Equal Rights Protection Index in Suriname
Suriname: Equal Rights Protection Index was 0.744 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Equal Rights Protection Index in Suriname, 1900–2025
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2025, equal rights protection index in Suriname stood at 0.744.
That represents a change of down 2.1% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, equal rights protection index in Suriname peaked at 0.769 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.576, in 1900.
That places Suriname 56th out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 126 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0.576 | 0.576 | 0.576 | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.576 | 0.576 | 0.576 | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.576 | 0.576 | 0.576 | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.576 | 0.576 | 0.576 | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.5984 | 0.576 | 0.632 | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.6445 | 0.632 | 0.657 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.657 | 0.657 | 0.657 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.6867 | 0.651 | 0.743 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.738 | 0.738 | 0.738 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.738 | 0.738 | 0.738 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.738 | 0.738 | 0.738 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7293 | 0.641 | 0.748 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.709 | 0.615 | 0.769 | 6 |
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- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 24 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 56 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Liberal democracy 2 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.626 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 2 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.913 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.509 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.913 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is equal rights protection index in Suriname?
- Equal rights protection index in Suriname was 0.744 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest equal rights protection index recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 0.769 in 2023.
- What is the lowest equal rights protection index recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.576 in 1900.
- How does Suriname rank for equal rights protection index?
- Suriname ranks 56th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
- Is equal rights protection index rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname 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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About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which the state protects the rights and freedoms across social groups equally.