What is the difference in individual liberties and equality before the law index between Portugal and United States?

0.015, with United States ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and United States?

237 years are reported by both, from 1789 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.

Portugal vs United States: Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index

Portugal

0.807

in 2025

United States

0.822

in 2025

Portugal rank

70th

United States rank

67th

Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index over time

Portugal
United States

How they compare

United States currently reports 0.822 against 0.807 in Portugal, a difference of 0.015.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was United States ahead.

Portugal ranks 70th and United States ranks 67th of 176 countries.

Across the 25 decades both report, Portugal averaged higher in 5 and United States in 20.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Portugal	United States	Difference	Ahead
1780s	0.09	0.534	0.444	United States
1790s	0.09	0.534	0.444	United States
1800s	0.0849	0.534	0.4491	United States
1810s	0.073	0.534	0.461	United States
1820s	0.1753	0.534	0.3587	United States
1830s	0.2179	0.5286	0.3107	United States
1840s	0.306	0.507	0.201	United States
1850s	0.5593	0.507	0.0523	Portugal
1860s	0.592	0.6193	0.0273	United States
1870s	0.592	0.671	0.079	United States
1880s	0.592	0.6712	0.0792	United States
1890s	0.592	0.6744	0.0824	United States
1900s	0.5911	0.678	0.0869	United States
1910s	0.6422	0.673	0.0308	United States
1920s	0.5491	0.6684	0.1193	United States
1930s	0.317	0.6874	0.3704	United States
1940s	0.2944	0.7002	0.4058	United States
1950s	0.292	0.7444	0.4524	United States
1960s	0.3	0.7924	0.4924	United States
1970s	0.7068	0.9286	0.2218	United States
1980s	0.979	0.9508	0.0282	Portugal
1990s	0.979	0.96	0.019	Portugal
2000s	0.976	0.9536	0.0224	Portugal
2010s	0.9694	0.9521	0.0173	Portugal
2020s	0.8942	0.9215	0.0273	United States

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher individual liberties and equality before the law index, Portugal or United States?: United States, at 0.822 against 0.807 in Portugal as of 2025.
What is the difference in individual liberties and equality before the law index between Portugal and United States?: 0.015, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and United States?: 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
How do Portugal and United States rank globally for individual liberties and equality before the law index?: Portugal ranks 70th and United States ranks 67th 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.