What is equal rights protection index in Tunisia?

Equal rights protection index in Tunisia was 0.782 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

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

The highest recorded value was 0.911 in 2022.

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

The lowest recorded value was 0.219 in 1789.

How does Tunisia rank for equal rights protection index?

Tunisia ranks 44th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is equal rights protection index rising or falling in Tunisia?

Over the last ten years it is down 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Tunisia 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 Tunisia

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

Tunisia: Equal Rights Protection Index was 0.782 in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)

0.782

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

44th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.911

in 2022

All-time low

0.219

in 1789

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Equal Rights Protection Index in Tunisia, 1789–2025

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

Analysis

Tunisia recorded 0.782 for equal rights protection index in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, equal rights protection index in Tunisia peaked at 0.911 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.219, in 1789.

That places Tunisia 44th out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Equal Rights Protection Index in Tunisia, year by year

Annual values for Equal Rights Protection Index in Tunisia, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.219	—
1790	0.219	+0.0%
1791	0.219	+0.0%
1792	0.219	+0.0%
1793	0.219	+0.0%
1794	0.219	+0.0%
1795	0.219	+0.0%
1796	0.219	+0.0%
1797	0.219	+0.0%
1798	0.219	+0.0%
1799	0.219	+0.0%
1800	0.219	+0.0%
1801	0.219	+0.0%
1802	0.219	+0.0%
1803	0.219	+0.0%
1804	0.219	+0.0%
1805	0.219	+0.0%
1806	0.219	+0.0%
1807	0.219	+0.0%
1808	0.219	+0.0%
1809	0.219	+0.0%
1810	0.219	+0.0%
1811	0.219	+0.0%
1812	0.219	+0.0%
1813	0.219	+0.0%
1814	0.219	+0.0%
1815	0.219	+0.0%
1816	0.219	+0.0%
1817	0.219	+0.0%
1818	0.219	+0.0%
1819	0.219	+0.0%
1820	0.219	+0.0%
1821	0.219	+0.0%
1822	0.219	+0.0%
1823	0.219	+0.0%
1824	0.219	+0.0%
1825	0.219	+0.0%
1826	0.219	+0.0%
1827	0.219	+0.0%
1828	0.219	+0.0%
1829	0.219	+0.0%
1830	0.219	+0.0%
1831	0.219	+0.0%
1832	0.219	+0.0%
1833	0.219	+0.0%
1834	0.219	+0.0%
1835	0.219	+0.0%
1836	0.219	+0.0%
1837	0.219	+0.0%
1838	0.219	+0.0%
1839	0.219	+0.0%
1840	0.219	+0.0%
1841	0.219	+0.0%
1842	0.219	+0.0%
1843	0.219	+0.0%
1844	0.219	+0.0%
1845	0.219	+0.0%
1846	0.219	+0.0%
1847	0.219	+0.0%
1848	0.219	+0.0%
1849	0.219	+0.0%
1850	0.219	+0.0%
1851	0.219	+0.0%
1852	0.219	+0.0%
1853	0.219	+0.0%
1854	0.219	+0.0%
1855	0.219	+0.0%
1856	0.219	+0.0%
1857	0.328	+49.8%
1858	0.328	+0.0%
1859	0.328	+0.0%
1860	0.328	+0.0%
1861	0.328	+0.0%
1862	0.328	+0.0%
1863	0.328	+0.0%
1864	0.249	-24.1%
1865	0.249	+0.0%
1866	0.249	+0.0%
1867	0.249	+0.0%
1868	0.249	+0.0%
1869	0.249	+0.0%
1870	0.249	+0.0%
1871	0.249	+0.0%
1872	0.249	+0.0%
1873	0.249	+0.0%
1874	0.249	+0.0%
1875	0.249	+0.0%
1876	0.249	+0.0%
1877	0.249	+0.0%
1878	0.249	+0.0%
1879	0.249	+0.0%
1880	0.249	+0.0%
1881	0.249	+0.0%
1882	0.249	+0.0%
1883	0.249	+0.0%
1884	0.249	+0.0%
1885	0.249	+0.0%
1886	0.249	+0.0%
1887	0.249	+0.0%
1888	0.249	+0.0%
1889	0.249	+0.0%
1890	0.249	+0.0%
1891	0.249	+0.0%
1892	0.249	+0.0%
1893	0.249	+0.0%
1894	0.249	+0.0%
1895	0.249	+0.0%
1896	0.249	+0.0%
1897	0.249	+0.0%
1898	0.249	+0.0%
1899	0.249	+0.0%
1900	0.251	+0.8%
1901	0.251	+0.0%
1902	0.251	+0.0%
1903	0.251	+0.0%
1904	0.251	+0.0%
1905	0.251	+0.0%
1906	0.251	+0.0%
1907	0.251	+0.0%
1908	0.251	+0.0%
1909	0.251	+0.0%
1910	0.251	+0.0%
1911	0.251	+0.0%
1912	0.251	+0.0%
1913	0.251	+0.0%
1914	0.251	+0.0%
1915	0.251	+0.0%
1916	0.251	+0.0%
1917	0.251	+0.0%
1918	0.251	+0.0%
1919	0.251	+0.0%
1920	0.251	+0.0%
1921	0.251	+0.0%
1922	0.251	+0.0%
1923	0.251	+0.0%
1924	0.251	+0.0%
1925	0.251	+0.0%
1926	0.251	+0.0%
1927	0.251	+0.0%
1928	0.251	+0.0%
1929	0.251	+0.0%
1930	0.251	+0.0%
1931	0.251	+0.0%
1932	0.251	+0.0%
1933	0.251	+0.0%
1934	0.251	+0.0%
1935	0.251	+0.0%
1936	0.251	+0.0%
1937	0.251	+0.0%
1938	0.251	+0.0%
1939	0.251	+0.0%
1940	0.251	+0.0%
1941	0.251	+0.0%
1942	0.251	+0.0%
1943	0.251	+0.0%
1944	0.251	+0.0%
1945	0.251	+0.0%
1946	0.251	+0.0%
1947	0.251	+0.0%
1948	0.251	+0.0%
1949	0.251	+0.0%
1950	0.251	+0.0%
1951	0.251	+0.0%
1952	0.251	+0.0%
1953	0.251	+0.0%
1954	0.251	+0.0%
1955	0.25	-0.4%
1956	0.589	+135.6%
1957	0.628	+6.6%
1958	0.696	+10.8%
1959	0.696	+0.0%
1960	0.696	+0.0%
1961	0.696	+0.0%
1962	0.696	+0.0%
1963	0.696	+0.0%
1964	0.696	+0.0%
1965	0.696	+0.0%
1966	0.696	+0.0%
1967	0.696	+0.0%
1968	0.696	+0.0%
1969	0.696	+0.0%
1970	0.696	+0.0%
1971	0.696	+0.0%
1972	0.696	+0.0%
1973	0.696	+0.0%
1974	0.696	+0.0%
1975	0.696	+0.0%
1976	0.696	+0.0%
1977	0.696	+0.0%
1978	0.696	+0.0%
1979	0.696	+0.0%
1980	0.696	+0.0%
1981	0.696	+0.0%
1982	0.696	+0.0%
1983	0.696	+0.0%
1984	0.696	+0.0%
1985	0.696	+0.0%
1986	0.696	+0.0%
1987	0.696	+0.0%
1988	0.696	+0.0%
1989	0.696	+0.0%
1990	0.696	+0.0%
1991	0.696	+0.0%
1992	0.696	+0.0%
1993	0.696	+0.0%
1994	0.696	+0.0%
1995	0.696	+0.0%
1996	0.696	+0.0%
1997	0.696	+0.0%
1998	0.696	+0.0%
1999	0.696	+0.0%
2000	0.696	+0.0%
2001	0.696	+0.0%
2002	0.696	+0.0%
2003	0.696	+0.0%
2004	0.696	+0.0%
2005	0.696	+0.0%
2006	0.694	-0.3%
2007	0.694	+0.0%
2008	0.694	+0.0%
2009	0.694	+0.0%
2010	0.753	+8.5%
2011	0.804	+6.8%
2012	0.83	+3.2%
2013	0.874	+5.3%
2014	0.849	-2.9%
2015	0.865	+1.9%
2016	0.87	+0.6%
2017	0.87	+0.0%
2018	0.868	-0.2%
2019	0.872	+0.5%
2020	0.883	+1.3%
2021	0.907	+2.7%
2022	0.911	+0.4%
2023	0.807	-11.4%
2024	0.782	-3.1%
2025	0.782	+0.0%

