Congo - Kinshasa vs Uganda: Human rights

Human rights in 2025: 0.42 of 1 in Congo - Kinshasa and 0.32 of 1 in Uganda, by V-Dem estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 0.1 of 1, or 1.33 times that in Uganda.

Watch it change on the map

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What the numbers say

Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Uganda.
In 2025, Congo - Kinshasa ranked 135 and Uganda ranked 147 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	Congo - Kinshasa	Uganda	World
2025	0.42	0.32	0.65
2024	0.4	0.39	0.65
2023	0.46	0.39	0.66
2022	0.51	0.41	0.66
2021	0.51	0.41	0.67
2020	0.49	0.44	0.67
2019	0.53	0.42	0.68
2018	0.4	0.43	0.68
2017	0.37	0.44	0.68
2016	0.4	0.47	0.68
2015	0.42	0.52	0.69
2014	0.43	0.53	0.69
2013	0.42	0.53	0.7
2012	0.42	0.53	0.7
2011	0.42	0.53	0.7
2010	0.43	0.54	0.7
2009	0.41	0.56	0.69
2008	0.38	0.57	0.69
2007	0.38	0.58	0.69
2006	0.38	0.58	0.69
2005	0.38	0.57	0.69
2004	0.37	0.55	0.69
2003	0.34	0.53	0.69
2002	0.32	0.54	0.68
2001	0.31	0.55	0.68
2000	0.3	0.56	0.67
1999	0.29	0.58	0.66
1998	0.27	0.58	0.65
1997	0.18	0.58	0.65
1996	0.23	0.58	0.65
1995	0.22	0.56	0.65
1994	0.21	0.52	0.64
1993	0.21	0.51	0.63
1992	0.21	0.49	0.62
1991	0.21	0.48	0.6
1990	0.18	0.44	0.57
1989	0.12	0.42	0.51
1988	0.12	0.42	0.5
1987	0.11	0.39	0.5
1986	0.11	0.31	0.49
1985	0.11	0.25	0.48
1984	0.11	0.26	0.47
1983	0.11	0.26	0.47
1982	0.11	0.26	0.46
1981	0.11	0.28	0.46
1980	0.11	0.28	0.46
1979	0.11	0.11	0.45
1978	0.11	0.1	0.44
1977	0.11	0.1	0.44
1976	0.11	0.1	0.44
1975	0.11	0.1	0.44
1974	0.11	0.11	0.43
1973	0.11	0.11	0.43
1972	0.11	0.12	0.44
1971	0.11	0.2	0.44
1970	0.1	0.27	0.44
1969	0.11	0.28	0.44
1968	0.11	0.31	0.45
1967	0.11	0.31	0.45
1966	0.14	0.42	0.46
1965	0.2	0.48	0.46
1964	0.23	0.48	0.46
1963	0.23	0.49	0.46
1962	0.23	0.41	0.46
1961	0.23	0.36	0.46
1960	0.21	0.36	0.46
1959	0.07	0.36	0.44
1958	0.06	0.35	0.44
1957	0.05	0.35	0.43
1956	0.05	0.35	0.43
1955	0.05	0.31	0.43
1954	0.03	0.3	0.43
1953	0.03	0.3	0.43
1952	0.03	0.29	0.43
1951	0.03	0.26	0.43
1950	0.03	0.25	0.42
1949	0.04	0.24	0.42
1948	0.04	0.24	0.42
1947	0.04	0.24	0.42
1946	0.04	0.24	0.42
1945	0.03	0.24	0.38
1944	0.03	0.24	0.35
1943	0.03	0.24	0.35
1942	0.03	0.24	0.35
1941	0.03	0.24	0.35
1940	0.03	0.24	0.36
1939	0.03	0.24	0.38
1938	0.03	0.24	0.39
1937	0.03	0.24	0.39
1936	0.03	0.24	0.39
1935	0.03	0.24	0.4
1934	0.03	0.24	0.4
1933	0.03	0.24	0.4
1932	0.03	0.24	0.41
1931	0.03	0.24	0.41
1930	0.03	0.24	0.41
1929	0.03	0.24	0.41
1928	0.03	0.24	0.41
1927	0.03	0.24	0.41
1926	0.03	0.24	0.41
1925	0.03	0.24	0.41
1924	0.03	0.24	0.42
1923	0.03	0.24	0.41
1922	0.03	0.24	0.42
1921	0.03	0.24	0.42
1920	0.03	0.27	0.42
1919	0.04	0.27	0.41
1918	0.04	0.27	0.4
1917	0.04	0.27	0.39
1916	0.04	0.27	0.39
1915	0.04	0.27	0.4
1914	0.04	0.27	0.4
1913	0.04	0.27	0.41
1912	0.04	0.27	0.41
1911	0.04	0.27	0.41
1910	0.04	0.27	0.41
1909	0.04	0.27	0.41
1908	0.06	0.27	0.41
1907	0.06	0.27	0.41
1906	0.06	0.27	0.41
1905	0.06	0.27	0.41
1904	0.06	0.27	0.41
1903	0.06	0.27	0.41
1902	0.06	0.27	0.41
1901	0.06	0.27	0.41
1900	0.06	0.27	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.

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

Congo - Kinshasa vs Uganda

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Politics

Electoral democracyCongo - Kinshasa: 0.31 of 1 in 2025Uganda: 0.25 of 1 in 2025

Conflict

Deaths in conflictsCongo - Kinshasa: 5,228 deaths in 2022Uganda: 147 deaths in 2022