Gabon vs Congo - Brazzaville: Human rights

Human rights in 2025: 0.79 of 1 in Gabon and 0.33 of 1 in Congo - Brazzaville, by V-Dem estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Gabon, by 0.46 of 1, or 2.42 times that in Congo - Brazzaville.

Watch it change on the map

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What the numbers say

Gabon has been higher since 1964, when it overtook Congo - Brazzaville.
In 2025, Gabon ranked 82 and Congo - Brazzaville ranked 144 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	Gabon	Congo - Brazzaville	World
2025	0.79	0.33	0.65
2024	0.79	0.34	0.65
2023	0.79	0.34	0.66
2022	0.81	0.33	0.66
2021	0.8	0.34	0.67
2020	0.8	0.33	0.67
2019	0.84	0.3	0.68
2018	0.85	0.33	0.68
2017	0.87	0.3	0.68
2016	0.86	0.31	0.68
2015	0.86	0.32	0.69
2014	0.86	0.32	0.69
2013	0.86	0.32	0.7
2012	0.8	0.33	0.7
2011	0.82	0.33	0.7
2010	0.82	0.33	0.7
2009	0.78	0.33	0.69
2008	0.78	0.33	0.69
2007	0.78	0.33	0.69
2006	0.78	0.33	0.69
2005	0.78	0.33	0.69
2004	0.78	0.33	0.69
2003	0.78	0.33	0.69
2002	0.78	0.33	0.68
2001	0.78	0.33	0.68
2000	0.78	0.33	0.67
1999	0.78	0.34	0.66
1998	0.78	0.34	0.65
1997	0.78	0.34	0.65
1996	0.78	0.57	0.65
1995	0.78	0.57	0.65
1994	0.78	0.57	0.64
1993	0.78	0.57	0.63
1992	0.78	0.54	0.62
1991	0.77	0.51	0.6
1990	0.64	0.28	0.57
1989	0.4	0.13	0.51
1988	0.4	0.13	0.5
1987	0.4	0.13	0.5
1986	0.4	0.13	0.49
1985	0.4	0.14	0.48
1984	0.4	0.14	0.47
1983	0.4	0.14	0.47
1982	0.4	0.14	0.46
1981	0.4	0.14	0.46
1980	0.39	0.14	0.46
1979	0.39	0.14	0.45
1978	0.38	0.14	0.44
1977	0.38	0.14	0.44
1976	0.38	0.14	0.44
1975	0.38	0.14	0.44
1974	0.38	0.14	0.43
1973	0.38	0.14	0.43
1972	0.38	0.14	0.44
1971	0.38	0.14	0.44
1970	0.38	0.14	0.44
1969	0.38	0.14	0.44
1968	0.38	0.17	0.45
1967	0.4	0.35	0.45
1966	0.37	0.35	0.46
1965	0.37	0.35	0.46
1964	0.38	0.35	0.46
1963	0.38	0.41	0.46
1962	0.38	0.42	0.46
1961	0.37	0.43	0.46
1960	0.37	0.44	0.46
1959	0.27	0.19	0.44
1958	0.27	0.17	0.44
1957	0.2	0.17	0.43
1956	0.2	0.16	0.43
1955	0.2	0.16	0.43
1954	0.2	0.16	0.43
1953	0.2	0.17	0.43
1952	0.2	0.16	0.43
1951	0.2	0.16	0.43
1950	0.2	0.16	0.42
1949	0.17	0.16	0.42
1948	0.17	0.16	0.42
1947	0.17	0.16	0.42
1946	0.17	0.16	0.42
1945	0.09	0.15	0.38
1944	0.09	0.14	0.35
1943	0.09	0.14	0.35
1942	0.09	0.14	0.35
1941	0.09	0.14	0.35
1940	0.09	0.14	0.36
1939	0.08	0.14	0.38
1938	0.08	0.14	0.39
1937	0.08	0.14	0.39
1936	0.08	0.14	0.39
1935	0.08	0.14	0.4
1934	0.08	0.14	0.4
1933	0.08	0.14	0.4
1932	0.08	0.14	0.41
1931	0.08	0.14	0.41
1930	0.08	0.14	0.41
1929	0.08	0.14	0.41
1928	0.08	0.14	0.41
1927	0.08	0.14	0.41
1926	0.08	0.14	0.41
1925	0.08	0.14	0.41
1924	0.08	0.14	0.42
1923	0.08	0.14	0.41
1922	0.08	0.14	0.42
1921	0.08	0.14	0.42
1920	0.08	0.14	0.42
1919	0.08	0.14	0.41
1918	0.08	0.14	0.4
1917	0.08	0.14	0.39
1916	0.08	0.14	0.39
1915	0.08	0.14	0.4
1914	0.08	0.14	0.4
1913	0.08	0.14	0.41
1912	0.08	0.14	0.41
1911	0.08	0.14	0.41
1910	0.08	0.14	0.41
1909	–	0.14	0.41
1908	–	0.14	0.41
1907	–	0.14	0.41
1906	–	0.14	0.41
1905	–	0.14	0.41
1904	–	0.14	0.41
1903	–	0.14	0.41
1902	–	–	0.41
1901	–	–	0.41
1900	–	–	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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Gabon vs Congo - Brazzaville

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Politics

Electoral democracyGabon: 0.3 of 1 in 2025Congo - Brazzaville: 0.24 of 1 in 2025

Conflict

Deaths in conflictsGabon: 0 deaths in 2022Congo - Brazzaville: 22 deaths in 2022