Brazil vs Dominican Republic: Human rights

Human rights in 2025: 0.87 of 1 in Brazil and 0.87 of 1 in Dominican Republic, by V-Dem estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Dominican Republic, by 0 of 1, or 1 times that in Brazil.

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index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

All years Since 1950 Since 1990 Since 2010

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index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

Country	Latest	10 years before	Rank in 2025
Brazil	0.87 2025	0.86	53 of 175
Dominican Republic	0.87 2025	0.84	48 of 175
World	0.65 2025	0.69

What the numbers say

Dominican Republic has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Brazil.
The world as a whole: 0.65 of 1 in 2025.

Every year

index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

Year	Brazil	Dominican Republic	World
2025	0.87	0.87	0.65
2024	0.85	0.87	0.65
2023	0.85	0.88	0.66
2022	0.67	0.88	0.66
2021	0.67	0.88	0.67
2020	0.68	0.88	0.67
2019	0.69	0.85	0.68
2018	0.79	0.86	0.68
2017	0.82	0.84	0.68
2016	0.84	0.85	0.68
2015	0.86	0.84	0.69
2014	0.86	0.85	0.69
2013	0.86	0.85	0.7
2012	0.86	0.85	0.7
2011	0.87	0.85	0.7
2010	0.87	0.86	0.7
2009	0.87	0.86	0.69
2008	0.87	0.86	0.69
2007	0.87	0.86	0.69
2006	0.87	0.86	0.69
2005	0.87	0.86	0.69
2004	0.83	0.86	0.69
2003	0.83	0.86	0.69
2002	0.83	0.86	0.68
2001	0.82	0.86	0.68
2000	0.82	0.86	0.67
1999	0.82	0.86	0.66
1998	0.82	0.86	0.65
1997	0.82	0.85	0.65
1996	0.82	0.79	0.65
1995	0.82	0.77	0.65
1994	0.82	0.71	0.64
1993	0.82	0.75	0.63
1992	0.82	0.75	0.62
1991	0.82	0.75	0.6
1990	0.82	0.74	0.57
1989	0.81	0.74	0.51
1988	0.8	0.73	0.5
1987	0.73	0.75	0.5
1986	0.7	0.77	0.49
1985	0.55	0.78	0.48
1984	0.4	0.78	0.47
1983	0.39	0.81	0.47
1982	0.39	0.81	0.46
1981	0.39	0.81	0.46
1980	0.39	0.81	0.46
1979	0.34	0.81	0.45
1978	0.24	0.41	0.44
1977	0.23	0.36	0.44
1976	0.23	0.36	0.44
1975	0.21	0.36	0.44
1974	0.21	0.35	0.43
1973	0.21	0.35	0.43
1972	0.21	0.35	0.44
1971	0.21	0.35	0.44
1970	0.21	0.35	0.44
1969	0.2	0.36	0.44
1968	0.22	0.36	0.45
1967	0.22	0.34	0.45
1966	0.22	0.33	0.46
1965	0.23	0.34	0.46
1964	0.33	0.36	0.46
1963	0.61	0.69	0.46
1962	0.6	0.31	0.46
1961	0.6	0.14	0.46
1960	0.6	0.11	0.46
1959	0.6	0.12	0.44
1958	0.6	0.12	0.44
1957	0.6	0.12	0.43
1956	0.61	0.12	0.43
1955	0.6	0.12	0.43
1954	0.57	0.12	0.43
1953	0.57	0.12	0.43
1952	0.57	0.12	0.43
1951	0.57	0.12	0.43
1950	0.57	0.12	0.42
1949	0.57	0.12	0.42
1948	0.56	0.12	0.42
1947	0.56	0.12	0.42
1946	0.56	0.12	0.42
1945	0.36	0.11	0.38
1944	0.26	0.11	0.35
1943	0.26	0.11	0.35
1942	0.26	0.11	0.35
1941	0.26	0.1	0.35
1940	0.26	0.1	0.36
1939	0.26	0.1	0.38
1938	0.25	0.1	0.39
1937	0.26	0.1	0.39
1936	0.38	0.1	0.39
1935	0.38	0.1	0.4
1934	0.39	0.1	0.4
1933	0.39	0.1	0.4
1932	0.39	0.1	0.41
1931	0.39	0.1	0.41
1930	0.41	0.14	0.41
1929	0.44	0.39	0.41
1928	0.44	0.39	0.41
1927	0.44	0.39	0.41
1926	0.43	0.35	0.41
1925	0.43	0.35	0.41
1924	0.43	0.28	0.42
1923	0.43	0.28	0.41
