Colombia vs Congo - Kinshasa: Human rights

Human rights in 2025: 0.77 of 1 in Colombia and 0.42 of 1 in Congo - Kinshasa, by V-Dem estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Colombia, by 0.35 of 1, or 1.82 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

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What the numbers say

Colombia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1900.
In 2025, Colombia ranked 87 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

index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

Year	Colombia	Congo - Kinshasa	World
2025	0.77	0.42	0.65
2024	0.74	0.4	0.65
2023	0.79	0.46	0.66
2022	0.79	0.51	0.66
2021	0.67	0.51	0.67
2020	0.69	0.49	0.67
2019	0.7	0.53	0.68
2018	0.76	0.4	0.68
2017	0.81	0.37	0.68
2016	0.81	0.4	0.68
2015	0.8	0.42	0.69
2014	0.81	0.43	0.69
2013	0.8	0.42	0.7
2012	0.8	0.42	0.7
2011	0.8	0.42	0.7
2010	0.75	0.43	0.7
2009	0.7	0.41	0.69
2008	0.69	0.38	0.69
2007	0.69	0.38	0.69
2006	0.68	0.38	0.69
2005	0.68	0.38	0.69
2004	0.67	0.37	0.69
2003	0.66	0.34	0.69
2002	0.6	0.32	0.68
2001	0.62	0.31	0.68
2000	0.62	0.3	0.67
1999	0.62	0.29	0.66
1998	0.61	0.27	0.65
1997	0.61	0.18	0.65
1996	0.61	0.23	0.65
1995	0.61	0.22	0.65
1994	0.61	0.21	0.64
1993	0.61	0.21	0.63
1992	0.62	0.21	0.62
1991	0.6	0.21	0.6
1990	0.52	0.18	0.57
1989	0.51	0.12	0.51
1988	0.51	0.12	0.5
1987	0.52	0.11	0.5
1986	0.53	0.11	0.49
1985	0.55	0.11	0.48
1984	0.55	0.11	0.47
1983	0.53	0.11	0.47
1982	0.42	0.11	0.46
1981	0.4	0.11	0.46
1980	0.4	0.11	0.46
1979	0.4	0.11	0.45
1978	0.43	0.11	0.44
1977	0.53	0.11	0.44
1976	0.53	0.11	0.44
1975	0.53	0.11	0.44
1974	0.52	0.11	0.43
1973	0.55	0.11	0.43
1972	0.55	0.11	0.44
1971	0.55	0.11	0.44
1970	0.54	0.1	0.44
1969	0.54	0.11	0.44
1968	0.54	0.11	0.45
1967	0.54	0.11	0.45
1966	0.54	0.14	0.46
1965	0.54	0.2	0.46
1964	0.54	0.23	0.46
1963	0.54	0.23	0.46
1962	0.54	0.23	0.46
1961	0.54	0.23	0.46
1960	0.54	0.21	0.46
1959	0.54	0.07	0.44
1958	0.44	0.06	0.44
1957	0.3	0.05	0.43
1956	0.3	0.05	0.43
1955	0.3	0.05	0.43
1954	0.29	0.03	0.43
1953	0.26	0.03	0.43
1952	0.26	0.03	0.43
1951	0.26	0.03	0.43
1950	0.26	0.03	0.42
1949	0.26	0.04	0.42
1948	0.28	0.04	0.42
1947	0.4	0.04	0.42
1946	0.41	0.04	0.42
1945	0.54	0.03	0.38
1944	0.52	0.03	0.35
1943	0.52	0.03	0.35
1942	0.52	0.03	0.35
1941	0.53	0.03	0.35
1940	0.53	0.03	0.36
1939	0.53	0.03	0.38
1938	0.53	0.03	0.39
1937	0.53	0.03	0.39
1936	0.53	0.03	0.39
1935	0.51	0.03	0.4
1934	0.51	0.03	0.4
1933	0.51	0.03	0.4
1932	0.51	0.03	0.41
1931	0.5	0.03	0.41
1930	0.49	0.03	0.41
1929	0.46	0.03	0.41
1928	0.47	0.03	0.41
1927	0.47	0.03	0.41
1926	0.47	0.03	0.41
1925	0.47	0.03	0.41
1924	0.47	0.03	0.42
1923	0.48	0.03	0.41
1922	0.49	0.03	0.42
