Equal Rights Protection Index in Uganda
Uganda: Equal Rights Protection Index was 0.267 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Equal Rights Protection Index in Uganda, 1900–2025
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for equal rights protection index in Uganda is 0.267, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 126 years on record.
That represents a change of down 54.6% on the previous year and down 50.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, equal rights protection index in Uganda peaked at 0.71 in 1963 and was at its lowest, 0.267, in 2025.
That places Uganda 148th out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 126 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0.3562 | 0.355 | 0.357 | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.355 | 0.355 | 0.355 | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.355 | 0.355 | 0.355 | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.355 | 0.355 | 0.355 | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.355 | 0.355 | 0.355 | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.3731 | 0.355 | 0.383 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.6048 | 0.383 | 0.71 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.6366 | 0.626 | 0.68 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6747 | 0.657 | 0.7 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6486 | 0.581 | 0.7 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5823 | 0.58 | 0.589 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5391 | 0.48 | 0.598 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4108 | 0.267 | 0.588 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More social development data for Uganda
- Political Rights Rating 6 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 1.94 million (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 12,792 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Liberal democracy 1 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.165 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.315 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.156 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.315 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is equal rights protection index in Uganda?
- Equal rights protection index in Uganda was 0.267 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest equal rights protection index recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 0.71 in 1963.
- What is the lowest equal rights protection index recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.267 in 2025.
- How does Uganda rank for equal rights protection index?
- Uganda ranks 148th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
- Is equal rights protection index rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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.