Chad vs Congo - Kinshasa: Human rights

Human rights in 2025: 0.28 of 1 in Chad and 0.42 of 1 in Congo - Kinshasa, by V-Dem estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 0.14 of 1, or 1.48 times that in Chad.

Watch it change on the map

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What the numbers say

Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2009, when it overtook Chad.
In 2025, Chad ranked 153 and Congo - Kinshasa ranked 135 of 175 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 0.65 of 1 in 2025.

Every year

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Year	Chad	Congo - Kinshasa	World
2025	0.28	0.42	0.65
2024	0.3	0.4	0.65
2023	0.3	0.46	0.66
2022	0.28	0.51	0.66
2021	0.32	0.51	0.67
2020	0.35	0.49	0.67
2019	0.38	0.53	0.68
2018	0.36	0.4	0.68
2017	0.35	0.37	0.68
2016	0.39	0.4	0.68
2015	0.39	0.42	0.69
2014	0.39	0.43	0.69
2013	0.4	0.42	0.7
2012	0.4	0.42	0.7
2011	0.4	0.42	0.7
2010	0.4	0.43	0.7
2009	0.39	0.41	0.69
2008	0.38	0.38	0.69
2007	0.38	0.38	0.69
2006	0.39	0.38	0.69
2005	0.39	0.38	0.69
2004	0.4	0.37	0.69
2003	0.4	0.34	0.69
2002	0.4	0.32	0.68
2001	0.4	0.31	0.68
2000	0.4	0.3	0.67
1999	0.4	0.29	0.66
1998	0.4	0.27	0.65
1997	0.4	0.18	0.65
1996	0.4	0.23	0.65
1995	0.39	0.22	0.65
1994	0.39	0.21	0.64
1993	0.39	0.21	0.63
1992	0.39	0.21	0.62
1991	0.38	0.21	0.6
1990	0.25	0.18	0.57
1989	0.18	0.12	0.51
1988	0.18	0.12	0.5
1987	0.18	0.11	0.5
1986	0.18	0.11	0.49
1985	0.18	0.11	0.48
1984	0.18	0.11	0.47
1983	0.18	0.11	0.47
1982	0.18	0.11	0.46
1981	0.19	0.11	0.46
1980	0.21	0.11	0.46
1979	0.27	0.11	0.45
1978	0.28	0.11	0.44
1977	0.28	0.11	0.44
1976	0.28	0.11	0.44
1975	0.24	0.11	0.44
1974	0.24	0.11	0.43
1973	0.24	0.11	0.43
1972	0.26	0.11	0.44
1971	0.27	0.11	0.44
1970	0.27	0.1	0.44
1969	0.28	0.11	0.44
1968	0.28	0.11	0.45
1967	0.28	0.11	0.45
1966	0.28	0.14	0.46
1965	0.28	0.2	0.46
1964	0.28	0.23	0.46
1963	0.29	0.23	0.46
1962	0.3	0.23	0.46
1961	0.31	0.23	0.46
1960	0.31	0.21	0.46
1959	0.25	0.07	0.44
1958	0.25	0.06	0.44
1957	0.25	0.05	0.43
1956	0.25	0.05	0.43
1955	0.25	0.05	0.43
1954	0.25	0.03	0.43
1953	0.25	0.03	0.43
1952	0.25	0.03	0.43
1951	0.25	0.03	0.43
1950	0.25	0.03	0.42
1949	0.24	0.04	0.42
1948	0.24	0.04	0.42
1947	0.24	0.04	0.42
1946	0.22	0.04	0.42
1945	0.21	0.03	0.38
1944	0.2	0.03	0.35
1943	0.2	0.03	0.35
1942	0.19	0.03	0.35
1941	0.19	0.03	0.35
1940	0.19	0.03	0.36
1939	0.19	0.03	0.38
1938	0.19	0.03	0.39
1937	0.19	0.03	0.39
1936	0.19	0.03	0.39
1935	0.19	0.03	0.4
1934	0.19	0.03	0.4
1933	0.19	0.03	0.4
1932	0.19	0.03	0.41
1931	0.19	0.03	0.41
1930	0.19	0.03	0.41
1929	0.19	0.03	0.41
1928	0.19	0.03	0.41
1927	0.19	0.03	0.41
1926	0.19	0.03	0.41
1925	0.19	0.03	0.41
1924	0.19	0.03	0.42
1923	0.19	0.03	0.41
1922	0.19	0.03	0.42
1921	0.19	0.03	0.42
1920	0.19	0.03	0.42
1919	–	0.04	0.41
1918	–	0.04	0.4
1917	–	0.04	0.39
1916	–	0.04	0.39
1915	–	0.04	0.4
1914	–	0.04	0.4
1913	–	0.04	0.41
1912	–	0.04	0.41
1911	–	0.04	0.41
1910	–	0.04	0.41
1909	–	0.04	0.41
1908	–	0.06	0.41
1907	–	0.06	0.41
1906	–	0.06	0.41
1905	–	0.06	0.41
1904	–	0.06	0.41
1903	–	0.06	0.41
1902	–	0.06	0.41
1901	–	0.06	0.41
1900	–	0.06	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	–	–	0.44
1883	–	–	0.44
1882	–	–	0.44
1881	–	–	0.44
1880	–	–	0.44
1879	–	–	0.45
1878	–	–	0.45
1877	–	–	0.44
1876	–	–	0.45
1875	–	–	0.45
1874	–	–	0.45
1873	–	–	0.45
1872	–	–	0.44
1871	–	–	0.45
1870	–	–	0.44
1869	–	–	0.44
1868	–	–	0.43
1867	–	–	0.44
1866	–	–	0.43
1865	–	–	0.43
1864	–	–	0.42
1863	–	–	0.43
1862	–	–	0.43
1861	–	–	0.42
1860	–	–	0.41
1859	–	–	0.4
1858	–	–	0.4
1857	–	–	0.4
1856	–	–	0.4
1855	–	–	0.4
1854	–	–	0.4
1853	–	–	0.4
1852	–	–	0.39
1851	–	–	0.39
1850	–	–	0.39
1849	–	–	0.41
1848	–	–	0.4
1847	–	–	0.38
1846	–	–	0.38
1845	–	–	0.37
1844	–	–	0.37
1843	–	–	0.37
1842	–	–	0.37
1841	–	–	0.37
1840	–	–	0.36
1839	–	–	0.36
1838	–	–	0.36
1837	–	–	0.36
1836	–	–	0.36
1835	–	–	0.36
1834	–	–	0.35
1833	–	–	0.35
1832	–	–	0.35
1831	–	–	0.35
1830	–	–	0.35
1829	–	–	0.35
1828	–	–	0.35
1827	–	–	0.35
1826	–	–	0.35
1825	–	–	0.35
1824	–	–	0.34
1823	–	–	0.35
1822	–	–	0.34
1821	–	–	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

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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.

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Chad vs Congo - Kinshasa

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Electoral democracyChad: 0.24 of 1 in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 0.31 of 1 in 2025

Conflict

Deaths in conflictsChad: 85 deaths in 2022Congo - Kinshasa: 5,228 deaths in 2022