What is equal rights protection index in Spain?

Equal rights protection index in Spain was 0.81 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

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

The highest recorded value was 0.945 in 1981.

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

The lowest recorded value was 0.486 in 1940.

How does Spain rank for equal rights protection index?

Spain ranks 40th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is equal rights protection index rising or falling in Spain?

Over the last ten years it is down 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Spain 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 Spain

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

Spain: Equal Rights Protection Index was 0.81 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

0.81

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

40th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.945

in 1981

All-time low

0.486

in 1940

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Equal Rights Protection Index in Spain, 1789–2025

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for equal rights protection index in Spain is 0.81, measured in 2025.

The figure is down 13.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, equal rights protection index in Spain peaked at 0.945 in 1981 and was at its lowest, 0.486, in 1940.

Spain ranks 40th of 176 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Equal Rights Protection Index in Spain, year by year

Annual values for Equal Rights Protection Index in Spain, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.498	—
1790	0.498	+0.0%
1791	0.498	+0.0%
1792	0.498	+0.0%
1793	0.498	+0.0%
1794	0.498	+0.0%
1795	0.498	+0.0%
1796	0.498	+0.0%
1797	0.498	+0.0%
1798	0.498	+0.0%
1799	0.498	+0.0%
1800	0.498	+0.0%
1801	0.498	+0.0%
1802	0.498	+0.0%
1803	0.498	+0.0%
1804	0.498	+0.0%
1805	0.498	+0.0%
1806	0.498	+0.0%
1807	0.498	+0.0%
1808	0.498	+0.0%
1809	0.498	+0.0%
1810	0.498	+0.0%
1811	0.498	+0.0%
1812	0.498	+0.0%
1813	0.498	+0.0%
1814	0.498	+0.0%
1815	0.498	+0.0%
1816	0.498	+0.0%
1817	0.498	+0.0%
1818	0.498	+0.0%
1819	0.498	+0.0%
1820	0.498	+0.0%
1821	0.498	+0.0%
1822	0.498	+0.0%
1823	0.498	+0.0%
1824	0.498	+0.0%
1825	0.498	+0.0%
1826	0.498	+0.0%
1827	0.498	+0.0%
1828	0.498	+0.0%
1829	0.498	+0.0%
1830	0.498	+0.0%
1831	0.498	+0.0%
1832	0.498	+0.0%
1833	0.498	+0.0%
1834	0.498	+0.0%
1835	0.498	+0.0%
1836	0.498	+0.0%
1837	0.498	+0.0%
1838	0.498	+0.0%
1839	0.498	+0.0%
1840	0.498	+0.0%
1841	0.498	+0.0%
1842	0.498	+0.0%
1843	0.498	+0.0%
1844	0.498	+0.0%
1845	0.498	+0.0%
1846	0.498	+0.0%
1847	0.498	+0.0%
1848	0.498	+0.0%
1849	0.498	+0.0%
1850	0.498	+0.0%
1851	0.498	+0.0%
1852	0.498	+0.0%
1853	0.498	+0.0%
1854	0.498	+0.0%
1855	0.498	+0.0%
1856	0.498	+0.0%
1857	0.498	+0.0%
1858	0.498	+0.0%
1859	0.498	+0.0%
1860	0.498	+0.0%
1861	0.498	+0.0%
1862	0.498	+0.0%
1863	0.498	+0.0%
1864	0.498	+0.0%
1865	0.498	+0.0%
1866	0.498	+0.0%
1867	0.498	+0.0%
1868	0.498	+0.0%
1869	0.498	+0.0%
1870	0.498	+0.0%
1871	0.498	+0.0%
1872	0.498	+0.0%
1873	0.498	+0.0%
1874	0.498	+0.0%
1875	0.498	+0.0%
1876	0.498	+0.0%
1877	0.498	+0.0%
1878	0.498	+0.0%
1879	0.498	+0.0%
1880	0.498	+0.0%
1881	0.498	+0.0%
1882	0.498	+0.0%
1883	0.498	+0.0%
1884	0.498	+0.0%
1885	0.498	+0.0%
1886	0.498	+0.0%
1887	0.498	+0.0%
1888	0.498	+0.0%
1889	0.498	+0.0%
1890	0.498	+0.0%
1891	0.498	+0.0%
1892	0.498	+0.0%
1893	0.498	+0.0%
1894	0.498	+0.0%
1895	0.498	+0.0%
1896	0.498	+0.0%
1897	0.498	+0.0%
1898	0.498	+0.0%
1899	0.498	+0.0%
1900	0.531	+6.6%
1901	0.531	+0.0%
1902	0.531	+0.0%
1903	0.531	+0.0%
1904	0.531	+0.0%
1905	0.531	+0.0%
1906	0.531	+0.0%
1907	0.531	+0.0%
1908	0.531	+0.0%
1909	0.531	+0.0%
1910	0.531	+0.0%
1911	0.531	+0.0%
1912	0.531	+0.0%
1913	0.531	+0.0%
1914	0.531	+0.0%
1915	0.531	+0.0%
1916	0.531	+0.0%
1917	0.531	+0.0%
1918	0.531	+0.0%
1919	0.531	+0.0%
1920	0.531	+0.0%
1921	0.531	+0.0%
1922	0.502	-5.5%
1923	0.502	+0.0%
1924	0.502	+0.0%
1925	0.502	+0.0%
1926	0.502	+0.0%
1927	0.502	+0.0%
1928	0.502	+0.0%
1929	0.502	+0.0%
1930	0.502	+0.0%
1931	0.663	+32.1%
1932	0.865	+30.5%
1933	0.865	+0.0%
1934	0.865	+0.0%
1935	0.865	+0.0%
1936	0.804	-7.1%
1937	0.651	-19.0%
1938	0.586	-10.0%
1939	0.559	-4.6%
1940	0.486	-13.1%
1941	0.486	+0.0%
1942	0.486	+0.0%
1943	0.486	+0.0%
1944	0.486	+0.0%
1945	0.486	+0.0%
1946	0.486	+0.0%
1947	0.486	+0.0%
1948	0.486	+0.0%
1949	0.486	+0.0%
1950	0.486	+0.0%
1951	0.486	+0.0%
1952	0.486	+0.0%
1953	0.486	+0.0%
1954	0.486	+0.0%
1955	0.486	+0.0%
1956	0.525	+8.0%
1957	0.525	+0.0%
1958	0.525	+0.0%
1959	0.525	+0.0%
1960	0.56	+6.7%
1961	0.56	+0.0%
1962	0.56	+0.0%
1963	0.56	+0.0%
1964	0.56	+0.0%
1965	0.56	+0.0%
1966	0.56	+0.0%
1967	0.56	+0.0%
1968	0.56	+0.0%
1969	0.56	+0.0%
1970	0.639	+14.1%
1971	0.639	+0.0%
1972	0.639	+0.0%
1973	0.639	+0.0%
1974	0.639	+0.0%
1975	0.639	+0.0%
1976	0.639	+0.0%
1977	0.642	+0.5%
1978	0.929	+44.7%
1979	0.929	+0.0%
1980	0.929	+0.0%
1981	0.945	+1.7%
1982	0.945	+0.0%
1983	0.945	+0.0%
1984	0.945	+0.0%
1985	0.945	+0.0%
1986	0.945	+0.0%
1987	0.945	+0.0%
1988	0.945	+0.0%
1989	0.945	+0.0%
1990	0.945	+0.0%
1991	0.945	+0.0%
1992	0.945	+0.0%
1993	0.945	+0.0%
1994	0.945	+0.0%
1995	0.945	+0.0%
1996	0.945	+0.0%
1997	0.945	+0.0%
1998	0.945	+0.0%
1999	0.945	+0.0%
2000	0.945	+0.0%
2001	0.945	+0.0%
2002	0.945	+0.0%
2003	0.945	+0.0%
2004	0.945	+0.0%
2005	0.945	+0.0%
2006	0.945	+0.0%
2007	0.945	+0.0%
2008	0.945	+0.0%
2009	0.945	+0.0%
2010	0.945	+0.0%
2011	0.942	-0.3%
2012	0.942	+0.0%
2013	0.906	-3.8%
2014	0.901	-0.6%
2015	0.931	+3.3%
2016	0.943	+1.3%
2017	0.933	-1.1%
2018	0.933	+0.0%
2019	0.933	+0.0%
2020	0.933	+0.0%
2021	0.941	+0.9%
2022	0.81	-13.9%
2023	0.81	+0.0%
2024	0.81	+0.0%
2025	0.81	+0.0%

