Ireland vs Spain: Human rights

Human rights in 2025: 0.96 of 1 in Ireland and 0.94 of 1 in Spain, by V-Dem estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ireland, by 0.01 of 1, or 1.01 times that in Spain.

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index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

All years Since 1950 Since 1990 Since 2010

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Latest figures

index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

Country	Latest	10 years before	Rank in 2025
Ireland	0.96 2025	0.96	4 of 175
Spain	0.94 2025	0.95	13 of 175
World	0.65 2025	0.69

What the numbers say

Ireland has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Spain.
In 2025, Ireland ranked 4 and Spain ranked 13 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	Ireland	Spain	World
2025	0.96	0.94	0.65
2024	0.96	0.95	0.65
2023	0.96	0.95	0.66
2022	0.96	0.95	0.66
2021	0.95	0.94	0.67
2020	0.96	0.94	0.67
2019	0.96	0.95	0.68
2018	0.94	0.95	0.68
2017	0.96	0.95	0.68
2016	0.96	0.95	0.68
2015	0.96	0.95	0.69
2014	0.96	0.96	0.69
2013	0.96	0.96	0.7
2012	0.96	0.96	0.7
2011	0.95	0.96	0.7
2010	0.95	0.96	0.7
2009	0.95	0.96	0.69
2008	0.95	0.96	0.69
2007	0.95	0.96	0.69
2006	0.95	0.96	0.69
2005	0.95	0.96	0.69
2004	0.95	0.96	0.69
2003	0.95	0.96	0.69
2002	0.95	0.96	0.68
2001	0.95	0.96	0.68
2000	0.95	0.96	0.67
1999	0.95	0.96	0.66
1998	0.95	0.96	0.65
1997	0.95	0.96	0.65
1996	0.95	0.96	0.65
1995	0.95	0.95	0.65
1994	0.95	0.95	0.64
1993	0.95	0.95	0.63
1992	0.95	0.95	0.62
1991	0.95	0.95	0.6
1990	0.94	0.95	0.57
1989	0.93	0.95	0.51
1988	0.93	0.95	0.5
1987	0.93	0.95	0.5
1986	0.93	0.9	0.49
1985	0.93	0.89	0.48
1984	0.93	0.89	0.47
1983	0.93	0.89	0.47
1982	0.92	0.87	0.46
1981	0.92	0.87	0.46
1980	0.92	0.87	0.46
1979	0.92	0.87	0.45
1978	0.92	0.83	0.44
1977	0.92	0.64	0.44
1976	0.92	0.37	0.44
1975	0.92	0.26	0.44
1974	0.92	0.24	0.43
1973	0.92	0.24	0.43
1972	0.92	0.23	0.44
1971	0.92	0.23	0.44
1970	0.91	0.23	0.44
1969	0.9	0.22	0.44
1968	0.9	0.22	0.45
1967	0.9	0.22	0.45
1966	0.9	0.22	0.46
1965	0.9	0.21	0.46
1964	0.9	0.21	0.46
1963	0.9	0.21	0.46
1962	0.9	0.21	0.46
1961	0.9	0.21	0.46
1960	0.9	0.21	0.46
1959	0.89	0.18	0.44
1958	0.89	0.17	0.44
1957	0.89	0.16	0.43
1956	0.89	0.16	0.43
1955	0.89	0.16	0.43
1954	0.89	0.16	0.43
1953	0.89	0.16	0.43
1952	0.89	0.16	0.43
1951	0.89	0.16	0.43
1950	0.89	0.16	0.42
1949	0.89	0.15	0.42
1948	0.88	0.15	0.42
1947	0.88	0.15	0.42
1946	0.88	0.15	0.42
1945	0.88	0.14	0.38
1944	0.88	0.13	0.35
1943	0.88	0.13	0.35
1942	0.88	0.11	0.35
1941	0.88	0.11	0.35
1940	0.88	0.1	0.36
1939	0.88	0.27	0.38
1938	0.88	0.34	0.39
1937	0.88	0.35	0.39
1936	0.88	0.59	0.39
1935	0.88	0.75	0.4
1934	0.86	0.75	0.4
1933	0.86	0.75	0.4
1932	0.86	0.75	0.41
1931	0.86	0.62	0.41
1930	0.86	0.3	0.41
1929	0.86	0.29	0.41
1928	0.86	0.29	0.41
1927	0.86	0.29	0.41
