Burkina Faso vs South Sudan: Human rights

Human rights in 2025: 0.46 of 1 in Burkina Faso and 0.23 of 1 in South Sudan, by V-Dem estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Burkina Faso, by 0.23 of 1, or 2 times that in South Sudan.

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What the numbers say

Burkina Faso has been higher since 1988, when it overtook South Sudan.
In 2025, Burkina Faso ranked 130 and South Sudan ranked 159 of 175 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 0.65 of 1 in 2025.

Every year

index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

Year	Burkina Faso	South Sudan	World
2025	0.46	0.23	0.65
2024	0.5	0.24	0.65
2023	0.68	0.22	0.66
2022	0.78	0.17	0.66
2021	0.83	0.2	0.67
2020	0.82	0.19	0.67
2019	0.82	0.2	0.68
2018	0.83	0.14	0.68
2017	0.85	0.12	0.68
2016	0.83	0.14	0.68
2015	0.84	0.17	0.69
2014	0.81	0.16	0.69
2013	0.79	0.2	0.7
2012	0.76	0.31	0.7
2011	0.77	0.32	0.7
2010	0.77	0.15	0.7
2009	0.75	0.16	0.69
2008	0.75	0.16	0.69
2007	0.75	0.15	0.69
2006	0.75	0.15	0.69
2005	0.75	0.15	0.69
2004	0.75	0.13	0.69
2003	0.75	0.1	0.69
2002	0.75	0.1	0.68
2001	0.75	0.1	0.68
2000	0.75	0.1	0.67
1999	0.68	0.09	0.66
1998	0.61	0.09	0.65
1997	0.61	0.09	0.65
1996	0.61	0.09	0.65
1995	0.61	0.09	0.65
1994	0.61	0.09	0.64
1993	0.61	0.08	0.63
1992	0.59	0.08	0.62
1991	0.52	0.08	0.6
1990	0.47	0.08	0.57
1989	0.47	0.17	0.51
1988	0.47	0.44	0.5
1987	0.45	0.46	0.5
1986	0.45	0.46	0.49
1985	0.45	0.42	0.48
1984	0.45	0.24	0.47
1983	0.46	0.23	0.47
1982	0.45	0.24	0.46
1981	0.45	0.24	0.46
1980	0.5	0.24	0.46
1979	0.55	0.22	0.45
1978	0.55	0.22	0.44
1977	0.53	0.21	0.44
1976	0.54	0.21	0.44
1975	0.54	0.21	0.44
1974	0.54	0.21	0.43
1973	0.54	0.21	0.43
1972	0.54	0.21	0.44
1971	0.54	0.2	0.44
1970	0.55	0.2	0.44
1969	0.54	0.21	0.44
1968	0.54	0.44	0.45
1967	0.54	0.44	0.45
1966	0.54	0.44	0.46
1965	0.54	0.44	0.46
1964	0.54	0.34	0.46
1963	0.54	0.23	0.46
1962	0.54	0.23	0.46
1961	0.54	0.24	0.46
1960	0.55	0.24	0.46
1959	0.45	0.25	0.44
1958	0.45	0.47	0.44
1957	0.44	0.48	0.43
1956	0.44	0.48	0.43
1955	0.44	0.43	0.43
1954	0.43	0.45	0.43
1953	0.43	0.44	0.43
1952	0.43	0.27	0.43
1951	0.43	0.27	0.43
1950	0.43	0.27	0.42
1949	0.41	0.27	0.42
1948	0.41	0.27	0.42
1947	0.41	0.27	0.42
1946	–	0.27	0.42
1945	–	0.27	0.38
1944	–	0.27	0.35
1943	–	0.27	0.35
1942	–	0.27	0.35
1941	–	0.27	0.35
1940	–	0.27	0.36
1939	–	0.27	0.38
1938	–	0.27	0.39
1937	–	0.27	0.39
1936	–	0.27	0.39
1935	–	0.27	0.4
1934	–	0.27	0.4
1933	–	0.27	0.4
1932	–	0.27	0.41
1931	0.37	0.27	0.41
1930	0.37	0.27	0.41
1929	0.36	0.26	0.41
1928	0.37	0.26	0.41