Tunisia compared with similar countries

Tunisia's 0.782 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.534, 1.5× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Tunisia's 0.782 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.543, 1.4× the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.219	0.219	0.219	1
1790s	0.219	0.219	0.219	10
1800s	0.219	0.219	0.219	10
1810s	0.219	0.219	0.219	10
1820s	0.219	0.219	0.219	10
1830s	0.219	0.219	0.219	10
1840s	0.219	0.219	0.219	10
1850s	0.2517	0.219	0.328	10
1860s	0.2806	0.249	0.328	10
1870s	0.249	0.249	0.249	10
1880s	0.249	0.249	0.249	10
1890s	0.249	0.249	0.249	10
1900s	0.251	0.251	0.251	10
1910s	0.251	0.251	0.251	10
1920s	0.251	0.251	0.251	10
1930s	0.251	0.251	0.251	10
1940s	0.251	0.251	0.251	10
1950s	0.4114	0.25	0.696	10
1960s	0.696	0.696	0.696	10
1970s	0.696	0.696	0.696	10
1980s	0.696	0.696	0.696	10
1990s	0.696	0.696	0.696	10
2000s	0.6952	0.694	0.696	10
2010s	0.8455	0.753	0.874	10
2020s	0.8453	0.782	0.911	6

Countries ranked near Tunisia

41 Chile 0.789 compare
42 Ghana 0.787 compare
43 Trinidad and Tobago 0.785 compare
45 Gambia 0.773 compare
46 Bhutan 0.772 compare
46 France 0.772 compare

See the full ranking of 176 places →

More social development data for Tunisia

Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 2,386 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 3,711 (2025)
Political Rights Rating 6 (2025)
Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 6 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0003 units per person (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 3,711 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0002 units per person (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)

All data for Tunisia →

Frequently asked questions

What is equal rights protection index in Tunisia?: Equal rights protection index in Tunisia was 0.782 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest equal rights protection index recorded in Tunisia?: The highest recorded value was 0.911 in 2022.
What is the lowest equal rights protection index recorded in Tunisia?: The lowest recorded value was 0.219 in 1789.
How does Tunisia rank for equal rights protection index?: Tunisia ranks 44th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is equal rights protection index rising or falling in Tunisia?: Over the last ten years it is down 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Tunisia 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 237 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Equal Rights Protection Index in Tunisia. Statizoid, drawing on V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 22 September 2026, from https://social-development.statizoid.com/stat/equal-rights-protection-index/tunisia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://social-development.statizoid.com/stat/equal-rights-protection-index/tunisia/">Equal Rights Protection Index in Tunisia</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.