%
1844	0.233	+0.0%
1845	0.233	+0.0%
1846	0.233	+0.0%
1847	0.233	+0.0%
1848	0.696	+198.7%
1849	0.696	+0.0%
1850	0.696	+0.0%
1851	0.696	+0.0%
1852	0.696	+0.0%
1853	0.696	+0.0%
1854	0.696	+0.0%
1855	0.696	+0.0%
1856	0.696	+0.0%
1857	0.696	+0.0%
1858	0.696	+0.0%
1859	0.696	+0.0%
1860	0.696	+0.0%
1861	0.696	+0.0%
1862	0.696	+0.0%
1863	0.696	+0.0%
1864	0.696	+0.0%
1865	0.696	+0.0%
1866	0.696	+0.0%
1867	0.696	+0.0%
1868	0.696	+0.0%
1869	0.696	+0.0%
1870	0.696	+0.0%
1871	0.696	+0.0%
1872	0.696	+0.0%
1873	0.696	+0.0%
1874	0.696	+0.0%
1875	0.696	+0.0%
1876	0.696	+0.0%
1877	0.696	+0.0%
1878	0.696	+0.0%
1879	0.696	+0.0%
1880	0.696	+0.0%
1881	0.696	+0.0%
1882	0.696	+0.0%
1883	0.696	+0.0%
1884	0.696	+0.0%
1885	0.696	+0.0%
1886	0.696	+0.0%
1887	0.696	+0.0%
1888	0.696	+0.0%
1889	0.696	+0.0%
1890	0.696	+0.0%
1891	0.696	+0.0%
1892	0.696	+0.0%
1893	0.696	+0.0%
1894	0.696	+0.0%
1895	0.696	+0.0%
1896	0.696	+0.0%
1897	0.696	+0.0%
1898	0.696	+0.0%
1899	0.696	+0.0%
1900	0.733	+5.3%
1901	0.733	+0.0%
1902	0.733	+0.0%
1903	0.733	+0.0%
1904	0.733	+0.0%
1905	0.733	+0.0%
1906	0.733	+0.0%
1907	0.733	+0.0%
1908	0.733	+0.0%
1909	0.733	+0.0%
1910	0.733	+0.0%
1911	0.733	+0.0%
1912	0.733	+0.0%
1913	0.733	+0.0%
1914	0.733	+0.0%
1915	0.733	+0.0%
1916	0.733	+0.0%
1917	0.733	+0.0%
1918	0.735	+0.3%
1919	0.735	+0.0%
1920	0.735	+0.0%
1921	0.735	+0.0%
1922	0.735	+0.0%
1923	0.735	+0.0%
1924	0.735	+0.0%
1925	0.735	+0.0%
1926	0.735	+0.0%
1927	0.735	+0.0%
1928	0.735	+0.0%
1929	0.735	+0.0%
1930	0.735	+0.0%
1931	0.735	+0.0%
1932	0.735	+0.0%
1933	0.735	+0.0%
1934	0.735	+0.0%
1935	0.735	+0.0%
1936	0.735	+0.0%
1937	0.735	+0.0%
1938	0.735	+0.0%
1939	0.735	+0.0%
1940	0.913	+24.2%
1941	0.913	+0.0%
1942	0.913	+0.0%
1943	0.913	+0.0%
1944	0.913	+0.0%
1945	0.925	+1.3%
1946	0.933	+0.9%
1947	0.933	+0.0%
1948	0.933	+0.0%
1949	0.933	+0.0%
1950	0.933	+0.0%
1951	0.933	+0.0%
1952	0.933	+0.0%
1953	0.933	+0.0%
1954	0.933	+0.0%
1955	0.933	+0.0%
1956	0.933	+0.0%
1957	0.933	+0.0%
1958	0.933	+0.0%
1959	0.933	+0.0%
1960	0.933	+0.0%
1961	0.933	+0.0%
1962	0.933	+0.0%
1963	0.933	+0.0%
1964	0.933	+0.0%
1965	0.933	+0.0%
1966	0.933	+0.0%
1967	0.933	+0.0%
1968	0.933	+0.0%
1969	0.933	+0.0%
1970	0.933	+0.0%
1971	0.933	+0.0%
1972	0.933	+0.0%
1973	0.933	+0.0%
1974	0.933	+0.0%
1975	0.933	+0.0%
1976	0.933	+0.0%
1977	0.933	+0.0%
1978	0.933	+0.0%
1979	0.933	+0.0%
1980	0.933	+0.0%
1981	0.933	+0.0%
1982	0.933	+0.0%
1983	0.933	+0.0%
1984	0.933	+0.0%
1985	0.933	+0.0%
1986	0.933	+0.0%
1987	0.933	+0.0%
1988	0.933	+0.0%
1989	0.933	+0.0%
1990	0.933	+0.0%
1991	0.933	+0.0%
1992	0.933	+0.0%
1993	0.933	+0.0%
1994	0.933	+0.0%
1995	0.933	+0.0%
1996	0.933	+0.0%
1997	0.933	+0.0%
1998	0.933	+0.0%
1999	0.933	+0.0%
2000	0.933	+0.0%
2001	0.933	+0.0%
2002	0.933	+0.0%
2003	0.933	+0.0%
2004	0.933	+0.0%
2005	0.933	+0.0%
2006	0.933	+0.0%
2007	0.933	+0.0%
2008	0.933	+0.0%
2009	0.933	+0.0%
2010	0.933	+0.0%
2011	0.933	+0.0%
2012	0.933	+0.0%
2013	0.933	+0.0%
2014	0.933	+0.0%
2015	0.933	+0.0%
2016	0.933	+0.0%
2017	0.95	+1.8%
2018	0.945	-0.5%
2019	0.921	-2.5%
2020	0.919	-0.2%
2021	0.919	+0.0%
2022	0.919	+0.0%
2023	0.919	+0.0%
2024	0.919	+0.0%
2025	0.919	+0.0%

