Equality of civil liberties across social groups score by country

Countries reporting
176
Highest
3.49
Germany
Lowest
-2.95
Afghanistan
Median
0.897
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
30,496

What the numbers show

Equality of civil liberties across social groups score is currently reported for 176 countries. The highest value is 3.49 in Germany; the lowest is -2.95 in Afghanistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.897, and the mean is 0.7523.

Over the past decade 58 countries rose and 101 fell. The largest increase was in Iraq (up 621.2%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 734.5%).

Equality of civil liberties across social groups score: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 3.49 2025 unchanged volatile
2 Luxembourg 3.1 2025 down 0.8% rising
3 Belgium 2.86 2025 unchanged volatile
4 Vanuatu 2.81 2025 up 32.0% volatile
5 Finland 2.77 2025 up 0.9% volatile
6 Seychelles 2.73 2025 up 54.4% volatile
7 Ghana 2.72 2025 up 161.7% volatile
8 Austria 2.71 2025 up 3.6% volatile
9 Japan 2.65 2025 up 24.8% volatile
10 Mongolia 2.57 2025 down 12.8% volatile
11 Taiwan 2.54 2025 up 20.6% volatile
12 Poland 2.54 2025 unchanged volatile
13 Ireland 2.5 2025 up 6.4% volatile
14 Costa Rica 2.45 2025 unchanged volatile
15 Switzerland 2.45 2025 unchanged rising
16 Netherlands 2.43 2025 unchanged volatile
17 Sweden 2.29 2025 down 14.1% volatile
18 Benin 2.28 2025 up 22.8% volatile
19 Czechia 2.27 2025 up 47.5% volatile
20 Cape Verde 2.23 2025 up 1.4% volatile
21 Niger 2.18 2025 down 16.6% volatile
22 Italy 2.17 2025 down 14.6% volatile
23 Denmark 2.17 2025 up 2.6% rising
24 Latvia 2.13 2025 down 8.8% volatile
25 Gabon 2.03 2025 up 2.3% volatile
26 Gambia 1.98 2025 up 69.7% rising
27 Norway 1.96 2025 down 36.7% volatile
28 Iceland 1.96 2025 down 1.5% falling
29 New Zealand 1.96 2025 unchanged volatile
30 Tanzania 1.89 2025 up 18.0% volatile
31 Armenia 1.89 2025 up 12.9% volatile
32 Lesotho 1.83 2025 down 22.4% volatile
33 Malawi 1.82 2025 up 23.6% volatile
34 Slovenia 1.79 2025 down 24.0% volatile
35 Uruguay 1.78 2025 down 19.0% volatile
36 Senegal 1.77 2025 down 21.5% volatile
37 Trinidad and Tobago 1.76 2025 down 21.1% volatile
38 Belarus 1.75 2025 up 12.0% volatile
39 Solomon Islands 1.68 2025 unchanged volatile
40 Mali 1.67 2025 down 22.4% volatile
41 Greece 1.66 2025 down 14.9% volatile
41 Mauritius 1.66 2025 down 29.4% volatile
43 Kyrgyzstan 1.65 2025 up 60.5% volatile
44 Spain 1.65 2025 down 32.6% volatile
45 Bhutan 1.63 2025 up 59.7% volatile
46 Lithuania 1.63 2025 down 34.5% volatile
47 Nigeria 1.58 2025 up 27.5% volatile
48 Bolivia 1.57 2025 up 4.4% volatile
49 Estonia 1.57 2025 unchanged volatile
50 Cyprus 1.55 2025 down 17.9% volatile
51 Morocco 1.55 2025 up 17.9% volatile
52 Malta 1.54 2025 down 13.7% flat
53 Serbia 1.49 2025 up 8.7% volatile
54 Guinea-Bissau 1.49 2025 down 6.3% volatile
55 Albania 1.46 2025 down 21.1% volatile
56 South Korea 1.45 2025 down 10.5% volatile
57 Sao Tome and Principe 1.42 2025 unchanged volatile
58 Montenegro 1.37 2025 down 5.4% rising
59 Cameroon 1.33 2025 up 16.6% rising
60 Australia 1.33 2025 up 1.9% volatile
61 East Timor 1.33 2025 down 34.2% volatile
62 Burkina Faso 1.32 2025 down 51.5% rising
63 Jamaica 1.27 2025 up 28.4% volatile
64 Israel 1.26 2025 down 11.2% volatile
64 Singapore 1.26 2025 up 39.3% volatile
66 Chile 1.21 2025 down 11.9% volatile
66 Algeria 1.21 2025 up 9.2% volatile
68 Lebanon 1.18 2025 up 10.0% rising
69 Fiji 1.16 2025 down 12.6% volatile
69 Sierra Leone 1.16 2025 up 124.3% volatile
71 Jordan 1.15 2025 up 181.7% falling
72 Liberia 1.13 2025 down 10.9% volatile
73 Barbados 1.11 2025 up 10.9% volatile
74 Argentina 1.1 2025 down 18.9% rising
75 Maldives 1.08 2025 up 25.4% falling
76 Azerbaijan 1.06 2025 down 47.2% volatile
76 Suriname 1.06 2025 up 1.3% flat
78 France 1.04 2025 down 33.8% rising
79 Nepal 1.04 2025 down 20.4% volatile
80 Cuba 1.01 2025 down 31.9% volatile
81 Georgia 0.967 2025 down 49.9% volatile
82 North Macedonia 0.966 2025 down 14.7% volatile
83 Portugal 0.961 2025 down 57.8% volatile
84 Guinea 0.957 2025 down 21.8% rising
85 Romania 0.947 2025 up 31.0% volatile
86 Cote d'Ivoire 0.935 2025 down 20.4% volatile
