What is equal rights protection index in Norway?

Equal rights protection index in Norway was 0.956 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

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

The highest recorded value was 0.982 in 2013.

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

The lowest recorded value was 0.446 in 1789.

How does Norway rank for equal rights protection index?

Norway ranks 8th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is equal rights protection index rising or falling in Norway?

Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Norway 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 Norway

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

Norway: Equal Rights Protection Index was 0.956 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

0.956

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

8th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.982

in 2013

All-time low

0.446

in 1789

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Equal Rights Protection Index in Norway, 1789–2025

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for equal rights protection index in Norway is 0.956, measured in 2025.

That represents a change of down 2.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, equal rights protection index in Norway peaked at 0.982 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.446, in 1789.

That places Norway 8th 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 Norway, year by year

Annual values for Equal Rights Protection Index in Norway, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.446	—
1790	0.446	+0.0%
1791	0.446	+0.0%
1792	0.446	+0.0%
1793	0.446	+0.0%
1794	0.446	+0.0%
1795	0.446	+0.0%
1796	0.446	+0.0%
1797	0.446	+0.0%
1798	0.446	+0.0%
1799	0.446	+0.0%
1800	0.446	+0.0%
1801	0.446	+0.0%
1802	0.446	+0.0%
1803	0.446	+0.0%
1804	0.446	+0.0%
1805	0.446	+0.0%
1806	0.446	+0.0%
1807	0.446	+0.0%
1808	0.446	+0.0%
1809	0.446	+0.0%
1810	0.446	+0.0%
1811	0.446	+0.0%
1812	0.446	+0.0%
1813	0.446	+0.0%
1814	0.446	+0.0%
1815	0.446	+0.0%
1816	0.446	+0.0%
1817	0.446	+0.0%
1818	0.446	+0.0%
1819	0.446	+0.0%
1820	0.446	+0.0%
1821	0.446	+0.0%
1822	0.446	+0.0%
1823	0.446	+0.0%
1824	0.446	+0.0%
1825	0.446	+0.0%
1826	0.446	+0.0%
1827	0.446	+0.0%
1828	0.446	+0.0%
1829	0.446	+0.0%
1830	0.446	+0.0%
1831	0.446	+0.0%
1832	0.446	+0.0%
1833	0.446	+0.0%
1834	0.446	+0.0%
1835	0.446	+0.0%
1836	0.446	+0.0%
1837	0.446	+0.0%
1838	0.446	+0.0%
1839	0.446	+0.0%
1840	0.446	+0.0%
1841	0.446	+0.0%
1842	0.446	+0.0%
1843	0.446	+0.0%
1844	0.446	+0.0%
1845	0.446	+0.0%
1846	0.446	+0.0%
1847	0.446	+0.0%
1848	0.446	+0.0%
1849	0.446	+0.0%
1850	0.446	+0.0%
1851	0.446	+0.0%
1852	0.446	+0.0%
1853	0.446	+0.0%
1854	0.446	+0.0%
1855	0.446	+0.0%
1856	0.446	+0.0%
1857	0.446	+0.0%
1858	0.446	+0.0%
1859	0.446	+0.0%
1860	0.446	+0.0%
1861	0.446	+0.0%
1862	0.446	+0.0%
1863	0.446	+0.0%
1864	0.446	+0.0%
1865	0.446	+0.0%
1866	0.446	+0.0%
1867	0.446	+0.0%
1868	0.446	+0.0%
1869	0.446	+0.0%
1870	0.709	+59.0%
1871	0.709	+0.0%
1872	0.709	+0.0%
1873	0.709	+0.0%
1874	0.709	+0.0%
1875	0.709	+0.0%
1876	0.709	+0.0%
1877	0.709	+0.0%
1878	0.709	+0.0%
1879	0.709	+0.0%
1880	0.709	+0.0%
1881	0.709	+0.0%
1882	0.709	+0.0%
1883	0.709	+0.0%
1884	0.709	+0.0%
1885	0.709	+0.0%
1886	0.709	+0.0%
1887	0.709	+0.0%
1888	0.709	+0.0%
1889	0.709	+0.0%
1890	0.709	+0.0%
1891	0.709	+0.0%
1892	0.709	+0.0%
1893	0.709	+0.0%
1894	0.709	+0.0%
1895	0.709	+0.0%
1896	0.709	+0.0%
1897	0.709	+0.0%
1898	0.709	+0.0%
1899	0.709	+0.0%
1900	0.726	+2.4%
1901	0.726	+0.0%
1902	0.726	+0.0%
1903	0.726	+0.0%
1904	0.726	+0.0%
1905	0.726	+0.0%
1906	0.726	+0.0%
1907	0.726	+0.0%
1908	0.726	+0.0%
1909	0.726	+0.0%
1910	0.726	+0.0%
1911	0.726	+0.0%
1912	0.726	+0.0%
1913	0.726	+0.0%
1914	0.726	+0.0%
1915	0.726	+0.0%
1916	0.726	+0.0%
1917	0.726	+0.0%
1918	0.726	+0.0%
1919	0.72	-0.8%
1920	0.72	+0.0%
1921	0.72	+0.0%
1922	0.72	+0.0%
1923	0.72	+0.0%
1924	0.72	+0.0%
1925	0.72	+0.0%
1926	0.72	+0.0%
1927	0.72	+0.0%
1928	0.72	+0.0%
1929	0.72	+0.0%
1930	0.751	+4.3%
1931	0.751	+0.0%
1932	0.751	+0.0%
1933	0.751	+0.0%
1934	0.751	+0.0%
1935	0.797	+6.1%
1936	0.797	+0.0%
1937	0.797	+0.0%
1938	0.797	+0.0%
1939	0.797	+0.0%
1940	0.784	-1.6%
1941	0.784	+0.0%
1942	0.784	+0.0%
1943	0.784	+0.0%
1944	0.784	+0.0%
1945	0.784	+0.0%
1946	0.829	+5.7%
1947	0.829	+0.0%
1948	0.829	+0.0%
1949	0.829	+0.0%
1950	0.829	+0.0%
1951	0.829	+0.0%
1952	0.829	+0.0%
1953	0.829	+0.0%
1954	0.829	+0.0%
1955	0.829	+0.0%
1956	0.895	+8.0%
1957	0.897	+0.2%
1958	0.897	+0.0%
1959	0.897	+0.0%
1960	0.906	+1.0%
1961	0.906	+0.0%
1962	0.906	+0.0%
1963	0.906	+0.0%
1964	0.906	+0.0%
1965	0.906	+0.0%
1966	0.906	+0.0%
1967	0.906	+0.0%
1968	0.906	+0.0%
1969	0.906	+0.0%
1970	0.961	+6.1%
1971	0.961	+0.0%
1972	0.961	+0.0%
1973	0.961	+0.0%
1974	0.961	+0.0%
1975	0.961	+0.0%
1976	0.961	+0.0%
1977	0.961	+0.0%
1978	0.961	+0.0%
1979	0.961	+0.0%
1980	0.975	+1.5%
1981	0.975	+0.0%
1982	0.975	+0.0%
1983	0.975	+0.0%
1984	0.975	+0.0%
1985	0.975	+0.0%
1986	0.975	+0.0%
1987	0.975	+0.0%
1988	0.975	+0.0%
1989	0.975	+0.0%
1990	0.975	+0.0%
1991	0.975	+0.0%
1992	0.975	+0.0%
1993	0.975	+0.0%
1994	0.975	+0.0%
1995	0.975	+0.0%
1996	0.975	+0.0%
1997	0.975	+0.0%
1998	0.975	+0.0%
1999	0.975	+0.0%
2000	0.975	+0.0%
2001	0.975	+0.0%
2002	0.975	+0.0%
2003	0.975	+0.0%
2004	0.975	+0.0%
2005	0.975	+0.0%
2006	0.975	+0.0%
2007	0.975	+0.0%
2008	0.975	+0.0%
2009	0.975	+0.0%
2010	0.975	+0.0%
2011	0.975	+0.0%
2012	0.975	+0.0%
2013	0.982	+0.7%
2014	0.982	+0.0%
2015	0.982	+0.0%
2016	0.982	+0.0%
2017	0.982	+0.0%
2018	0.982	+0.0%
2019	0.982	+0.0%
2020	0.956	-2.6%
2021	0.956	+0.0%
2022	0.956	+0.0%
2023	0.956	+0.0%
2024	0.956	+0.0%
2025	0.956	+0.0%

