Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index in Egypt
Egypt: Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index was 0.299 in 2025. ▬ Flat
Latest (2025)
0.299
Change on year
down 5.4%
World rank
147th
of 176 countries
All-time high
0.526
in 1952
All-time low
0.226
in 2017
Years of data
237
1789–2025
Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index in Egypt, 1789–2025
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for individual liberties and equality before the law index in Egypt is 0.299, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 5.4% on the previous year and up 22.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, individual liberties and equality before the law index in Egypt peaked at 0.526 in 1952 and was at its lowest, 0.226, in 2017.
That places Egypt 147th out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index in Egypt, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1789 | 0.369 | — |
| 1790 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1791 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1792 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1793 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1794 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1795 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1796 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1797 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1798 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1799 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1800 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1801 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1802 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1803 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1804 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1805 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1806 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1807 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1808 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1809 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1810 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1811 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1812 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1813 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1814 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1815 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1816 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1817 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1818 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1819 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1820 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1821 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1822 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1823 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1824 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1825 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1826 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1827 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1828 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1829 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1830 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1831 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1832 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1833 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1834 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1835 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1836 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1837 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1838 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1839 | 0.369 | +0.0% |
| 1840 | 0.38 | +3.0% |
| 1841 | 0.38 | +0.0% |
| 1842 | 0.413 | +8.7% |
| 1843 | 0.413 | +0.0% |
| 1844 | 0.413 | +0.0% |
| 1845 | 0.413 | +0.0% |
| 1846 | 0.413 | +0.0% |
| 1847 | 0.413 | +0.0% |
| 1848 | 0.413 | +0.0% |
| 1849 | 0.467 | +13.1% |
| 1850 | 0.437 | -6.4% |
| 1851 | 0.424 | -3.0% |
| 1852 | 0.424 | +0.0% |
| 1853 | 0.424 | +0.0% |
| 1854 | 0.424 | +0.0% |
| 1855 | 0.424 | +0.0% |
| 1856 | 0.424 | +0.0% |
| 1857 | 0.424 | +0.0% |
| 1858 | 0.424 | +0.0% |
| 1859 | 0.424 | +0.0% |
| 1860 | 0.408 | -3.8% |
| 1861 | 0.408 | +0.0% |
| 1862 | 0.408 | +0.0% |
| 1863 | 0.359 | -12.0% |
| 1864 | 0.359 | +0.0% |
| 1865 | 0.359 | +0.0% |
| 1866 | 0.359 | +0.0% |
| 1867 | 0.359 | +0.0% |
| 1868 | 0.359 | +0.0% |
| 1869 | 0.359 | +0.0% |
| 1870 | 0.372 | +3.6% |
| 1871 | 0.372 | +0.0% |
| 1872 | 0.372 | +0.0% |
| 1873 | 0.372 | +0.0% |
| 1874 | 0.372 | +0.0% |
| 1875 | 0.372 | +0.0% |
| 1876 | 0.372 | +0.0% |
| 1877 | 0.387 | +4.0% |
| 1878 | 0.387 | +0.0% |
| 1879 | 0.387 | +0.0% |
| 1880 | 0.456 | +17.8% |
| 1881 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1882 | 0.44 | -3.5% |
| 1883 | 0.44 | +0.0% |
| 1884 | 0.44 | +0.0% |
| 1885 | 0.44 | +0.0% |
| 1886 | 0.44 | +0.0% |
| 1887 | 0.44 | +0.0% |
| 1888 | 0.44 | +0.0% |
| 1889 | 0.44 | +0.0% |
| 1890 | 0.44 | +0.0% |
| 1891 | 0.44 | +0.0% |
| 1892 | 0.44 | +0.0% |
| 1893 | 0.44 | +0.0% |
| 1894 | 0.44 | +0.0% |
| 1895 | 0.44 | +0.0% |
| 1896 | 0.44 | +0.0% |
| 1897 | 0.44 | +0.0% |
| 1898 | 0.44 | +0.0% |
| 1899 | 0.44 | +0.0% |
| 1900 | 0.44 | +0.0% |
| 1901 | 0.44 | +0.0% |
| 1902 | 0.44 | +0.0% |
| 1903 | 0.44 | +0.0% |
| 1904 | 0.44 | +0.0% |
| 1905 | 0.44 | +0.0% |
| 1906 | 0.44 | +0.0% |
| 1907 | 0.44 | +0.0% |
| 1908 | 0.436 | -0.9% |
| 1909 | 0.436 | +0.0% |
| 1910 | 0.436 | +0.0% |
| 1911 | 0.436 | +0.0% |
| 1912 | 0.436 | +0.0% |
| 1913 | 0.436 | +0.0% |
| 1914 | 0.436 | +0.0% |
| 1915 | 0.436 | +0.0% |
| 1916 | 0.436 | +0.0% |
| 1917 | 0.436 | +0.0% |
| 1918 | 0.428 | -1.8% |
| 1919 | 0.42 | -1.9% |
| 1920 | 0.42 | +0.0% |
| 1921 | 0.42 | +0.0% |
| 1922 | 0.42 | +0.0% |
| 1923 | 0.42 | +0.0% |
| 1924 | 0.42 | +0.0% |
| 1925 | 0.433 | +3.1% |
| 1926 | 0.433 | +0.0% |
| 1927 | 0.433 | +0.0% |
| 1928 | 0.433 | +0.0% |
| 1929 | 0.433 | +0.0% |
| 1930 | 0.443 | +2.3% |
| 1931 | 0.443 | +0.0% |
| 1932 | 0.443 | +0.0% |
| 1933 | 0.443 | +0.0% |
| 1934 | 0.443 | +0.0% |
| 1935 | 0.443 | +0.0% |
| 1936 | 0.443 | +0.0% |
| 1937 | 0.443 | +0.0% |
| 1938 | 0.443 | +0.0% |
| 1939 | 0.443 | +0.0% |
| 1940 | 0.443 | +0.0% |
| 1941 | 0.443 | +0.0% |
| 1942 | 0.443 | +0.0% |
| 1943 | 0.443 | +0.0% |
| 1944 | 0.443 | +0.0% |
| 1945 | 0.443 | +0.0% |
| 1946 | 0.443 | +0.0% |
| 1947 | 0.443 | +0.0% |
| 1948 | 0.443 | +0.0% |
| 1949 | 0.449 | +1.4% |
| 1950 | 0.462 | +2.9% |
