Hungary vs Slovakia: Human rights

Human rights in 2025: 0.79 of 1 in Hungary and 0.86 of 1 in Slovakia, by V-Dem estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Slovakia, by 0.06 of 1, or 1.08 times that in Hungary.

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What the numbers say

Slovakia has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Hungary.
The world as a whole: 0.65 of 1 in 2025.

Every year

index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

Year	Hungary	Slovakia	World
2025	0.79	0.86	0.65
2024	0.82	0.86	0.65
2023	0.82	0.92	0.66
2022	0.83	0.91	0.66
2021	0.83	0.89	0.67
2020	0.83	0.89	0.67
2019	0.84	0.91	0.68
2018	0.84	0.9	0.68
2017	0.86	0.92	0.68
2016	0.88	0.93	0.68
2015	0.88	0.94	0.69
2014	0.89	0.93	0.69
2013	0.89	0.93	0.7
2012	0.91	0.94	0.7
2011	0.91	0.94	0.7
2010	0.93	0.94	0.7
2009	0.95	0.93	0.69
2008	0.95	0.94	0.69
2007	0.95	0.94	0.69
2006	0.93	0.94	0.69
2005	0.95	0.94	0.69
2004	0.95	0.94	0.69
2003	0.95	0.94	0.69
2002	0.95	0.94	0.68
2001	0.95	0.94	0.68
2000	0.95	0.94	0.67
1999	0.95	0.94	0.66
1998	0.95	0.89	0.65
1997	0.95	0.87	0.65
1996	0.95	0.86	0.65
1995	0.95	0.87	0.65
1994	0.95	0.87	0.64
1993	0.95	0.9	0.63
1992	0.95	0.96	0.62
1991	0.95	0.96	0.6
1990	0.95	0.96	0.57
1989	0.61	0.29	0.51
1988	0.41	0.25	0.5
1987	0.35	0.25	0.5
1986	0.35	0.24	0.49
1985	0.34	0.24	0.48
1984	0.33	0.24	0.47
1983	0.33	0.24	0.47
1982	0.33	0.24	0.46
1981	0.33	0.24	0.46
1980	0.33	0.24	0.46
1979	0.31	0.24	0.45
1978	0.31	0.24	0.44
1977	0.31	0.24	0.44
1976	0.31	0.24	0.44
1975	0.31	0.24	0.44
1974	0.31	0.24	0.43
1973	0.31	0.24	0.43
1972	0.31	0.24	0.44
1971	0.31	0.24	0.44
1970	0.3	0.24	0.44
1969	0.29	0.26	0.44
1968	0.26	0.32	0.45
1967	0.24	0.25	0.45
1966	0.24	0.23	0.46
1965	0.23	0.23	0.46
1964	0.23	0.23	0.46
1963	0.21	0.23	0.46
1962	0.17	0.22	0.46
1961	0.16	0.22	0.46
1960	0.14	0.19	0.46
1959	0.14	0.16	0.44
1958	0.1	0.16	0.44
1957	0.04	0.16	0.43
1956	0.05	0.16	0.43
1955	0.06	0.13	0.43
1954	0.06	0.13	0.43
1953	0.04	0.1	0.43
1952	0.04	0.1	0.43
1951	0.04	0.1	0.43
1950	0.04	0.1	0.42
1949	0.08	0.1	0.42
1948	0.23	0.15	0.42
1947	0.37	0.53	0.42
1946	0.36	0.52	0.42
1945	0.2	0.36	0.38
1944	0.16	0.16	0.35
1943	0.33	0.17	0.35
1942	0.35	0.17	0.35
1941	0.35	0.17	0.35
1940	0.41	0.18	0.36
1939	0.49	0.19	0.38
1938	0.51	0.81	0.39
1937	0.52	0.86	0.39
1936	0.53	0.86	0.39
1935	0.53	0.86	0.4
1934	0.54	0.86	0.4
1933	0.54	0.86	0.4
1932	0.54	0.87	0.41
1931	0.54	0.87	0.41
1930	0.53	0.88	0.41
1929	0.53	0.88	0.41
1928	0.53	0.88	0.41
1927	0.53	0.89	0.41
1926	0.54	0.89	0.41
1925	0.54	0.89	0.41
1924	0.54	0.89	0.42
1923	0.53	0.89	0.41
1922	0.52	0.89	0.42
1921	0.51	0.89	0.42
1920	0.43	0.89	0.42
1919	0.21	0.89	0.41
1918	0.54	0.54	0.4
