Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index in Romania
Romania: Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index was 0.849 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2025)
0.849
Change on year
up 2.9%
World rank
57th
of 176 countries
All-time high
0.917
in 2016
All-time low
0.063
in 1948
Years of data
237
1789–2025
Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index in Romania, 1789–2025
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2025, individual liberties and equality before the law index in Romania stood at 0.849.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and down 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, individual liberties and equality before the law index in Romania peaked at 0.917 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.063, in 1948.
Romania ranks 57th of 176 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index in Romania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1789 | 0.088 | — |
| 1790 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1791 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1792 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1793 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1794 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1795 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1796 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1797 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1798 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1799 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1800 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1801 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1802 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1803 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1804 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1805 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1806 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1807 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1808 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1809 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1810 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1811 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1812 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1813 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1814 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1815 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1816 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1817 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1818 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1819 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1820 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1821 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1822 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1823 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1824 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1825 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1826 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1827 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1828 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1829 | 0.088 | +0.0% |
| 1830 | 0.098 | +11.4% |
| 1831 | 0.193 | +96.9% |
| 1832 | 0.193 | +0.0% |
| 1833 | 0.193 | +0.0% |
| 1834 | 0.193 | +0.0% |
| 1835 | 0.193 | +0.0% |
| 1836 | 0.193 | +0.0% |
| 1837 | 0.193 | +0.0% |
| 1838 | 0.193 | +0.0% |
| 1839 | 0.193 | +0.0% |
| 1840 | 0.193 | +0.0% |
| 1841 | 0.193 | +0.0% |
| 1842 | 0.193 | +0.0% |
| 1843 | 0.193 | +0.0% |
| 1844 | 0.193 | +0.0% |
| 1845 | 0.193 | +0.0% |
| 1846 | 0.193 | +0.0% |
| 1847 | 0.193 | +0.0% |
| 1848 | 0.193 | +0.0% |
| 1849 | 0.193 | +0.0% |
| 1850 | 0.203 | +5.2% |
| 1851 | 0.203 | +0.0% |
| 1852 | 0.203 | +0.0% |
| 1853 | 0.203 | +0.0% |
| 1854 | 0.203 | +0.0% |
| 1855 | 0.203 | +0.0% |
| 1856 | 0.203 | +0.0% |
| 1857 | 0.213 | +4.9% |
| 1858 | 0.213 | +0.0% |
| 1859 | 0.213 | +0.0% |
| 1860 | 0.384 | +80.3% |
| 1861 | 0.384 | +0.0% |
| 1862 | 0.384 | +0.0% |
| 1863 | 0.384 | +0.0% |
| 1864 | 0.384 | +0.0% |
| 1865 | 0.456 | +18.8% |
| 1866 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1867 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1868 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1869 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1870 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1871 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1872 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1873 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1874 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1875 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1876 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1877 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1878 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1879 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1880 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1881 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1882 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1883 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1884 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1885 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1886 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1887 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1888 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1889 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1890 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1891 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1892 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1893 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1894 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1895 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1896 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1897 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1898 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1899 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1900 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1901 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1902 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1903 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1904 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1905 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1906 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1907 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1908 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1909 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1910 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1911 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1912 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1913 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1914 | 0.453 | -0.7% |
| 1915 | 0.453 | +0.0% |
| 1916 | 0.448 | -1.1% |
| 1917 | 0.431 | -3.8% |
| 1918 | 0.431 | +0.0% |
| 1919 | 0.446 | +3.5% |
| 1920 | 0.495 | +11.0% |
| 1921 | 0.5 | +1.0% |
| 1922 | 0.5 | +0.0% |
| 1923 | 0.501 | +0.2% |
| 1924 | 0.511 | +2.0% |
| 1925 | 0.511 | +0.0% |
| 1926 | 0.511 | +0.0% |
| 1927 | 0.511 | +0.0% |
