What is the difference in individual liberties and equality before the law index between Equatorial Guinea and Libya?

0.048, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Libya?

106 years are reported by both, from 1911 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.

Equatorial Guinea vs Libya: Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index

Equatorial Guinea

0.169

in 2025

Libya

0.121

in 2025

Equatorial Guinea rank

165th

Libya rank

168th

Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index over time

Equatorial Guinea
Libya

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 0.169 against 0.121 in Libya, a difference of 0.048.

That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 1.4 times Libya's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 106 shared years of data; in 1911 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 165th and Libya ranks 168th of 176 countries.

Across the 12 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 9 and Libya in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Equatorial Guinea	Libya	Difference	Ahead
1910s	0.037	0.026	0.011	Equatorial Guinea
1920s	0.037	0.026	0.011	Equatorial Guinea
1930s	0.037	0.0204	0.0166	Equatorial Guinea
1940s	0.037	0.031	0.006	Equatorial Guinea
1950s	0.0649	0.3237	0.2588	Libya
1960s	0.1889	0.3111	0.1222	Libya
1970s	0.0038	0.1217	0.1179	Libya
1980s	0.1937	0.119	0.0747	Equatorial Guinea
1990s	0.1855	0.1246	0.0609	Equatorial Guinea
2000s	0.1879	0.1269	0.061	Equatorial Guinea
2010s	0.1828	0.1483	0.0345	Equatorial Guinea
2020s	0.1878	0.1093	0.0785	Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher individual liberties and equality before the law index, Equatorial Guinea or Libya?: Equatorial Guinea, at 0.169 against 0.121 in Libya as of 2025.
What is the difference in individual liberties and equality before the law index between Equatorial Guinea and Libya?: 0.048, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Libya?: 106 years are reported by both, from 1911 to 2025.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Libya rank globally for individual liberties and equality before the law index?: Equatorial Guinea ranks 165th and Libya ranks 168th 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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About this data

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: 07 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.