Equality of civil liberties across social groups score in Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Equality of civil liberties across social groups score was -2.95 in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)
-2.95
Change on year
down 12.4%
World rank
176th
of 176 countries
All-time high
-0.156
in 2009
All-time low
-2.95
in 2025
Years of data
237
1789–2025

Equality of civil liberties across social groups score in Afghanistan, 1789–2025

-3-2-10178919072025

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2025, equality of civil liberties across social groups score in Afghanistan stood at -2.95. That is the lowest value across all 237 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.4% on the previous year and down 734.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, equality of civil liberties across social groups score in Afghanistan peaked at -0.156 in 2009 and was at its lowest, -2.95, in 2025.

That places Afghanistan 176th out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 237 years of available data.

Equality of civil liberties across social groups score in Afghanistan, year by year

Annual values for Equality of civil liberties across social groups score in Afghanistan, 1789 to 2025.
Year Value Change
1789 -0.649
1790 -0.649 -0.0%
1791 -0.649 -0.0%
1792 -0.649 -0.0%
1793 -0.649 -0.0%
1794 -0.649 -0.0%
1795 -0.649 -0.0%
1796 -0.649 -0.0%
1797 -0.649 -0.0%
1798 -0.649 -0.0%
1799 -0.649 -0.0%
1800 -0.649 -0.0%
1801 -0.649 -0.0%
1802 -0.649 -0.0%
1803 -0.649 -0.0%
1804 -0.649 -0.0%
1805 -0.649 -0.0%
1806 -0.649 -0.0%
1807 -0.649 -0.0%
1808 -0.649 -0.0%
1809 -0.649 -0.0%
1810 -0.649 -0.0%
1811 -0.649 -0.0%
1812 -0.649 -0.0%
1813 -0.649 -0.0%
1814 -0.649 -0.0%
1815 -0.649 -0.0%
1816 -0.649 -0.0%
1817 -0.649 -0.0%
1818 -0.649 -0.0%
1819 -0.649 -0.0%
1820 -0.649 -0.0%
1821 -0.649 -0.0%
1822 -0.649 -0.0%
1823 -0.649 -0.0%
1824 -0.649 -0.0%
1825 -0.649 -0.0%
1826 -0.649 -0.0%
1827 -0.649 -0.0%
1828 -0.649 -0.0%
1829 -0.649 -0.0%
1830 -0.649 -0.0%
1831 -0.649 -0.0%
1832 -0.649 -0.0%
1833 -0.649 -0.0%
1834 -0.649 -0.0%
1835 -0.649 -0.0%
1836 -0.649 -0.0%
1837 -0.649 -0.0%
1838 -0.649 -0.0%
1839 -0.649 -0.0%
1840 -0.649 -0.0%
1841 -0.649 -0.0%
1842 -0.649 -0.0%
1843 -0.649 -0.0%
1844 -0.649 -0.0%
1845 -0.649 -0.0%
1846 -0.649 -0.0%
1847 -0.649 -0.0%
1848 -0.649 -0.0%
1849 -0.649 -0.0%
1850 -0.649 -0.0%
1851 -0.649 -0.0%
1852 -0.649 -0.0%
1853 -0.649 -0.0%
1854 -0.649 -0.0%
1855 -0.649 -0.0%
1856 -0.649 -0.0%
1857 -0.649 -0.0%
1858 -0.649 -0.0%
1859 -0.649 -0.0%
1860 -0.649 -0.0%
1861 -0.649 -0.0%
1862 -0.649 -0.0%
1863 -0.649 -0.0%
1864 -0.649 -0.0%
1865 -0.649 -0.0%
1866 -0.649 -0.0%
1867 -0.649 -0.0%
1868 -0.649 -0.0%
1869 -0.649 -0.0%
1870 -0.649 -0.0%
1871 -0.649 -0.0%
1872 -0.649 -0.0%
1873 -0.649 -0.0%
1874 -0.649 -0.0%
1875 -0.649 -0.0%
1876 -0.649 -0.0%
1877 -0.649 -0.0%
1878 -0.649 -0.0%
1879 -0.649 -0.0%
1880 -1.15 +76.6%
1881 -1.15 -0.0%
1882 -1.15 -0.0%
1883 -1.15 -0.0%
1884 -1.15 -0.0%
1885 -1.15 -0.0%
1886 -1.15 -0.0%
1887 -1.15 -0.0%
1888 -1.15 -0.0%
1889 -1.15 -0.0%
1890 -1.15 -0.0%
1891 -1.15 -0.0%
1892 -1.15 -0.0%
1893 -1.15 -0.0%
1894 -1.15 -0.0%
1895 -1.15 -0.0%
1896 -1.15 -0.0%
1897 -1.15 -0.0%
1898 -1.15 -0.0%
1899 -1.15 -0.0%
1900 -1.15 -0.0%
1901 -1.15 -0.0%
1902 -0.806 -29.7%
1903 -0.806 -0.0%
1904 -0.806 -0.0%
1905 -0.806 -0.0%
1906 -0.806 -0.0%
1907 -0.806 -0.0%
1908 -0.806 -0.0%
1909 -0.806 -0.0%
1910 -0.806 -0.0%
1911 -0.806 -0.0%
1912 -0.806 -0.0%
1913 -0.806 -0.0%
1914 -0.806 -0.0%
1915 -0.806 -0.0%
1916 -0.806 -0.0%
1917 -0.806 -0.0%
1918 -0.806 -0.0%
1919 -0.806 -0.0%
1920 -0.806 -0.0%
1921 -0.806 -0.0%
1922 -0.806 -0.0%
1923 -0.806 -0.0%
1924 -0.806 -0.0%
1925 -0.806 -0.0%