1927	0.37	0.26	0.41
1926	0.37	0.26	0.41
1925	0.37	0.25	0.41
1924	0.37	0.25	0.42
1923	0.37	0.26	0.41
1922	0.37	0.26	0.42
1921	0.37	0.26	0.42
1920	0.37	0.24	0.42
1919	0.37	0.24	0.41
1918	–	0.24	0.4
1917	–	0.24	0.39
1916	–	0.24	0.39
1915	–	0.24	0.4
1914	–	0.24	0.4
1913	–	0.24	0.41
1912	–	0.24	0.41
1911	–	0.24	0.41
1910	–	0.24	0.41
1909	–	0.24	0.41
1908	–	0.24	0.41
1907	–	0.24	0.41
1906	–	0.24	0.41
1905	–	0.24	0.41
1904	–	0.24	0.41
1903	–	0.24	0.41
1902	–	0.24	0.41
1901	–	0.24	0.41
1900	–	0.24	0.41
1899	–	–	0.47
1898	–	–	0.47
1897	–	–	0.46
1896	–	–	0.47
1895	–	–	0.46
1894	–	–	0.46
1893	–	–	0.46
1892	–	–	0.45
1891	–	–	0.45
1890	–	–	0.45
1889	–	–	0.45
1888	–	–	0.45
1887	–	–	0.45
1886	–	–	0.44
1885	–	–	0.44
1884	–	0.4	0.44
1883	–	0.4	0.44
1882	–	0.4	0.44
1881	–	0.41	0.44
1880	–	0.42	0.44
1879	–	0.42	0.45
1878	–	0.4	0.45
1877	–	0.38	0.44
1876	–	0.37	0.45
1875	–	0.37	0.45
1874	–	0.37	0.45
1873	–	0.37	0.45
1872	–	0.37	0.44
1871	–	0.37	0.45
1870	–	0.37	0.44
1869	–	0.36	0.44
1868	–	0.36	0.43
1867	–	0.36	0.44
1866	–	0.36	0.43
1865	–	0.36	0.43
1864	–	0.36	0.42
1863	–	0.36	0.43
1862	–	0.36	0.43
1861	–	0.36	0.42
1860	–	0.36	0.41
1859	–	0.36	0.4
1858	–	0.36	0.4
1857	–	0.36	0.4
1856	–	0.36	0.4
1855	–	0.36	0.4
1854	–	0.36	0.4
1853	–	0.36	0.4
1852	–	0.36	0.39
1851	–	0.36	0.39
1850	–	0.34	0.39
1849	–	0.35	0.41
1848	–	0.33	0.4
1847	–	0.33	0.38
1846	–	0.33	0.38
1845	–	0.33	0.37
1844	–	0.33	0.37
1843	–	0.33	0.37
1842	–	0.33	0.37
1841	–	0.32	0.37
1840	–	0.32	0.36
1839	–	0.31	0.36
1838	–	0.31	0.36
1837	–	0.31	0.36
1836	–	0.31	0.36
1835	–	0.31	0.36
1834	–	0.31	0.35
1833	–	0.31	0.35
1832	–	0.31	0.35
1831	–	0.31	0.35
1830	–	0.31	0.35
1829	–	0.31	0.35
1828	–	0.31	0.35
1827	–	0.31	0.35
1826	–	0.31	0.35
1825	–	0.31	0.35
1824	–	0.31	0.34
1823	–	0.31	0.35
1822	–	0.31	0.34
1821	–	0.31	0.34
1820	–	–	0.33
1819	–	–	0.32
1818	–	–	0.31
1817	–	–	0.31
1816	–	–	0.32
1815	–	–	0.32
1814	–	–	0.3
1813	–	–	0.29
1812	–	–	0.28
1811	–	–	0.28
1810	–	–	0.29
1809	–	–	0.29
1808	–	–	0.28
1807	–	–	0.28
1806	–	–	0.27
1805	–	–	0.27
1804	–	–	0.27
1803	–	–	0.27
1802	–	–	0.27
1801	–	–	0.27
1800	–	–	0.27
1799	–	–	0.28
1798	–	–	0.27
1797	–	–	0.27
1796	–	–	0.27
1795	–	–	0.27
1794	–	–	0.27
1793	–	–	0.27
1792	–	–	0.27
1791	–	–	0.27
1790	–	–	0.27
1789	–	–	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

Burkina Faso vs South Sudan

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Electoral democracyBurkina Faso: 0.13 of 1 in 2025South Sudan: 0.13 of 1 in 2025

Conflict

Deaths in conflictsBurkina Faso: 2,595 deaths in 2022South Sudan: 679 deaths in 2022