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

0.006, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Canada 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.

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

Canada

0.905

in 2025

Sao Tome and Principe

0.911

in 2025

Canada rank

34th

Sao Tome and Principe rank

32nd

Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index over time

Canada
Sao Tome and Principe

How they compare

Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 0.911 against 0.905 in Canada, a difference of 0.006.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 34th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 32nd of 176 countries.

Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 13 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Canada	Sao Tome and Principe	Difference	Ahead
1900s	0.8464	0.261	0.5854	Canada
1910s	0.8479	0.261	0.5869	Canada
1920s	0.8532	0.261	0.5922	Canada
1930s	0.8576	0.261	0.5966	Canada
1940s	0.8663	0.261	0.6053	Canada
1950s	0.887	0.2622	0.6248	Canada
1960s	0.9189	0.2993	0.6196	Canada
1970s	0.9368	0.4347	0.5021	Canada
1980s	0.9514	0.587	0.3644	Canada
1990s	0.9563	0.8559	0.1004	Canada
2000s	0.957	0.8995	0.0575	Canada
2010s	0.9591	0.913	0.0461	Canada
2020s	0.9213	0.909	0.0123	Canada

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher individual liberties and equality before the law index, Canada or Sao Tome and Principe?: Sao Tome and Principe, at 0.911 against 0.905 in Canada as of 2025.
What is the difference in individual liberties and equality before the law index between Canada and Sao Tome and Principe?: 0.006, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Sao Tome and Principe?: 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Canada and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for individual liberties and equality before the law index?: Canada ranks 34th 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.