1917	0.54	0.54	0.39
1916	0.54	0.54	0.39
1915	0.54	0.54	0.4
1914	0.54	0.54	0.4
1913	0.56	0.56	0.41
1912	0.56	0.56	0.41
1911	0.56	0.56	0.41
1910	0.56	0.56	0.41
1909	0.56	0.56	0.41
1908	0.56	0.56	0.41
1907	0.56	0.56	0.41
1906	0.56	0.56	0.41
1905	0.56	0.56	0.41
1904	0.56	0.56	0.41
1903	0.56	0.56	0.41
1902	0.56	0.56	0.41
1901	0.56	0.56	0.41
1900	0.56	0.56	0.41
1899	0.56	0.56	0.47
1898	0.56	0.56	0.47
1897	0.56	0.56	0.46
1896	0.56	0.56	0.47
1895	0.56	0.56	0.46
1894	0.57	0.57	0.46
1893	0.56	0.56	0.46
1892	0.56	0.56	0.45
1891	0.56	0.56	0.45
1890	0.56	0.56	0.45
1889	0.56	0.56	0.45
1888	0.56	0.56	0.45
1887	0.56	0.56	0.45
1886	0.56	0.56	0.44
1885	0.56	0.56	0.44
1884	0.56	0.56	0.44
1883	0.56	0.56	0.44
1882	0.56	0.56	0.44
1881	0.56	0.56	0.44
1880	0.56	0.56	0.44
1879	0.56	0.56	0.45
1878	0.56	0.56	0.45
1877	0.56	0.56	0.44
1876	0.56	0.56	0.45
1875	0.56	0.56	0.45
1874	0.56	0.56	0.45
1873	0.56	0.56	0.45
1872	0.56	0.56	0.44
1871	0.56	0.56	0.45
1870	0.59	0.59	0.44
1869	0.59	0.59	0.44
1868	0.59	0.59	0.43
1867	0.57	0.57	0.44
1866	0.46	0.46	0.43
1865	0.45	0.45	0.43
1864	0.43	0.43	0.42
1863	0.43	0.43	0.43
1862	0.43	0.43	0.43
1861	0.43	0.43	0.42
1860	0.41	0.41	0.41
1859	0.38	0.38	0.4
1858	0.38	0.38	0.4
1857	0.38	0.38	0.4
1856	0.38	0.38	0.4
1855	0.38	0.38	0.4
1854	0.32	0.32	0.4
1853	0.32	0.32	0.4
1852	0.32	0.32	0.39
1851	0.32	0.32	0.39
1850	0.32	0.32	0.39
1849	0.56	0.56	0.41
1848	0.71	0.71	0.4
1847	0.45	0.45	0.38
1846	0.45	0.45	0.38
1845	0.45	0.45	0.37
1844	0.45	0.45	0.37
1843	0.45	0.45	0.37
1842	0.45	0.45	0.37
1841	0.45	0.45	0.37
1840	0.44	0.44	0.36
1839	0.41	0.41	0.36
1838	0.41	0.41	0.36
1837	0.41	0.41	0.36
1836	0.41	0.41	0.36
1835	0.41	0.41	0.36
1834	0.41	0.41	0.35
1833	0.41	0.41	0.35
1832	0.41	0.41	0.35
1831	0.41	0.41	0.35
1830	0.41	0.41	0.35
1829	0.41	0.41	0.35
1828	0.41	0.41	0.35
1827	0.41	0.41	0.35
1826	0.41	0.41	0.35
1825	0.41	0.41	0.35
1824	0.41	0.41	0.34
1823	0.41	0.41	0.35
1822	0.41	0.41	0.34
1821	0.41	0.41	0.34
1820	0.41	0.41	0.33
1819	0.41	0.41	0.32
1818	0.41	0.41	0.31
1817	0.41	0.41	0.31
1816	0.41	0.41	0.32
1815	0.41	0.41	0.32
1814	0.41	0.41	0.3
1813	0.41	0.41	0.29
1812	0.41	0.41	0.28
1811	0.41	0.41	0.28
1810	0.41	0.41	0.29
1809	0.41	0.41	0.29
1808	0.41	0.41	0.28
1807	0.41	0.41	0.28
1806	0.41	0.41	0.27
1805	0.41	0.41	0.27
1804	0.41	0.41	0.27
1803	0.41	0.41	0.27
1802	0.41	0.41	0.27
1801	0.41	0.41	0.27
1800	0.41	0.41	0.27
1799	0.41	0.41	0.28
1798	0.41	0.41	0.27
1797	0.41	0.41	0.27
1796	0.41	0.41	0.27
1795	0.4	0.4	0.27
1794	0.41	0.41	0.27
1793	0.41	0.41	0.27
1792	0.41	0.41	0.27
1791	0.41	0.41	0.27
1790	0.41	0.41	0.27
1789	0.41	0.41	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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