Norway compared with similar countries

Norway's 0.956 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.823, 1.2× the median. (55 countries reporting)
Norway's 0.956 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	0.446	0.446	0.446	1
1790s	0.446	0.446	0.446	10
1800s	0.446	0.446	0.446	10
1810s	0.446	0.446	0.446	10
1820s	0.446	0.446	0.446	10
1830s	0.446	0.446	0.446	10
1840s	0.446	0.446	0.446	10
1850s	0.446	0.446	0.446	10
1860s	0.446	0.446	0.446	10
1870s	0.709	0.709	0.709	10
1880s	0.709	0.709	0.709	10
1890s	0.709	0.709	0.709	10
1900s	0.726	0.726	0.726	10
1910s	0.7254	0.72	0.726	10
1920s	0.72	0.72	0.72	10
1930s	0.774	0.751	0.797	10
1940s	0.802	0.784	0.829	10
1950s	0.856	0.829	0.897	10
1960s	0.906	0.906	0.906	10
1970s	0.961	0.961	0.961	10
1980s	0.975	0.975	0.975	10
1990s	0.975	0.975	0.975	10
2000s	0.975	0.975	0.975	10
2010s	0.9799	0.975	0.982	10
2020s	0.956	0.956	0.956	6

Countries ranked near Norway

5 Belgium 0.962 compare
6 Ireland 0.958 compare
6 Latvia 0.958 compare
9 Czechia 0.955 compare
9 Switzerland 0.955 compare
11 Italy 0.929 compare

See the full ranking of 176 places →

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Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 20 (2025)
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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 20 (2025)
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Frequently asked questions

What is equal rights protection index in Norway?: Equal rights protection index in Norway was 0.956 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest equal rights protection index recorded in Norway?: The highest recorded value was 0.982 in 2013.
What is the lowest equal rights protection index recorded in Norway?: The lowest recorded value was 0.446 in 1789.
How does Norway rank for equal rights protection index?: Norway ranks 8th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is equal rights protection index rising or falling in Norway?: Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Norway 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.