Germany vs Türkiye: Human rights

Human rights in 2025: 0.94 of 1 in Germany and 0.4 of 1 in Türkiye, by V-Dem estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Germany, by 0.54 of 1, or 2.34 times that in Türkiye.

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index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

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What the numbers say

Germany has been higher since 1991, when it overtook Türkiye.
The world as a whole: 0.65 of 1 in 2025.

Every year

index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

Year	Germany	Türkiye	World
2025	0.94	0.4	0.65
2024	0.94	0.4	0.65
2023	0.95	0.39	0.66
2022	0.95	0.36	0.66
2021	0.95	0.36	0.67
2020	0.95	0.36	0.67
2019	0.96	0.37	0.68
2018	0.96	0.36	0.68
2017	0.96	0.33	0.68
2016	0.96	0.35	0.68
2015	0.96	0.51	0.69
2014	0.96	0.54	0.69
2013	0.96	0.54	0.7
2012	0.97	0.64	0.7
2011	0.97	0.65	0.7
2010	0.97	0.65	0.7
2009	0.97	0.68	0.69
2008	0.97	0.68	0.69
2007	0.97	0.7	0.69
2006	0.97	0.71	0.69
2005	0.97	0.71	0.69
2004	0.97	0.72	0.69
2003	0.97	0.71	0.69
2002	0.97	0.67	0.68
2001	0.97	0.57	0.68
2000	0.97	0.56	0.67
1999	0.97	0.51	0.66
1998	0.97	0.49	0.65
1997	0.97	0.49	0.65
1996	0.97	0.48	0.65
1995	0.97	0.47	0.65
1994	0.97	0.47	0.64
1993	0.97	0.47	0.63
1992	0.97	0.47	0.62
1991	0.97	0.46	0.6
1990	–	0.47	0.57
1989	–	0.42	0.51
1988	–	0.42	0.5
1987	–	0.41	0.5
1986	–	0.39	0.49
1985	–	0.38	0.48
1984	–	0.38	0.47
1983	–	0.3	0.47
1982	–	0.24	0.46
1981	–	0.24	0.46
1980	–	0.3	0.46
1979	–	0.49	0.45
1978	–	0.49	0.44
1977	–	0.49	0.44
1976	–	0.5	0.44
1975	–	0.5	0.44
1974	–	0.5	0.43
1973	–	0.48	0.43
1972	–	0.45	0.44
1971	–	0.44	0.44
1970	–	0.5	0.44
1969	–	0.53	0.44
1968	–	0.53	0.45
1967	–	0.53	0.45
1966	–	0.53	0.46
1965	–	0.52	0.46
1964	–	0.52	0.46
1963	–	0.51	0.46
1962	–	0.47	0.46
1961	–	0.41	0.46
1960	–	0.37	0.46
1959	–	0.46	0.44
1958	–	0.46	0.44
1957	–	0.46	0.43
1956	–	0.46	0.43
1955	–	0.46	0.43
1954	–	0.48	0.43
1953	–	0.49	0.43
1952	–	0.47	0.43
1951	–	0.46	0.43
1950	–	0.42	0.42
1949	–	0.36	0.42
1948	–	0.36	0.42
1947	–	0.35	0.42
1946	–	0.34	0.42
1945	–	0.28	0.38
1944	0.03	0.27	0.35
1943	0.03	0.27	0.35
1942	0.03	0.26	0.35
1941	0.03	0.26	0.35
1940	0.03	0.27	0.36
1939	0.03	0.27	0.38
1938	0.04	0.27	0.39
1937	0.05	0.27	0.39
1936	0.05	0.27	0.39
1935	0.05	0.27	0.4
1934	0.05	0.27	0.4
1933	0.19	0.27	0.4
1932	0.72	0.27	0.41
1931	0.75	0.27	0.41
1930	0.75	0.25	0.41
1929	0.76	0.27	0.41
1928	0.76	0.27	0.41
1927	0.76	0.26	0.41
1926	0.76	0.26	0.41
1925	0.76	0.25	0.41
1924	0.76	0.28	0.42
1923	0.76	0.25	0.41
1922	0.76	0.25	0.42
1921	0.77	0.26	0.42
1920	0.77	0.26	0.42
1919	0.75	0.21	0.41
1918	0.58	0.16	0.4
1917	0.57	0.14	0.39
1916	0.57	0.14	0.39
1915	0.57	0.14	0.4