Netherlands compared with similar countries

Netherlands's 0.919 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.823, 1.1× the median. (55 countries reporting)
Netherlands's 0.919 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.7595, 1.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.163	0.163	0.163	1
1790s	0.1854	0.163	0.242	10
1800s	0.242	0.242	0.242	10
1810s	0.2834	0.194	0.578	10
1820s	0.194	0.194	0.194	10
1830s	0.194	0.194	0.194	10
1840s	0.3256	0.233	0.696	10
1850s	0.696	0.696	0.696	10
1860s	0.696	0.696	0.696	10
1870s	0.696	0.696	0.696	10
1880s	0.696	0.696	0.696	10
1890s	0.696	0.696	0.696	10
1900s	0.733	0.733	0.733	10
1910s	0.7334	0.733	0.735	10
1920s	0.735	0.735	0.735	10
1930s	0.735	0.735	0.735	10
1940s	0.9222	0.913	0.933	10
1950s	0.933	0.933	0.933	10
1960s	0.933	0.933	0.933	10
1970s	0.933	0.933	0.933	10
1980s	0.933	0.933	0.933	10
1990s	0.933	0.933	0.933	10
2000s	0.933	0.933	0.933	10
2010s	0.9347	0.921	0.95	10
2020s	0.919	0.919	0.919	6

Countries ranked near Netherlands

12 Sweden 0.924 compare
13 Austria 0.923 compare
14 Taiwan 0.922 compare
16 Costa Rica 0.917 compare
17 Seychelles 0.914 compare
18 Poland 0.912 compare

See the full ranking of 176 places →

More social development data for Netherlands

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Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 159 (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 units per person (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 159 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0157 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 Netherlands?: Equal rights protection index in Netherlands was 0.919 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest equal rights protection index recorded in Netherlands?: The highest recorded value was 0.95 in 2017.
What is the lowest equal rights protection index recorded in Netherlands?: The lowest recorded value was 0.163 in 1789.
How does Netherlands rank for equal rights protection index?: Netherlands ranks 15th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is equal rights protection index rising or falling in Netherlands?: Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Netherlands 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.