| 1951 | 0.462 | +0.0% |
| 1952 | 0.526 | +13.9% |
| 1953 | 0.476 | -9.5% |
| 1954 | 0.453 | -4.8% |
| 1955 | 0.445 | -1.8% |
| 1956 | 0.445 | +0.0% |
| 1957 | 0.445 | +0.0% |
| 1958 | 0.445 | +0.0% |
| 1959 | 0.445 | +0.0% |
| 1960 | 0.407 | -8.5% |
| 1961 | 0.407 | +0.0% |
| 1962 | 0.407 | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.407 | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.407 | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.402 | -1.2% |
| 1966 | 0.402 | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.402 | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.396 | -1.5% |
| 1969 | 0.396 | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.409 | +3.3% |
| 1971 | 0.416 | +1.7% |
| 1972 | 0.424 | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 0.424 | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.414 | -2.4% |
| 1975 | 0.414 | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.414 | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.397 | -4.1% |
| 1978 | 0.381 | -4.0% |
| 1979 | 0.381 | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.388 | +1.8% |
| 1981 | 0.395 | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 0.401 | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 0.394 | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 0.396 | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 0.396 | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.414 | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 0.391 | -5.6% |
| 1988 | 0.391 | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.391 | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.39 | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 0.39 | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.39 | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.39 | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.368 | -5.6% |
| 1995 | 0.377 | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 0.377 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.377 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.362 | -4.0% |
| 1999 | 0.362 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.353 | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 0.35 | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.35 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.35 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.35 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.35 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.35 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.351 | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.351 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.351 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.353 | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.343 | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 0.35 | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 0.24 | -31.4% |
| 2014 | 0.24 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.244 | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 0.242 | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.226 | -6.6% |
| 2018 | 0.235 | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 0.254 | +8.1% |
| 2020 | 0.283 | +11.4% |
| 2021 | 0.272 | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 0.314 | +15.4% |
| 2023 | 0.305 | -2.9% |
| 2024 | 0.316 | +3.6% |
| 2025 | 0.299 | -5.4% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 0.299 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.588, 51% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 0.299 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.452, 66% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0.369 | 0.369 | 0.369 | 1 |
| 1790s | 0.369 | 0.369 | 0.369 | 10 |
| 1800s | 0.369 | 0.369 | 0.369 | 10 |
| 1810s | 0.369 | 0.369 | 0.369 | 10 |
| 1820s | 0.369 | 0.369 | 0.369 | 10 |
| 1830s | 0.369 | 0.369 | 0.369 | 10 |
| 1840s | 0.4118 | 0.38 | 0.467 | 10 |
| 1850s | 0.4253 | 0.424 | 0.437 | 10 |
| 1860s | 0.3737 | 0.359 | 0.408 | 10 |
| 1870s | 0.3765 | 0.372 | 0.387 | 10 |
| 1880s | 0.4432 | 0.44 | 0.456 | 10 |
| 1890s | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 10 |
| 1900s | 0.4392 | 0.436 | 0.44 | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.4336 | 0.42 | 0.436 | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.4265 | 0.42 | 0.433 | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.443 | 0.443 | 0.443 | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.4436 | 0.443 | 0.449 | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.4604 | 0.445 | 0.526 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.4033 | 0.396 | 0.407 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.4074 | 0.381 | 0.424 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3957 | 0.388 | 0.414 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3783 | 0.362 | 0.39 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3506 | 0.35 | 0.353 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2727 | 0.226 | 0.353 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2982 | 0.272 | 0.316 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More reference data data for Egypt
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2851 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 5.23 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 16.05 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.2 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 16.05 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.956 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.4622 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 25.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 71.76 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 6.55 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is individual liberties and equality before the law index in Egypt?
- Individual liberties and equality before the law index in Egypt was 0.299 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest individual liberties and equality before the law index recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 0.526 in 1952.
- What is the lowest individual liberties and equality before the law index recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.226 in 2017.
- How does Egypt rank for individual liberties and equality before the law index?
- Egypt ranks 147th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
- Is individual liberties and equality before the law index rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.