Equal protection index - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Equal protection index, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 53 countries was 0.571 index points. The highest value was in Niger: 0.945 index points and the lowest value was in the Central African Republic: 0.054 index points. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: index points; Source: Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem)
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Countries Equal protection index, 2023 Global rank Available data
Niger 0.945 1 1960 - 2023
Seychelles 0.912 2 1960 - 2023
Tunisia 0.906 3 1960 - 2023
Mali 0.862 4 1960 - 2023
Burkina Faso 0.853 5 1960 - 2023
Cape Verde 0.809 6 1960 - 2023
Mauritius 0.806 7 1960 - 2023
Gambia 0.788 8 1960 - 2023
Ghana 0.783 9 1960 - 2023
South Africa 0.78 10 1960 - 2023
Benin 0.77 11 1960 - 2023
Algeria 0.768 12 1960 - 2023
Tanzania 0.735 13 1960 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 0.733 14 1960 - 2023
Malawi 0.725 15 1960 - 2023
Gabon 0.722 16 1960 - 2023
Comoros 0.709 17 1960 - 2023
Senegal 0.707 18 1960 - 2023
Cameroon 0.694 19 1961 - 2023
Morocco 0.679 20 1960 - 2023
Nigeria 0.673 21 1960 - 2023
Ivory Coast 0.672 22 1960 - 2023
Sierra Leone 0.672 23 1960 - 2023
Lesotho 0.665 24 1960 - 2023
Botswana 0.659 25 1960 - 2023
Togo 0.656 26 1960 - 2023
G.-Bissau 0.648 27 1960 - 2023
Liberia 0.628 28 1960 - 2023
Guinea 0.589 29 1960 - 2023
Eritrea 0.562 30 1960 - 2023
Djibouti 0.553 31 1960 - 2023
Mozambique 0.548 32 1960 - 2023
Rwanda 0.541 33 1960 - 2023
Ethiopia 0.54 34 1960 - 2023
Zimbabwe 0.501 35 1960 - 2023
Zambia 0.494 36 1960 - 2023
Kenya 0.473 37 1960 - 2023
Mauritania 0.473 38 1960 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 0.465 39 1960 - 2023
Libya 0.448 40 1960 - 2023
Uganda 0.406 41 1960 - 2023
Madagascar 0.35 42 1960 - 2023
Namibia 0.343 43 1960 - 2023
DR Congo 0.299 44 1960 - 2023
Somalia 0.261 45 1960 - 2023
Sudan 0.258 46 1960 - 2023
Egypt 0.256 47 1960 - 2023
Burundi 0.236 48 1960 - 2023
Chad 0.216 49 1960 - 2023
R. of Congo 0.21 50 1960 - 2023
Swaziland 0.149 51 1960 - 2023
Angola 0.098 52 1960 - 2023
C.A. Republic 0.054 53 1960 - 2023



Definition: The extent to which the state grants and protects rights and freedoms evenly across social groups.

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1. Niger
2. Seychelles
3. Tunisia
4. Mali
5. Burkina Faso
6. Cape Verde
7. Mauritius
8. Gambia
9. Ghana
10. South Africa
11. Benin
12. Algeria
13. Tanzania
14. S.T.&Principe
15. Malawi
16. Gabon
17. Comoros
18. Senegal
19. Cameroon
20. Morocco
21. Nigeria
22. Ivory Coast
23. Sierra Leone
24. Lesotho
25. Botswana
26. Togo
27. G.-Bissau
28. Liberia
29. Guinea
30. Eritrea
31. Djibouti
32. Mozambique
33. Rwanda
34. Ethiopia
35. Zimbabwe
36. Zambia
37. Kenya
38. Mauritania
39. Eq. Guinea
40. Libya
41. Uganda
42. Madagascar
43. Namibia
44. DR Congo
45. Somalia
46. Sudan
47. Egypt
48. Burundi
49. Chad
50. R. of Congo
51. Swaziland
52. Angola
53. C.A. Republic
0.945
0.912
0.906
0.862
0.853
0.809
0.806
0.788
0.783
0.780
0.770
0.768
0.735
0.733
0.725
0.722
0.709
0.707
0.694
0.679
0.673
0.672
0.672
0.665
0.659
0.656
0.648
0.628
0.589
0.562
0.553
0.548
0.541
0.540
0.501
0.494
0.473
0.473
0.465
0.448
0.406
0.350
0.343
0.299
0.261
0.258
0.256
0.236
0.216
0.210
0.149
0.098
0.054
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