Which has higher women's civil liberties index, Belgium or Luxembourg?

Belgium, at 0.972 against 0.957 in Luxembourg as of 2025.

How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Luxembourg?

211 years are reported by both, from 1815 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Women's Civil Liberties Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Belgium vs Luxembourg: Women's Civil Liberties Index

Belgium

0.972

in 2025

Luxembourg

0.957

in 2025

Belgium rank

2nd

Luxembourg rank

5th

Women's Civil Liberties Index over time

Belgium
Luxembourg

How they compare

Belgium currently reports 0.972 against 0.957 in Luxembourg, a difference of 0.015.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 211 shared years of data; in 1815 it was Luxembourg ahead.

Belgium ranks 2nd and Luxembourg ranks 5th of 176 countries.

Across the 22 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 11 and Luxembourg in 11.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belgium	Luxembourg	Difference	Ahead
1810s	0.817	0.766	0.051	Belgium
1820s	0.83	0.766	0.064	Belgium
1830s	0.698	0.766	0.068	Luxembourg
1840s	0.698	0.766	0.068	Luxembourg
1850s	0.698	0.766	0.068	Luxembourg
1860s	0.698	0.766	0.068	Luxembourg
1870s	0.698	0.766	0.068	Luxembourg
1880s	0.698	0.766	0.068	Luxembourg
1890s	0.698	0.766	0.068	Luxembourg
1900s	0.698	0.766	0.068	Luxembourg
1910s	0.6624	0.5715	0.0909	Belgium
1920s	0.72	0.744	0.024	Luxembourg
1930s	0.7515	0.744	0.0075	Belgium
1940s	0.7624	0.511	0.2514	Belgium
1950s	0.854	0.961	0.107	Luxembourg
1960s	0.8981	0.961	0.0629	Luxembourg
1970s	0.969	0.961	0.008	Belgium
1980s	0.972	0.961	0.011	Belgium
1990s	0.972	0.961	0.011	Belgium
2000s	0.972	0.961	0.011	Belgium
2010s	0.972	0.9606	0.0114	Belgium
2020s	0.972	0.9485	0.0235	Belgium

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher women's civil liberties index, Belgium or Luxembourg?: Belgium, at 0.972 against 0.957 in Luxembourg as of 2025.
What is the difference in women's civil liberties index between Belgium and Luxembourg?: 0.015, with Belgium ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Luxembourg?: 211 years are reported by both, from 1815 to 2025.
How do Belgium and Luxembourg rank globally for women's civil liberties index?: Belgium ranks 2nd and Luxembourg ranks 5th of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Women's Civil Liberties Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Belgium vs Luxembourg: Women's Civil Liberties Index. Statizoid, drawing on V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 03 September 2026, from https://gender.statizoid.com/compare/women-civil-liberties-index/belgium/luxembourg/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://gender.statizoid.com/compare/women-civil-liberties-index/belgium/luxembourg/">Belgium vs Luxembourg: Women's Civil Liberties Index</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Women's Civil Liberties 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 women are free from forced labor, have property rights and access to the justice system, and enjoy freedom of movement.