1926	0.86	0.29	0.41
1925	0.82	0.29	0.41
1924	0.8	0.29	0.42
1923	0.74	0.35	0.41
1922	0.71	0.48	0.42
1921	0.68	0.49	0.42
1920	0.68	0.49	0.42
1919	0.67	0.49	0.41
1918	0.81	0.49	0.4
1917	0.81	0.49	0.39
1916	0.81	0.49	0.39
1915	0.82	0.49	0.4
1914	0.82	0.49	0.4
1913	0.84	0.49	0.41
1912	0.84	0.49	0.41
1911	0.84	0.49	0.41
1910	0.84	0.49	0.41
1909	0.83	0.49	0.41
1908	0.83	0.49	0.41
1907	0.83	0.49	0.41
1906	0.83	0.49	0.41
1905	0.83	0.49	0.41
1904	0.83	0.49	0.41
1903	0.83	0.49	0.41
1902	0.83	0.49	0.41
1901	0.83	0.49	0.41
1900	0.83	0.49	0.41
1899	0.83	0.48	0.47
1898	0.83	0.48	0.47
1897	0.83	0.48	0.46
1896	0.83	0.48	0.47
1895	0.83	0.48	0.46
1894	0.83	0.48	0.46
1893	0.83	0.48	0.46
1892	0.83	0.48	0.45
1891	0.83	0.48	0.45
1890	0.83	0.48	0.45
1889	0.83	0.48	0.45
1888	0.83	0.48	0.45
1887	0.83	0.48	0.45
1886	0.83	0.48	0.44
1885	0.83	0.48	0.44
1884	0.83	0.48	0.44
1883	0.83	0.48	0.44
1882	0.82	0.48	0.44
1881	0.82	0.46	0.44
1880	0.82	0.45	0.44
1879	0.8	0.44	0.45
1878	0.8	0.44	0.45
1877	0.8	0.44	0.44
1876	0.8	0.44	0.45
1875	0.8	0.44	0.45
1874	0.8	0.51	0.45
1873	0.8	0.52	0.45
1872	0.79	0.52	0.44
1871	0.79	0.52	0.45
1870	0.78	0.52	0.44
1869	0.77	0.52	0.44
1868	0.79	0.42	0.43
1867	0.78	0.4	0.44
1866	0.78	0.41	0.43
1865	0.78	0.41	0.43
1864	0.78	0.41	0.42
1863	0.78	0.41	0.43
1862	0.78	0.41	0.43
1861	0.78	0.41	0.42
1860	0.78	0.41	0.41
1859	0.78	0.41	0.4
1858	0.78	0.41	0.4
1857	0.78	0.4	0.4
1856	0.78	0.44	0.4
1855	0.78	0.44	0.4
1854	0.78	0.42	0.4
1853	0.78	0.39	0.4
1852	0.78	0.39	0.39
1851	0.78	0.39	0.39
1850	0.77	0.39	0.39
1849	0.77	0.39	0.41
1848	0.77	0.39	0.4
1847	0.77	0.4	0.38
1846	0.77	0.4	0.38
1845	0.77	0.4	0.37
1844	0.77	0.4	0.37
1843	0.75	0.4	0.37
1842	0.75	0.4	0.37
1841	0.75	0.4	0.37
1840	0.75	0.37	0.36
1839	0.73	0.37	0.36
1838	0.72	0.37	0.36
1837	0.71	0.36	0.36
1836	0.71	0.36	0.36
1835	0.71	0.32	0.36
1834	0.66	0.32	0.35
1833	0.64	0.28	0.35
1832	0.63	0.28	0.35
1831	0.63	0.28	0.35
1830	0.63	0.27	0.35
1829	0.59	0.27	0.35
1828	0.6	0.27	0.35
1827	0.6	0.27	0.35
1826	0.6	0.27	0.35
1825	0.59	0.27	0.35
1824	0.55	0.27	0.34
1823	0.55	0.46	0.35
1822	0.55	0.46	0.34
1821	0.55	0.46	0.34
1820	0.55	0.38	0.33
1819	0.54	0.25	0.32
1818	0.56	0.25	0.31
1817	0.56	0.25	0.31
1816	0.56	0.25	0.32
1815	0.57	0.25	0.32
1814	0.57	0.32	0.3
1813	0.57	0.34	0.29
1812	0.57	0.34	0.28
1811	0.57	0.34	0.28
1810	0.57	0.34	0.29
1809	0.57	0.34	0.29
1808	0.57	0.32	0.28
1807	0.57	0.26	0.28
1806	0.57	0.26	0.27
1805	0.57	0.26	0.27
1804	0.57	0.26	0.27
1803	0.57	0.26	0.27
1802	0.57	0.26	0.27
1801	0.57	0.26	0.27
1800	0.57	0.26	0.27
1799	0.57	0.26	0.28
1798	0.57	0.26	0.27
1797	0.57	0.26	0.27
1796	0.57	0.26	0.27
1795	0.54	0.26	0.27
1794	0.55	0.26	0.27
1793	0.55	0.26	0.27
1792	0.55	0.26	0.27
1791	0.56	0.26	0.27
1790	0.56	0.26	0.27
1789	0.56	0.26	0.27

Each country on its own

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