| 1928 | 0.51 | -0.2% |
| 1929 | 0.51 | +0.0% |
| 1930 | 0.496 | -2.7% |
| 1931 | 0.496 | +0.0% |
| 1932 | 0.496 | +0.0% |
| 1933 | 0.496 | +0.0% |
| 1934 | 0.496 | +0.0% |
| 1935 | 0.496 | +0.0% |
| 1936 | 0.496 | +0.0% |
| 1937 | 0.46 | -7.3% |
| 1938 | 0.331 | -28.0% |
| 1939 | 0.287 | -13.3% |
| 1940 | 0.268 | -6.6% |
| 1941 | 0.252 | -6.0% |
| 1942 | 0.268 | +6.3% |
| 1943 | 0.279 | +4.1% |
| 1944 | 0.216 | -22.6% |
| 1945 | 0.232 | +7.4% |
| 1946 | 0.165 | -28.9% |
| 1947 | 0.132 | -20.0% |
| 1948 | 0.063 | -52.3% |
| 1949 | 0.068 | +7.9% |
| 1950 | 0.065 | -4.4% |
| 1951 | 0.065 | +0.0% |
| 1952 | 0.065 | +0.0% |
| 1953 | 0.065 | +0.0% |
| 1954 | 0.065 | +0.0% |
| 1955 | 0.065 | +0.0% |
| 1956 | 0.065 | +0.0% |
| 1957 | 0.066 | +1.5% |
| 1958 | 0.066 | +0.0% |
| 1959 | 0.066 | +0.0% |
| 1960 | 0.076 | +15.2% |
| 1961 | 0.095 | +25.0% |
| 1962 | 0.095 | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.1 | +5.3% |
| 1964 | 0.1 | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.109 | +9.0% |
| 1966 | 0.11 | +0.9% |
| 1967 | 0.11 | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.114 | +3.6% |
| 1969 | 0.114 | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.114 | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.11 | -3.5% |
| 1972 | 0.11 | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.11 | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.11 | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.11 | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.11 | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.11 | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.11 | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.11 | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.11 | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.11 | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.11 | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.11 | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.11 | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.11 | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.11 | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.11 | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.11 | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.11 | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.741 | +573.6% |
| 1991 | 0.761 | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 0.795 | +4.5% |
| 1993 | 0.807 | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 0.807 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.807 | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.833 | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 0.833 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.833 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.833 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.835 | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.835 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.835 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.835 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.847 | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 0.847 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.847 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.866 | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 0.866 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.867 | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.884 | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 0.884 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.887 | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.893 | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.897 | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.911 | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 0.917 | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.863 | -5.9% |
| 2018 | 0.868 | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.887 | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 0.847 | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 0.854 | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.854 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.853 | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 0.825 | -3.3% |
| 2025 | 0.849 | +2.9% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 0.849 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.932, 91% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Romania's 0.849 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.899, 94% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0.088 | 0.088 | 0.088 | 1 |
| 1790s | 0.088 | 0.088 | 0.088 | 10 |
| 1800s | 0.088 | 0.088 | 0.088 | 10 |
| 1810s | 0.088 | 0.088 | 0.088 | 10 |
| 1820s | 0.088 | 0.088 | 0.088 | 10 |
| 1830s | 0.1835 | 0.098 | 0.193 | 10 |
| 1840s | 0.193 | 0.193 | 0.193 | 10 |
| 1850s | 0.206 | 0.203 | 0.213 | 10 |
| 1860s | 0.42 | 0.384 | 0.456 | 10 |
| 1870s | 0.456 | 0.456 | 0.456 | 10 |
| 1880s | 0.456 | 0.456 | 0.456 | 10 |
| 1890s | 0.456 | 0.456 | 0.456 | 10 |
| 1900s | 0.456 | 0.456 | 0.456 | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.4486 | 0.431 | 0.456 | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.506 | 0.495 | 0.511 | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.455 | 0.287 | 0.496 | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.1943 | 0.063 | 0.279 | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.0653 | 0.065 | 0.066 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.1023 | 0.076 | 0.114 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.1104 | 0.11 | 0.114 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.805 | 0.741 | 0.833 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.848 | 0.835 | 0.867 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8891 | 0.863 | 0.917 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.847 | 0.825 | 0.854 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Romania
More reference data data for Romania
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.03 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 4.59 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.689 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 4.59 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 5.04 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 3.02 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 3.93 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 21.54 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 3.75 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is individual liberties and equality before the law index in Romania?
- Individual liberties and equality before the law index in Romania was 0.849 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 Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.917 in 2016.
- What is the lowest individual liberties and equality before the law index recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.063 in 1948.
- How does Romania rank for individual liberties and equality before the law index?
- Romania ranks 57th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
- Is individual liberties and equality before the law index rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Romania 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.