How many years of comparable data are there for Lao People's Democratic Republic and Nicaragua?

181 years are reported by both, from 1838 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.

Lao People's Democratic Republic vs Nicaragua: Women's Civil Liberties Index

Lao People's Democratic Republic

0.229

in 2025

Nicaragua

0.232

in 2025

Lao People's Democratic Republic rank

164th

Nicaragua rank

163rd

Women's Civil Liberties Index over time

Lao People's Democratic Republic
Nicaragua

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 0.232 against 0.229 in Lao People's Democratic Republic, a difference of 0.003.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 181 shared years of data; in 1838 it was Lao People's Democratic Republic ahead.

Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 164th and Nicaragua ranks 163rd of 176 countries.

Across the 20 decades both report, Lao People's Democratic Republic averaged higher in 4 and Nicaragua in 16.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lao People's Democratic Republic	Nicaragua	Difference	Ahead
1830s	0.038	0.009	0.029	Lao People's Democratic Republic
1840s	0.038	0.009	0.029	Lao People's Democratic Republic
1850s	0.038	0.009	0.029	Lao People's Democratic Republic
1860s	0.038	0.0666	0.0286	Nicaragua
1870s	0.0639	0.081	0.0171	Nicaragua
1880s	0.08	0.081	0.001	Nicaragua
1890s	0.099	0.081	0.018	Lao People's Democratic Republic
1900s	0.073	0.263	0.19	Nicaragua
1910s	0.073	0.2354	0.1624	Nicaragua
1920s	0.073	0.21	0.137	Nicaragua
1930s	0.073	0.2089	0.1359	Nicaragua
1940s	0.0933	0.195	0.1017	Nicaragua
1950s	0.2267	0.2295	0.0028	Nicaragua
1960s	0.206	0.233	0.027	Nicaragua
1970s	0.1464	0.232	0.0856	Nicaragua
1980s	0.1032	0.3895	0.2863	Nicaragua
1990s	0.1295	0.649	0.5195	Nicaragua
2000s	0.1556	0.6585	0.5029	Nicaragua
2010s	0.1744	0.5975	0.4231	Nicaragua
2020s	0.2152	0.3005	0.0853	Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher women's civil liberties index, Lao People's Democratic Republic or Nicaragua?: Nicaragua, at 0.232 against 0.229 in Lao People's Democratic Republic as of 2025.
What is the difference in women's civil liberties index between Lao People's Democratic Republic and Nicaragua?: 0.003, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lao People's Democratic Republic and Nicaragua?: 181 years are reported by both, from 1838 to 2025.
How do Lao People's Democratic Republic and Nicaragua rank globally for women's civil liberties index?: Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 164th and Nicaragua ranks 163rd 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

Lao People's Democratic Republic vs Nicaragua: Women's Civil Liberties Index. Statizoid, drawing on V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 08 September 2026, from https://gender.statizoid.com/compare/women-civil-liberties-index/lao-pdr/nicaragua/

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/lao-pdr/nicaragua/">Lao People's Democratic Republic vs Nicaragua: 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.