87 Togo 0.911 2025 down 8.2% volatile
88 Botswana 0.9 2025 up 29.5% volatile
89 South Africa 0.894 2025 down 33.1% volatile
90 Papua New Guinea 0.889 2025 down 42.0% volatile
91 Rwanda 0.877 2025 down 40.7% volatile
92 Bulgaria 0.872 2025 down 4.3% volatile
93 Guyana 0.86 2025 down 13.6% volatile
94 Brazil 0.82 2025 up 18.8% volatile
95 Kazakhstan 0.817 2025 down 20.0% volatile
96 Tunisia 0.803 2025 down 46.5% volatile
97 Hungary 0.802 2025 down 42.9% volatile
98 Mozambique 0.786 2025 down 53.9% volatile
99 Croatia 0.776 2025 down 42.2% volatile
100 Bangladesh 0.767 2025 up 19.5% volatile
101 Moldova 0.764 2025 down 47.1% volatile
102 Eswatini 0.739 2025 down 28.9% rising
103 Slovakia 0.701 2025 down 38.3% volatile
104 Honduras 0.7 2025 up 459.0% volatile
105 Djibouti 0.638 2025 unchanged volatile
106 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.614 2025 up 10.8% volatile
107 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.604 2025 down 36.8% volatile
108 Ukraine 0.59 2025 up 71.5% volatile
109 United Kingdom 0.583 2025 down 45.3% volatile
110 Iraq 0.577 2025 up 621.2% volatile
111 Hong Kong 0.576 2025 down 50.4% volatile
112 Madagascar 0.566 2025 down 40.5% volatile
113 Kenya 0.533 2025 down 42.5% volatile
114 Zimbabwe 0.529 2025 down 59.8% volatile
115 Uzbekistan 0.493 2025 up 32.5% volatile
116 Sri Lanka 0.474 2025 up 165.5% volatile
117 Ecuador 0.463 2025 down 42.6% volatile
118 Zambia 0.428 2025 down 54.6% volatile
119 Namibia 0.386 2025 down 68.8% volatile
120 Egypt 0.358 2025 down 30.4% volatile
121 Burundi 0.33 2025 down 66.3% falling
122 Angola 0.324 2025 up 138.2% volatile
123 Ethiopia 0.304 2025 down 48.3% volatile
124 Vietnam 0.296 2025 down 72.9% rising
125 Malaysia 0.291 2025 up 506.2% volatile
126 Colombia 0.26 2025 down 3.7% volatile
127 United States 0.239 2025 down 59.5% volatile
128 Comoros 0.169 2025 down 86.2% volatile
129 Oman 0.087 2025 down 88.6% volatile
130 Philippines 0.081 2025 down 77.1% volatile
131 Somalia -0.009 2025 up 99.5% rising
132 Palestine -0.023 1948 unchanged flat
133 Tajikistan -0.03 2025 down 104.0% volatile
134 Peru -0.037 2025 unchanged volatile
135 Turkey -0.173 2025 down 131.4% volatile
136 Indonesia -0.241 2025 down 131.8% volatile
137 Syria -0.283 2025 up 89.6% volatile
138 North Korea -0.289 2025 unchanged volatile
139 Canada -0.331 2025 down 128.8% volatile
140 Mexico -0.365 2025 down 1.1% rising
141 Venezuela -0.389 2025 down 131.7% volatile
142 Russia -0.404 2025 down 162.6% volatile
143 Haiti -0.441 2025 up 42.3% falling
144 El Salvador -0.463 2025 down 180.9% volatile
145 Cambodia -0.481 2025 down 14.0% volatile
146 Thailand -0.519 2025 up 26.1% rising
147 Congo -0.551 2025 down 1.7% rising
148 Central African Republic -0.563 2025 down 416.3% volatile
149 Sudan -0.564 2025 up 51.8% volatile
150 Chad -0.574 2025 down 25.3% rising
151 Laos -0.687 2025 up 15.0% volatile
152 Turkmenistan -0.759 2025 up 27.7% volatile
153 Equatorial Guinea -0.792 2025 down 0.4% rising
154 Libya -0.849 2025 down 65.8% volatile
155 Iran -0.878 2025 up 27.0% rising
156 Panama -0.91 2025 down 309.9% volatile
157 Dominican Republic -0.936 2025 down 76.3% rising
158 Eritrea -0.94 2025 down 104.8% rising
159 United Arab Emirates -0.948 2025 down 41.7% volatile
160 Kuwait -1.02 2025 unchanged volatile
161 Uganda -1.09 2025 down 280.0% falling
162 Paraguay -1.14 2025 down 5.9% rising
163 Pakistan -1.18 2025 down 29.0% volatile
164 Yemen -1.28 2025 up 36.6% rising
165 India -1.32 2025 down 364.5% volatile
166 Qatar -1.33 2025 down 514.8% volatile
167 Mauritania -1.4 2025 down 27.5% volatile
168 Bahrain -1.42 2025 unchanged volatile
169 Guatemala -1.43 2025 up 2.9% falling
170 Saudi Arabia -1.72 2025 up 13.0% volatile
171 Nicaragua -1.82 2025 down 97.0% volatile
172 Myanmar -1.85 2025 down 15.9% rising
173 China -2.29 2025 down 48.5% volatile
174 Vatican -2.58 1870 unchanged falling
175 South Sudan -2.83 2025 down 137.8% volatile
176 Afghanistan -2.95 2025 down 734.5% falling

About this data

Indicator
Equality of civil liberties across social groups score
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 30,496 data points, 1789–2025
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