Egypt vs Libya: Human rights

Human rights in 2025: 0.23 of 1 in Egypt and 0.32 of 1 in Libya, by V-Dem estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Libya, by 0.09 of 1, or 1.39 times that in Egypt.

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What the numbers say

Libya has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Egypt.
In 2025, Egypt ranked 158 and Libya ranked 145 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	Egypt	Libya	World
2025	0.23	0.32	0.65
2024	0.24	0.33	0.65
2023	0.23	0.32	0.66
2022	0.23	0.34	0.66
2021	0.21	0.32	0.67
2020	0.21	0.31	0.67
2019	0.19	0.31	0.68
2018	0.17	0.32	0.68
2017	0.17	0.33	0.68
2016	0.17	0.38	0.68
2015	0.17	0.38	0.69
2014	0.17	0.39	0.69
2013	0.21	0.42	0.7
2012	0.42	0.48	0.7
2011	0.39	0.31	0.7
2010	0.31	0.11	0.7
2009	0.31	0.11	0.69
2008	0.31	0.11	0.69
2007	0.31	0.12	0.69
2006	0.31	0.11	0.69
2005	0.31	0.11	0.69
2004	0.31	0.11	0.69
2003	0.31	0.11	0.69
2002	0.31	0.11	0.68
2001	0.31	0.11	0.68
2000	0.31	0.11	0.67
1999	0.31	0.11	0.66
1998	0.31	0.11	0.65
1997	0.32	0.11	0.65
1996	0.33	0.11	0.65
1995	0.33	0.11	0.65
1994	0.33	0.11	0.64
1993	0.33	0.11	0.63
1992	0.32	0.11	0.62
1991	0.32	0.11	0.6
1990	0.32	0.11	0.57
1989	0.32	0.11	0.51
1988	0.32	0.11	0.5
1987	0.32	0.11	0.5
1986	0.32	0.11	0.49
1985	0.32	0.11	0.48
1984	0.32	0.11	0.47
1983	0.32	0.11	0.47
1982	0.33	0.11	0.46
1981	0.33	0.11	0.46
1980	0.29	0.11	0.46
1979	0.3	0.11	0.45
1978	0.31	0.11	0.44
1977	0.31	0.11	0.44
1976	0.32	0.11	0.44
1975	0.32	0.11	0.44
1974	0.32	0.11	0.43
1973	0.32	0.11	0.43
1972	0.31	0.11	0.44
1971	0.3	0.11	0.44
1970	0.28	0.11	0.44
1969	0.26	0.19	0.44
1968	0.26	0.3	0.45
1967	0.26	0.31	0.45
1966	0.26	0.31	0.46
1965	0.26	0.31	0.46
1964	0.26	0.3	0.46
1963	0.26	0.32	0.46
1962	0.26	0.32	0.46
1961	0.26	0.32	0.46
1960	0.26	0.32	0.46
1959	0.28	0.31	0.44
1958	0.28	0.31	0.44
1957	0.28	0.31	0.43
1956	0.28	0.31	0.43
1955	0.28	0.31	0.43
1954	0.29	0.31	0.43
1953	0.35	0.31	0.43
1952	0.42	0.31	0.43
1951	0.42	0.32	0.43
1950	0.42	–	0.42
1949	0.41	–	0.42
1948	0.41	–	0.42
1947	0.41	–	0.42
1946	0.41	–	0.42
1945	0.41	–	0.38
1944	0.41	–	0.35
1943	0.41	–	0.35
1942	0.41	–	0.35
1941	0.41	0.05	0.35
1940	0.41	0.05	0.36
1939	0.41	0.03	0.38
1938	0.41	0.03	0.39
1937	0.41	0.03	0.39
1936	0.41	0.03	0.39
1935	0.41	0.03	0.4
1934	0.41	0.03	0.4
1933	0.41	0.03	0.4
1932	0.41	0.03	0.41
1931	0.41	0.04	0.41
1930	0.41	0.04	0.41
1929	0.41	0.04	0.41
1928	0.41	0.04	0.41
1927	0.41	0.04	0.41
1926	0.41	0.04	0.41
1925	0.41	0.04	0.41
1924	0.39	0.04	0.42
1923	0.39	0.04	0.41
1922	0.39	0.04	0.42
1921	0.39	0.04	0.42
1920	0.39	0.04	0.42
1919	0.39	0.04	0.41
1918	0.39	0.04	0.4
1917	0.4	0.04	0.39
1916	0.4	0.04	0.39
1915	0.4	0.04	0.4
1914	0.4	0.04	0.4
1913	0.4	0.04	0.41
1912	0.41	0.04	0.41
1911	0.41	0.04	0.41
1910	0.41	–	0.41
1909	0.41	–	0.41
1908	0.41	–	0.41
1907	0.41	–	0.41
1906	0.41	–	0.41
1905	0.41	–	0.41
1904	0.41	–	0.41
1903	0.41	–	0.41
1902	0.41	–	0.41
1901	0.41	–	0.41
1900	0.4	–	0.41
1899	0.4	–	0.47
1898	0.4	–	0.47
1897	0.4	–	0.46
1896	0.4	–	0.47
1895	0.4	–	0.46
1894	0.4	–	0.46
1893	0.4	–	0.46
1892	0.4	–	0.45
1891	0.4	–	0.45
1890	0.4	–	0.45
1889	0.4	–	0.45
1888	0.4	–	0.45
1887	0.4	–	0.45
1886	0.4	–	0.44
1885	0.4	–	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	0.23	0.35
1833	0.31	0.23	0.35
1832	0.31	0.23	0.35
1831	0.31	0.23	0.35
1830	0.31	0.23	0.35
1829	0.31	0.23	0.35
1828	0.31	0.23	0.35
1827	0.31	0.23	0.35
1826	0.31	0.23	0.35
1825	0.31	0.23	0.35
1824	0.31	0.23	0.34
1823	0.31	0.23	0.35
1822	0.31	0.23	0.34
1821	0.31	0.23	0.34
1820	0.31	0.23	0.33
1819	0.31	0.23	0.32
1818	0.31	0.23	0.31
1817	0.31	0.23	0.31
1816	0.31	0.23	0.32
1815	0.31	0.23	0.32
1814	0.31	0.23	0.3
1813	0.31	0.23	0.29
1812	0.31	0.23	0.28
1811	0.31	0.23	0.28
1810	0.31	0.23	0.29
1809	0.31	0.23	0.29
1808	0.31	0.23	0.28
1807	0.31	0.23	0.28
1806	0.31	0.23	0.27
1805	0.31	0.23	0.27
1804	0.31	0.23	0.27
1803	0.31	0.23	0.27
1802	0.31	0.23	0.27
1801	0.31	0.23	0.27
1800	0.31	0.23	0.27
1799	0.31	0.23	0.28
1798	0.31	0.23	0.27
1797	0.31	0.23	0.27
1796	0.31	0.23	0.27
1795	0.31	0.23	0.27
1794	0.31	0.23	0.27
1793	0.31	0.23	0.27
1792	0.31	0.23	0.27
1791	0.31	0.23	0.27
1790	0.31	0.23	0.27
1789	0.31	0.23	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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