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Equal Rights Protection Index in North Macedonia

North Macedonia: Equal Rights Protection Index was 0.631 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
0.631
Change on year
up 1.9%
World rank
95th
of 176 countries
All-time high
0.844
in 2002
All-time low
0.272
in 1940
Years of data
237
1789–2025

Equal Rights Protection Index in North Macedonia, 1789–2025

0.20.40.60.8178919072025

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for equal rights protection index in North Macedonia is 0.631, measured in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and down 6.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, equal rights protection index in North Macedonia peaked at 0.844 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.272, in 1940.

North Macedonia ranks 95th of 176 countries on this measure, 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 North Macedonia, year by year

Year Value Change
1789 0.387 —
1790 0.387 +0.0%
1791 0.387 +0.0%
1792 0.387 +0.0%
1793 0.387 +0.0%
1794 0.387 +0.0%
1795 0.387 +0.0%
1796 0.387 +0.0%
1797 0.387 +0.0%
1798 0.387 +0.0%
1799 0.387 +0.0%
1800 0.387 +0.0%
1801 0.387 +0.0%
1802 0.387 +0.0%
1803 0.387 +0.0%
1804 0.387 +0.0%
1805 0.387 +0.0%
1806 0.387 +0.0%
1807 0.387 +0.0%
1808 0.387 +0.0%
1809 0.387 +0.0%
1810 0.387 +0.0%
1811 0.387 +0.0%
1812 0.387 +0.0%
1813 0.387 +0.0%
1814 0.387 +0.0%
1815 0.387 +0.0%
1816 0.387 +0.0%
1817 0.387 +0.0%
1818 0.387 +0.0%
1819 0.387 +0.0%
1820 0.387 +0.0%
1821 0.387 +0.0%
1822 0.387 +0.0%
1823 0.387 +0.0%
1824 0.387 +0.0%
1825 0.387 +0.0%
1826 0.387 +0.0%
1827 0.387 +0.0%
1828 0.387 +0.0%
1829 0.387 +0.0%
1830 0.387 +0.0%
1831 0.303 -21.7%
1832 0.303 +0.0%
1833 0.303 +0.0%
1834 0.303 +0.0%
1835 0.303 +0.0%
1836 0.303 +0.0%
1837 0.303 +0.0%
1838 0.303 +0.0%
1839 0.506 +67.0%
1840 0.55 +8.7%
1841 0.55 +0.0%
1842 0.55 +0.0%
1843 0.55 +0.0%
1844 0.55 +0.0%
1845 0.55 +0.0%
1846 0.55 +0.0%
1847 0.55 +0.0%
1848 0.55 +0.0%
1849 0.55 +0.0%
1850 0.55 +0.0%
1851 0.55 +0.0%
1852 0.55 +0.0%
1853 0.55 +0.0%
1854 0.55 +0.0%
1855 0.55 +0.0%
1856 0.55 +0.0%
1857 0.55 +0.0%
1858 0.55 +0.0%
1859 0.55 +0.0%
1860 0.55 +0.0%
1861 0.55 +0.0%
1862 0.55 +0.0%
1863 0.55 +0.0%
1864 0.55 +0.0%
1865 0.55 +0.0%
1866 0.584 +6.2%
1867 0.584 +0.0%
1868 0.584 +0.0%
1869 0.584 +0.0%
1870 0.584 +0.0%
1871 0.584 +0.0%
1872 0.584 +0.0%
1873 0.584 +0.0%
1874 0.584 +0.0%
1875 0.584 +0.0%
1876 0.584 +0.0%
1877 0.367 -37.2%
1878 0.367 +0.0%
1879 0.367 +0.0%
1880 0.367 +0.0%
1881 0.367 +0.0%
1882 0.367 +0.0%
1883 0.367 +0.0%
1884 0.367 +0.0%
1885 0.367 +0.0%
1886 0.367 +0.0%
1887 0.367 +0.0%
1888 0.367 +0.0%
1889 0.367 +0.0%
1890 0.367 +0.0%
1891 0.367 +0.0%
1892 0.367 +0.0%
1893 0.367 +0.0%
1894 0.367 +0.0%
1895 0.367 +0.0%
1896 0.367 +0.0%
1897 0.367 +0.0%
1898 0.367 +0.0%
1899 0.367 +0.0%
1900 0.371 +1.1%
1901 0.371 +0.0%
1902 0.371 +0.0%
1903 0.371 +0.0%
1904 0.371 +0.0%
1905 0.371 +0.0%
1906 0.371 +0.0%
1907 0.371 +0.0%
1908 0.371 +0.0%
1909 0.403 +8.6%
1910 0.403 +0.0%
1911 0.403 +0.0%
1912 0.377 -6.5%
1913 0.37 -1.9%
1914 0.374 +1.1%
1915 0.333 -11.0%
1916 0.333 +0.0%
1917 0.333 +0.0%
1918 0.333 +0.0%
1919 0.333 +0.0%
1920 0.333 +0.0%
1921 0.333 +0.0%
1922 0.333 +0.0%
1923 0.333 +0.0%
1924 0.333 +0.0%
1925 0.333 +0.0%
1926 0.333 +0.0%
1927 0.333 +0.0%
1928 0.333 +0.0%
1929 0.333 +0.0%
1930 0.333 +0.0%
1931 0.333 +0.0%
1932 0.333 +0.0%
1933 0.333 +0.0%
1934 0.333 +0.0%
1935 0.333 +0.0%
1936 0.333 +0.0%
1937 0.333 +0.0%
1938 0.333 +0.0%
1939 0.333 +0.0%
1940 0.272 -18.3%
1941 0.303 +11.4%
1942 0.303 +0.0%
1943 0.303 +0.0%
1944 0.423 +39.6%
1945 0.69 +63.1%
1946 0.745 +8.0%
1947 0.745 +0.0%
1948 0.745 +0.0%
1949 0.745 +0.0%
1950 0.76 +2.0%
1951 0.76 +0.0%
1952 0.76 +0.0%
1953 0.76 +0.0%
1954 0.76 +0.0%
1955 0.76 +0.0%
1956 0.76 +0.0%
1957 0.76 +0.0%
1958 0.76 +0.0%
1959 0.76 +0.0%
1960 0.76 +0.0%
1961 0.76 +0.0%
1962 0.76 +0.0%
1963 0.76 +0.0%
1964 0.76 +0.0%
1965 0.703 -7.5%
1966 0.703 +0.0%
1967 0.703 +0.0%
1968 0.703 +0.0%
1969 0.703 +0.0%
1970 0.703 +0.0%
1971 0.703 +0.0%
1972 0.703 +0.0%
1973 0.703 +0.0%
1974 0.703 +0.0%
1975 0.659 -6.3%
1976 0.659 +0.0%
1977 0.659 +0.0%
1978 0.659 +0.0%
1979 0.688 +4.4%
1980 0.679 -1.3%
1981 0.679 +0.0%
1982 0.679 +0.0%
1983 0.679 +0.0%
1984 0.679 +0.0%
1985 0.679 +0.0%
1986 0.679 +0.0%
1987 0.679 +0.0%
1988 0.679 +0.0%
1989 0.679 +0.0%
1990 0.612 -9.9%
1991 0.779 +27.3%
1992 0.779 +0.0%
1993 0.779 +0.0%
1994 0.779 +0.0%
1995 0.781 +0.3%
1996 0.781 +0.0%
1997 0.781 +0.0%
1998 0.789 +1.0%
1999 0.789 +0.0%
2000 0.789 +0.0%
2001 0.799 +1.3%
2002 0.844 +5.6%
2003 0.841 -0.4%
2004 0.841 +0.0%
2005 0.841 +0.0%
2006 0.841 +0.0%
2007 0.841 +0.0%
2008 0.799 -5.0%
2009 0.792 -0.9%
2010 0.786 -0.8%
2011 0.766 -2.5%
2012 0.772 +0.8%
2013 0.684 -11.4%
2014 0.677 -1.0%
2015 0.676 -0.1%
2016 0.673 -0.4%
2017 0.691 +2.7%
2018 0.694 +0.4%
2019 0.694 +0.0%
2020 0.694 +0.0%
2021 0.626 -9.8%
2022 0.628 +0.3%
2023 0.625 -0.5%
2024 0.619 -1.0%
2025 0.631 +1.9%