1914	0.6	0.15	0.4
1913	0.65	0.2	0.41
1912	0.65	0.27	0.41
1911	0.65	0.3	0.41
1910	0.65	0.34	0.41
1909	0.65	0.37	0.41
1908	0.65	0.24	0.41
1907	0.65	0.17	0.41
1906	0.65	0.18	0.41
1905	0.65	0.18	0.41
1904	0.65	0.18	0.41
1903	0.65	0.18	0.41
1902	0.65	0.18	0.41
1901	0.65	0.18	0.41
1900	0.65	0.18	0.41
1899	0.62	0.17	0.47
1898	0.62	0.17	0.47
1897	0.62	0.17	0.46
1896	0.62	0.17	0.47
1895	0.62	0.17	0.46
1894	0.62	0.17	0.46
1893	0.62	0.17	0.46
1892	0.62	0.17	0.45
1891	0.62	0.17	0.45
1890	0.62	0.17	0.45
1889	0.61	0.18	0.45
1888	0.61	0.18	0.45
1887	0.61	0.18	0.45
1886	0.61	0.19	0.44
1885	0.61	0.19	0.44
1884	0.61	0.19	0.44
1883	0.61	0.19	0.44
1882	0.61	0.19	0.44
1881	0.61	0.19	0.44
1880	0.61	0.19	0.44
1879	0.61	0.23	0.45
1878	0.61	0.23	0.45
1877	0.61	0.21	0.44
1876	0.61	0.37	0.45
1875	0.61	0.35	0.45
1874	0.61	0.35	0.45
1873	0.61	0.35	0.45
1872	0.61	0.35	0.44
1871	0.61	0.35	0.45
1870	0.49	0.35	0.44
1869	0.48	0.35	0.44
1868	0.48	0.35	0.43
1867	0.46	0.35	0.44
1866	0.42	0.34	0.43
1865	0.42	0.34	0.43
1864	0.42	0.35	0.42
1863	0.42	0.35	0.43
1862	0.42	0.35	0.43
1861	0.42	0.35	0.42
1860	0.39	0.35	0.41
1859	0.39	0.33	0.4
1858	0.39	0.33	0.4
1857	0.39	0.33	0.4
1856	0.39	0.32	0.4
1855	0.39	0.32	0.4
1854	0.39	0.32	0.4
1853	0.39	0.32	0.4
1852	0.39	0.32	0.39
1851	0.39	0.32	0.39
1850	0.39	0.32	0.39
1849	0.42	0.32	0.41
1848	0.44	0.32	0.4
1847	0.28	0.32	0.38
1846	0.27	0.32	0.38
1845	0.27	0.32	0.37
1844	0.27	0.32	0.37
1843	0.27	0.32	0.37
1842	0.27	0.32	0.37
1841	0.27	0.32	0.37
1840	0.27	0.32	0.36
1839	0.27	0.29	0.36
1838	0.27	0.17	0.36
1837	0.27	0.17	0.36
1836	0.27	0.17	0.36
1835	0.27	0.17	0.36
1834	0.27	0.17	0.35
1833	0.27	0.17	0.35
1832	0.27	0.17	0.35
1831	0.27	0.17	0.35
1830	0.27	0.17	0.35
1829	0.27	0.17	0.35
1828	0.27	0.17	0.35
1827	0.27	0.17	0.35
1826	0.27	0.17	0.35
1825	0.27	0.17	0.35
1824	0.27	0.17	0.34
1823	0.27	0.17	0.35
1822	0.27	0.17	0.34
1821	0.27	0.17	0.34
1820	0.27	0.17	0.33
1819	0.27	0.17	0.32
1818	0.27	0.17	0.31
1817	0.27	0.17	0.31
1816	0.27	0.17	0.32
1815	0.27	0.17	0.32
1814	0.27	0.17	0.3
1813	0.27	0.17	0.29
1812	0.27	0.17	0.28
1811	0.27	0.17	0.28
1810	0.27	0.17	0.29
1809	0.27	0.17	0.29
1808	0.24	0.17	0.28
1807	0.23	0.18	0.28
1806	0.23	0.18	0.27
1805	0.23	0.18	0.27
1804	0.23	0.18	0.27
1803	0.23	0.18	0.27
1802	0.23	0.18	0.27
1801	0.23	0.18	0.27
1800	0.23	0.18	0.27
1799	0.23	0.18	0.28
1798	0.23	0.18	0.27
1797	0.23	0.18	0.27
1796	0.23	0.18	0.27
1795	0.23	0.18	0.27
1794	0.23	0.18	0.27
1793	0.23	0.18	0.27
1792	0.23	0.18	0.27
1791	0.23	0.18	0.27
1790	0.23	0.18	0.27
1789	0.23	0.18	0.27

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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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