1922	0.44	0.28	0.42
1921	0.44	0.28	0.42
1920	0.44	0.28	0.42
1919	0.44	0.28	0.41
1918	0.44	0.28	0.4
1917	0.44	0.28	0.39
1916	0.44	0.29	0.39
1915	0.44	0.45	0.4
1914	0.44	0.45	0.4
1913	0.44	0.45	0.41
1912	0.44	0.44	0.41
1911	0.44	0.41	0.41
1910	0.44	0.41	0.41
1909	0.44	0.41	0.41
1908	0.44	0.41	0.41
1907	0.44	0.41	0.41
1906	0.44	0.41	0.41
1905	0.44	0.42	0.41
1904	0.42	0.42	0.41
1903	0.42	0.42	0.41
1902	0.42	0.42	0.41
1901	0.42	0.42	0.41
1900	0.43	0.42	0.41
1899	0.44	0.24	0.47
1898	0.44	0.23	0.47
1897	0.47	0.23	0.46
1896	0.47	0.23	0.47
1895	0.45	0.23	0.46
1894	0.42	0.23	0.46
1893	0.41	0.23	0.46
1892	0.41	0.23	0.45
1891	0.44	0.23	0.45
1890	0.44	0.23	0.45
1889	0.5	0.23	0.45
1888	0.48	0.23	0.45
1887	0.39	0.23	0.45
1886	0.35	0.23	0.44
1885	0.35	0.23	0.44
1884	0.38	0.23	0.44
1883	0.38	0.29	0.44
1882	0.38	0.33	0.44
1881	0.38	0.55	0.44
1880	0.38	0.55	0.44
1879	0.38	0.55	0.45
1878	0.38	0.55	0.45
1877	0.38	0.55	0.44
1876	0.38	0.53	0.45
1875	0.38	0.53	0.45
1874	0.38	0.53	0.45
1873	0.38	0.53	0.45
1872	0.38	0.53	0.44
1871	0.38	0.53	0.45
1870	0.38	0.53	0.44
1869	0.38	0.53	0.44
1868	0.38	0.53	0.43
1867	0.38	0.53	0.44
1866	0.38	0.53	0.43
1865	0.38	0.13	0.43
1864	0.38	0.11	0.42
1863	0.38	0.11	0.43
1862	0.38	0.11	0.43
1861	0.38	0.11	0.42
1860	0.38	0.27	0.41
1859	0.38	0.28	0.4
1858	0.38	0.28	0.4
1857	0.38	0.28	0.4
1856	0.38	0.28	0.4
1855	0.38	0.28	0.4
1854	0.38	0.28	0.4
1853	0.38	0.28	0.4
1852	0.38	0.28	0.39
1851	0.38	0.28	0.39
1850	0.38	0.28	0.39
1849	0.38	0.28	0.41
1848	0.38	0.28	0.4
1847	0.38	0.28	0.38
1846	0.38	0.28	0.38
1845	0.38	0.28	0.37
1844	0.38	0.29	0.37
1843	0.38	–	0.37
1842	0.38	–	0.37
1841	0.38	–	0.37
1840	0.38	–	0.36
1839	0.38	–	0.36
1838	0.38	–	0.36
1837	0.38	–	0.36
1836	0.38	–	0.36
1835	0.38	–	0.36
1834	0.38	–	0.35
1833	0.38	–	0.35
1832	0.38	–	0.35
1831	0.38	–	0.35
1830	0.38	–	0.35
1829	0.38	–	0.35
1828	0.38	–	0.35
1827	0.38	–	0.35
1826	0.38	–	0.35
1825	0.38	–	0.35
1824	0.37	–	0.34
1823	0.37	–	0.35
1822	0.23	0.28	0.34
1821	0.17	0.27	0.34
1820	0.17	0.25	0.33
1819	0.16	0.25	0.32
1818	0.16	0.25	0.31
1817	0.16	0.25	0.31
1816	0.16	0.25	0.32
1815	0.16	0.25	0.32
1814	0.16	0.25	0.3
1813	0.16	0.25	0.29
1812	0.16	0.25	0.28
1811	0.16	0.25	0.28
1810	0.16	0.25	0.29
1809	0.16	0.26	0.29
1808	0.16	0.27	0.28
1807	0.14	0.27	0.28
1806	0.14	0.26	0.27
1805	0.14	0.22	0.27
1804	0.14	0.21	0.27
1803	0.14	0.21	0.27
1802	0.14	0.21	0.27
1801	0.14	0.21	0.27
1800	0.14	0.21	0.27
1799	0.14	0.21	0.28
1798	0.14	0.21	0.27
1797	0.14	0.21	0.27
1796	0.14	0.21	0.27
1795	0.14	0.19	0.27
1794	0.14	0.19	0.27
1793	0.14	0.19	0.27
1792	0.14	0.19	0.27
1791	0.14	0.19	0.27
1790	0.14	0.19	0.27
1789	0.14	0.19	0.27

Each country on its own

Good to know

V-Dem’s civil liberties index: how free people are from government violence and how far they hold private and political liberties, from 0 to 1.
Source: V-Dem (2026), via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 175 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time