Spain compared with similar countries

Spain's 0.81 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.823, 98% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
Spain's 0.81 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.7595, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.498	0.498	0.498	1
1790s	0.498	0.498	0.498	10
1800s	0.498	0.498	0.498	10
1810s	0.498	0.498	0.498	10
1820s	0.498	0.498	0.498	10
1830s	0.498	0.498	0.498	10
1840s	0.498	0.498	0.498	10
1850s	0.498	0.498	0.498	10
1860s	0.498	0.498	0.498	10
1870s	0.498	0.498	0.498	10
1880s	0.498	0.498	0.498	10
1890s	0.498	0.498	0.498	10
1900s	0.531	0.531	0.531	10
1910s	0.531	0.531	0.531	10
1920s	0.5078	0.502	0.531	10
1930s	0.7225	0.502	0.865	10
1940s	0.486	0.486	0.486	10
1950s	0.5016	0.486	0.525	10
1960s	0.56	0.56	0.56	10
1970s	0.6973	0.639	0.929	10
1980s	0.9434	0.929	0.945	10
1990s	0.945	0.945	0.945	10
2000s	0.945	0.945	0.945	10
2010s	0.9309	0.901	0.945	10
2020s	0.8523	0.81	0.941	6

Countries ranked near Spain

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43 Trinidad and Tobago 0.785 compare

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Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 186 (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)
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Frequently asked questions

What is equal rights protection index in Spain?: Equal rights protection index in Spain was 0.81 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest equal rights protection index recorded in Spain?: The highest recorded value was 0.945 in 1981.
What is the lowest equal rights protection index recorded in Spain?: The lowest recorded value was 0.486 in 1940.
How does Spain rank for equal rights protection index?: Spain ranks 40th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is equal rights protection index rising or falling in Spain?: Over the last ten years it is down 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Spain 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.