1926 -0.806 -0.0%
1927 -0.806 -0.0%
1928 -0.806 -0.0%
1929 -0.806 -0.0%
1930 -0.806 -0.0%
1931 -0.806 -0.0%
1932 -0.806 -0.0%
1933 -0.806 -0.0%
1934 -0.976 +21.1%
1935 -0.976 -0.0%
1936 -0.976 -0.0%
1937 -0.976 -0.0%
1938 -0.976 -0.0%
1939 -0.976 -0.0%
1940 -0.976 -0.0%
1941 -0.976 -0.0%
1942 -0.976 -0.0%
1943 -0.976 -0.0%
1944 -0.976 -0.0%
1945 -0.976 -0.0%
1946 -0.976 -0.0%
1947 -0.976 -0.0%
1948 -0.976 -0.0%
1949 -0.976 -0.0%
1950 -0.976 -0.0%
1951 -0.976 -0.0%
1952 -0.976 -0.0%
1953 -0.976 -0.0%
1954 -0.976 -0.0%
1955 -0.976 -0.0%
1956 -0.976 -0.0%
1957 -0.976 -0.0%
1958 -0.976 -0.0%
1959 -0.976 -0.0%
1960 -0.976 -0.0%
1961 -0.976 -0.0%
1962 -0.976 -0.0%
1963 -0.976 -0.0%
1964 -0.976 -0.0%
1965 -0.455 -53.4%
1966 -0.455 -0.0%
1967 -0.455 -0.0%
1968 -0.455 -0.0%
1969 -0.455 -0.0%
1970 -0.455 -0.0%
1971 -0.455 -0.0%
1972 -0.455 -0.0%
1973 -0.543 +19.3%
1974 -0.543 -0.0%
1975 -0.543 -0.0%
1976 -0.543 -0.0%
1977 -0.543 -0.0%
1978 -0.652 +20.1%
1979 -1.54 +137.0%
1980 -1.15 -25.7%
1981 -1.15 -0.0%
1982 -1.15 -0.0%
1983 -1.15 -0.0%
1984 -1.15 -0.0%
1985 -1.15 -0.0%
1986 -1.15 -0.0%
1987 -1.15 -0.0%
1988 -1.15 -0.0%
1989 -1.15 -0.0%
1990 -1.15 -0.0%
1991 -1.48 +29.3%
1992 -1.28 -13.7%
1993 -1.28 -0.0%
1994 -1.28 -0.0%
1995 -1.38 +7.7%
1996 -1.94 +40.5%
1997 -2.59 +33.4%
1998 -2.59 -0.0%
1999 -2.59 -0.0%
2000 -1.96 -24.1%
2001 -1.55 -21.1%
2002 -0.203 -86.9%
2003 -0.203 -0.0%
2004 -0.203 -0.0%
2005 -0.203 -0.0%
2006 -0.203 -0.0%
2007 -0.203 -0.0%
2008 -0.203 -0.0%
2009 -0.156 -23.2%
2010 -0.156 -0.0%
2011 -0.156 -0.0%
2012 -0.156 -0.0%
2013 -0.397 +154.5%
2014 -0.354 -10.8%
2015 -0.354 -0.0%
2016 -0.416 +17.5%
2017 -0.423 +1.7%
2018 -0.423 -0.0%
2019 -0.423 -0.0%
2020 -0.163 -61.5%
2021 -1.66 +917.2%
2022 -2.21 +33.5%
2023 -2.21 -0.0%
2024 -2.63 +18.8%
2025 -2.95 +12.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1780s -0.649 -0.649 -0.649 1
1790s -0.649 -0.649 -0.649 10
1800s -0.649 -0.649 -0.649 10
1810s -0.649 -0.649 -0.649 10
1820s -0.649 -0.649 -0.649 10
1830s -0.649 -0.649 -0.649 10
1840s -0.649 -0.649 -0.649 10
1850s -0.649 -0.649 -0.649 10
1860s -0.649 -0.649 -0.649 10
1870s -0.649 -0.649 -0.649 10
1880s -1.15 -1.15 -1.15 10
1890s -1.15 -1.15 -1.15 10
1900s -0.874 -1.15 -0.806 10
1910s -0.806 -0.806 -0.806 10
1920s -0.806 -0.806 -0.806 10
1930s -0.908 -0.976 -0.806 10
1940s -0.976 -0.976 -0.976 10
1950s -0.976 -0.976 -0.976 10
1960s -0.7155 -0.976 -0.455 10
1970s -0.6277 -1.54 -0.455 10
1980s -1.15 -1.15 -1.15 10
1990s -1.76 -2.59 -1.15 10
2000s -0.5089 -1.96 -0.156 10
2010s -0.3258 -0.423 -0.156 10
2020s -1.97 -2.95 -0.163 6

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Frequently asked questions

What is equality of civil liberties across social groups score in Afghanistan?
Equality of civil liberties across social groups score in Afghanistan was -2.95 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest equality of civil liberties across social groups score recorded in Afghanistan?
The highest recorded value was -0.156 in 2009.
What is the lowest equality of civil liberties across social groups score recorded in Afghanistan?
The lowest recorded value was -2.95 in 2025.
How does Afghanistan rank for equality of civil liberties across social groups score?
Afghanistan ranks 176th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is equality of civil liberties across social groups score rising or falling in Afghanistan?
Over the last ten years it is down 734.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Equality of civil liberties across social groups score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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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