Dominican Republic vs Haiti: Human rights

Human rights in 2025: 0.87 of 1 in Dominican Republic and 0.74 of 1 in Haiti, by V-Dem estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Dominican Republic, by 0.13 of 1, or 1.18 times that in Haiti.

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What the numbers say

Dominican Republic has been higher since 1961, when it overtook Haiti.
The world as a whole: 0.65 of 1 in 2025.

Every year

index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

Year	Dominican Republic	Haiti	World
2025	0.87	0.74	0.65
2024	0.87	0.74	0.65
2023	0.88	0.73	0.66
2022	0.88	0.73	0.66
2021	0.88	0.75	0.67
2020	0.88	0.75	0.67
2019	0.85	0.76	0.68
2018	0.86	0.76	0.68
2017	0.84	0.76	0.68
2016	0.85	0.8	0.68
2015	0.84	0.79	0.69
2014	0.85	0.79	0.69
2013	0.85	0.79	0.7
2012	0.85	0.8	0.7
2011	0.85	0.8	0.7
2010	0.86	0.81	0.7
2009	0.86	0.81	0.69
2008	0.86	0.81	0.69
2007	0.86	0.82	0.69
2006	0.86	0.77	0.69
2005	0.86	0.74	0.69
2004	0.86	0.71	0.69
2003	0.86	0.72	0.69
2002	0.86	0.73	0.68
2001	0.86	0.76	0.68
2000	0.86	0.78	0.67
1999	0.86	0.77	0.66
1998	0.86	0.77	0.65
1997	0.85	0.77	0.65
1996	0.79	0.73	0.65
1995	0.77	0.72	0.65
1994	0.71	0.46	0.64
1993	0.75	0.43	0.63
1992	0.75	0.43	0.62
1991	0.75	0.57	0.6
1990	0.74	0.57	0.57
1989	0.74	0.53	0.51
1988	0.73	0.53	0.5
1987	0.75	0.52	0.5
1986	0.77	0.22	0.49
1985	0.78	0.13	0.48
1984	0.78	0.13	0.47
1983	0.81	0.13	0.47
1982	0.81	0.14	0.46
1981	0.81	0.13	0.46
1980	0.81	0.13	0.46
1979	0.81	0.14	0.45
1978	0.41	0.14	0.44
1977	0.36	0.14	0.44
1976	0.36	0.14	0.44
1975	0.36	0.14	0.44
1974	0.35	0.14	0.43
1973	0.35	0.14	0.43
1972	0.35	0.14	0.44
1971	0.35	0.13	0.44
1970	0.35	0.12	0.44
1969	0.36	0.12	0.44
1968	0.36	0.12	0.45
1967	0.34	0.12	0.45
1966	0.33	0.12	0.46
1965	0.34	0.12	0.46
1964	0.36	0.12	0.46
1963	0.69	0.12	0.46
1962	0.31	0.12	0.46
1961	0.14	0.12	0.46
1960	0.11	0.12	0.46
1959	0.12	0.12	0.44
1958	0.12	0.13	0.44
1957	0.12	0.2	0.43
1956	0.12	0.39	0.43
1955	0.12	0.39	0.43
1954	0.12	0.4	0.43
1953	0.12	0.4	0.43
1952	0.12	0.4	0.43
1951	0.12	0.4	0.43
1950	0.12	0.42	0.42
1949	0.12	0.41	0.42
1948	0.12	0.41	0.42
1947	0.12	0.42	0.42
1946	0.12	0.41	0.42
1945	0.11	0.37	0.38
1944	0.11	0.38	0.35
1943	0.11	0.38	0.35
1942	0.11	0.38	0.35
1941	0.1	0.38	0.35
1940	0.1	0.38	0.36
1939	0.1	0.38	0.38
1938	0.1	0.38	0.39
1937	0.1	0.38	0.39
1936	0.1	0.38	0.39
1935	0.1	0.38	0.4
1934	0.1	0.37	0.4
1933	0.1	0.38	0.4
1932	0.1	0.38	0.41
1931	0.1	0.38	0.41
1930	0.14	0.38	0.41
1929	0.39	0.38	0.41
1928	0.39	0.38	0.41
1927	0.39	0.38	0.41
1926	0.35	0.38	0.41
1925	0.35	0.38	0.41
1924	0.28	0.38	0.42
1923	0.28	0.38	0.41
1922	0.28	0.38	0.42
1921	0.28	0.38	0.42
1920	0.28	0.38	0.42
1919	0.28	0.38	0.41
1918	0.28	0.38	0.4
1917	0.28	0.38	0.39
1916	0.29	0.38	0.39