1921	0.49	0.03	0.42
1920	0.49	0.03	0.42
1919	0.49	0.04	0.41
1918	0.49	0.04	0.4
1917	0.49	0.04	0.39
1916	0.49	0.04	0.39
1915	0.49	0.04	0.4
1914	0.49	0.04	0.4
1913	0.49	0.04	0.41
1912	0.49	0.04	0.41
1911	0.49	0.04	0.41
1910	0.48	0.04	0.41
1909	0.44	0.04	0.41
1908	0.44	0.06	0.41
1907	0.44	0.06	0.41
1906	0.44	0.06	0.41
1905	0.44	0.06	0.41
1904	0.44	0.06	0.41
1903	0.42	0.06	0.41
1902	0.34	0.06	0.41
1901	0.34	0.06	0.41
1900	0.34	0.06	0.41
1899	0.34	–	0.47
1898	0.41	–	0.47
1897	0.41	–	0.46
1896	0.41	–	0.47
1895	0.41	–	0.46
1894	0.41	–	0.46
1893	0.41	–	0.46
1892	0.41	–	0.45
1891	0.41	–	0.45
1890	0.41	–	0.45
1889	0.41	–	0.45
1888	0.41	–	0.45
1887	0.41	–	0.45
1886	0.41	–	0.44
1885	0.51	–	0.44
1884	0.51	–	0.44
1883	0.51	–	0.44
1882	0.51	–	0.44
1881	0.51	–	0.44
1880	0.51	–	0.44
1879	0.51	–	0.45
1878	0.51	–	0.45
1877	0.51	–	0.44
1876	0.51	–	0.45
1875	0.46	–	0.45
1874	0.51	–	0.45
1873	0.51	–	0.45
1872	0.51	–	0.44
1871	0.51	–	0.45
1870	0.51	–	0.44
1869	0.51	–	0.44
1868	0.51	–	0.43
1867	0.46	–	0.44
1866	0.51	–	0.43
1865	0.51	–	0.43
1864	0.51	–	0.42
1863	0.51	–	0.43
1862	0.43	–	0.43
1861	0.43	–	0.42
1860	0.44	–	0.41
1859	0.49	–	0.4
1858	0.49	–	0.4
1857	0.49	–	0.4
1856	0.49	–	0.4
1855	0.44	–	0.4
1854	0.46	–	0.4
1853	0.51	–	0.4
1852	0.51	–	0.39
1851	0.46	–	0.39
1850	0.5	–	0.39
1849	0.49	–	0.41
1848	0.45	–	0.4
1847	0.43	–	0.38
1846	0.43	–	0.38
1845	0.43	–	0.37
1844	0.43	–	0.37
1843	0.37	–	0.37
1842	0.33	–	0.37
1841	0.33	–	0.37
1840	0.33	–	0.36
1839	0.34	–	0.36
1838	0.39	–	0.36
1837	0.39	–	0.36
1836	0.41	–	0.36
1835	0.4	–	0.36
1834	0.4	–	0.35
1833	0.35	–	0.35
1832	0.35	–	0.35
1831	0.3	–	0.35
1830	0.3	–	0.35
1829	0.28	–	0.35
1828	0.29	–	0.35
1827	0.32	–	0.35
1826	0.32	–	0.35
1825	0.32	–	0.35
1824	0.32	–	0.34
1823	0.32	–	0.35
1822	0.32	–	0.34
1821	0.32	–	0.34
1820	0.29	–	0.33
1819	0.22	–	0.32
1818	0.22	–	0.31
1817	0.22	–	0.31
1816	0.22	–	0.32
1815	0.23	–	0.32
1814	0.24	–	0.3
1813	0.24	–	0.29
1812	0.24	–	0.28
1811	0.24	–	0.28
1810	0.24	–	0.29
1809	0.23	–	0.29
1808	0.23	–	0.28
1807	0.23	–	0.28
1806	0.23	–	0.27
1805	0.23	–	0.27
1804	0.23	–	0.27
1803	0.23	–	0.27
1802	0.23	–	0.27
1801	0.23	–	0.27
1800	0.23	–	0.27
1799	0.23	–	0.28
1798	0.23	–	0.27
1797	0.23	–	0.27
1796	0.23	–	0.27
1795	0.23	–	0.27
1794	0.23	–	0.27
1793	0.23	–	0.27
1792	0.23	–	0.27
1791	0.23	–	0.27
1790	0.23	–	0.27
1789	0.23	–	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

Colombia vs Congo - Kinshasa

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Electoral democracyColombia: 0.68 of 1 in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 0.31 of 1 in 2025

Conflict

Deaths in conflictsColombia: 109 deaths in 2022Congo - Kinshasa: 5,228 deaths in 2022