What is the difference in individual liberties and equality before the law index between Barbados and Sao Tome and Principe?

0.005, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Sao Tome and Principe?

126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Barbados vs Sao Tome and Principe: Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index

Barbados

0.906

in 2025

Sao Tome and Principe

0.911

in 2025

Barbados rank

33rd

Sao Tome and Principe rank

32nd

Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index over time

Barbados
Sao Tome and Principe

How they compare

Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 0.911 against 0.906 in Barbados, a difference of 0.005.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 33rd and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 32nd of 176 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 11 and Sao Tome and Principe in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Barbados	Sao Tome and Principe	Difference	Ahead
1900s	0.578	0.261	0.317	Barbados
1910s	0.578	0.261	0.317	Barbados
1920s	0.5782	0.261	0.3172	Barbados
1930s	0.5825	0.261	0.3215	Barbados
1940s	0.6427	0.261	0.3817	Barbados
1950s	0.6777	0.2622	0.4155	Barbados
1960s	0.7684	0.2993	0.4691	Barbados
1970s	0.8872	0.4347	0.4525	Barbados
1980s	0.907	0.587	0.32	Barbados
1990s	0.907	0.8559	0.0511	Barbados
2000s	0.9071	0.8995	0.0076	Barbados
2010s	0.9072	0.913	0.0058	Sao Tome and Principe
2020s	0.906	0.909	0.003	Sao Tome and Principe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher individual liberties and equality before the law index, Barbados or Sao Tome and Principe?: Sao Tome and Principe, at 0.911 against 0.906 in Barbados as of 2025.
What is the difference in individual liberties and equality before the law index between Barbados and Sao Tome and Principe?: 0.005, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Sao Tome and Principe?: 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Barbados and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for individual liberties and equality before the law index?: Barbados ranks 33rd and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 32nd of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 30,494 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which extent to which citizens enjoy physical integrity rights, freedoms of religion, of movement, and from forced labor, as well as access to justice, laws are transparent, and public administration is impartial.