North Macedonia compared with similar countries

  • North Macedonia's 0.631 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.6235, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
  • North Macedonia's 0.631 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.7595, 83% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1780s 0.387 0.387 0.387 1
1790s 0.387 0.387 0.387 10
1800s 0.387 0.387 0.387 10
1810s 0.387 0.387 0.387 10
1820s 0.387 0.387 0.387 10
1830s 0.3317 0.303 0.506 10
1840s 0.55 0.55 0.55 10
1850s 0.55 0.55 0.55 10
1860s 0.5636 0.55 0.584 10
1870s 0.5189 0.367 0.584 10
1880s 0.367 0.367 0.367 10
1890s 0.367 0.367 0.367 10
1900s 0.3742 0.371 0.403 10
1910s 0.3592 0.333 0.403 10
1920s 0.333 0.333 0.333 10
1930s 0.333 0.333 0.333 10
1940s 0.5274 0.272 0.745 10
1950s 0.76 0.76 0.76 10
1960s 0.7315 0.703 0.76 10
1970s 0.6839 0.659 0.703 10
1980s 0.679 0.679 0.679 10
1990s 0.7649 0.612 0.789 10
2000s 0.8228 0.789 0.844 10
2010s 0.7113 0.673 0.786 10
2020s 0.6372 0.619 0.694 6

Countries ranked near North Macedonia

  1. 92 Togo 0.64 compare
  2. 93 Kyrgyzstan 0.638 compare
  3. 94 Malaysia 0.635 compare
  4. 95 Syria 0.631 compare
  5. 97 Guinea 0.627 compare
  6. 98 Brazil 0.624 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is equal rights protection index in North Macedonia?
Equal rights protection index in North Macedonia was 0.631 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest equal rights protection index recorded in North Macedonia?
The highest recorded value was 0.844 in 2002.
What is the lowest equal rights protection index recorded in North Macedonia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.272 in 1940.
How does North Macedonia rank for equal rights protection index?
North Macedonia ranks 95th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is equal rights protection index rising or falling in North Macedonia?
Over the last ten years it is down 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this North Macedonia 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.