1915	0.45	0.38	0.4
1914	0.45	0.37	0.4
1913	0.45	0.37	0.41
1912	0.44	0.37	0.41
1911	0.41	0.4	0.41
1910	0.41	0.4	0.41
1909	0.41	0.4	0.41
1908	0.41	0.4	0.41
1907	0.41	0.4	0.41
1906	0.41	0.4	0.41
1905	0.42	0.4	0.41
1904	0.42	0.4	0.41
1903	0.42	0.4	0.41
1902	0.42	0.4	0.41
1901	0.42	0.4	0.41
1900	0.42	0.4	0.41
1899	0.24	0.4	0.47
1898	0.23	0.4	0.47
1897	0.23	0.4	0.46
1896	0.23	0.4	0.47
1895	0.23	0.4	0.46
1894	0.23	0.4	0.46
1893	0.23	0.4	0.46
1892	0.23	0.4	0.45
1891	0.23	0.4	0.45
1890	0.23	0.4	0.45
1889	0.23	0.4	0.45
1888	0.23	0.4	0.45
1887	0.23	0.4	0.45
1886	0.23	0.4	0.44
1885	0.23	0.4	0.44
1884	0.23	0.4	0.44
1883	0.29	0.4	0.44
1882	0.33	0.4	0.44
1881	0.55	0.4	0.44
1880	0.55	0.4	0.44
1879	0.55	0.4	0.45
1878	0.55	0.4	0.45
1877	0.55	0.4	0.44
1876	0.53	0.4	0.45
1875	0.53	0.4	0.45
1874	0.53	0.4	0.45
1873	0.53	0.4	0.45
1872	0.53	0.4	0.44
1871	0.53	0.4	0.45
1870	0.53	0.4	0.44
1869	0.53	0.4	0.44
1868	0.53	0.4	0.43
1867	0.53	0.4	0.44
1866	0.53	0.4	0.43
1865	0.13	0.4	0.43
1864	0.11	0.4	0.42
1863	0.11	0.4	0.43
1862	0.11	0.4	0.43
1861	0.11	0.4	0.42
1860	0.27	0.4	0.41
1859	0.28	0.29	0.4
1858	0.28	0.29	0.4
1857	0.28	0.29	0.4
1856	0.28	0.29	0.4
1855	0.28	0.29	0.4
1854	0.28	0.29	0.4
1853	0.28	0.29	0.4
1852	0.28	0.29	0.39
1851	0.28	0.29	0.39
1850	0.28	0.29	0.39
1849	0.28	0.29	0.41
1848	0.28	0.29	0.4
1847	0.28	0.36	0.38
1846	0.28	0.36	0.38
1845	0.28	0.36	0.37
1844	0.29	0.36	0.37
1843	–	0.36	0.37
1842	–	0.36	0.37
1841	–	0.36	0.37
1840	–	0.36	0.36
1839	–	0.36	0.36
1838	–	0.36	0.36
1837	–	0.36	0.36
1836	–	0.36	0.36
1835	–	0.36	0.36
1834	–	0.36	0.35
1833	–	0.36	0.35
1832	–	0.36	0.35
1831	–	0.36	0.35
1830	–	0.36	0.35
1829	–	0.36	0.35
1828	–	0.36	0.35
1827	–	0.36	0.35
1826	–	0.36	0.35
1825	–	0.36	0.35
1824	–	0.36	0.34
1823	–	0.36	0.35
1822	0.28	0.36	0.34
1821	0.27	0.36	0.34
1820	0.25	0.14	0.33
1819	0.25	0.14	0.32
1818	0.25	0.14	0.31
1817	0.25	0.14	0.31
1816	0.25	0.14	0.32
1815	0.25	0.14	0.32
1814	0.25	0.14	0.3
1813	0.25	0.14	0.29
1812	0.25	0.14	0.28
1811	0.25	0.14	0.28
1810	0.25	0.14	0.29
1809	0.26	0.14	0.29
1808	0.27	0.14	0.28
1807	0.27	0.14	0.28
1806	0.26	0.1	0.27
1805	0.22	0.1	0.27
1804	0.21	0.09	0.27
1803	0.21	0.06	0.27
1802	0.21	0.07	0.27
1801	0.21	0.07	0.27
1800	0.21	0.08	0.27
1799	0.21	0.08	0.28
1798	0.21	0.16	0.27
1797	0.21	0.2	0.27
1796	0.21	0.22	0.27
1795	0.19	0.22	0.27
1794	0.19	0.21	0.27
1793	0.19	0.19	0.27
1792	0.19	0.19	0.27
1791	0.19	0.12	0.27
1790	0.19	0.12	0.27
1789	0.19	0.07	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

Dominican Republic vs Haiti

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Electoral democracyDominican Republic: 0.74 of 1 in 2025Haiti: 0.24 of 1 in 2025

Conflict

Deaths in conflictsDominican Republic: 0 deaths in 2022Haiti: 235 deaths in 2022