Italy vs Vatican City: Human rights

Human rights: 0.9 of 1 in Italy in 2025 and 0.3 of 1 in Vatican City in 1870, by V-Dem estimates. In 1870 the value was higher in Italy, by 0.32 of 1, or 2.06 times that in Vatican City.

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What the numbers say

Italy has been higher since 1849, when it overtook Vatican City.
The world as a whole: 0.44 of 1 in 1870.

Every year

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Year	Italy	Vatican City	World
2025	0.9	–	0.65
2024	0.91	–	0.65
2023	0.91	–	0.66
2022	0.92	–	0.66
2021	0.91	–	0.67
2020	0.91	–	0.67
2019	0.93	–	0.68
2018	0.93	–	0.68
2017	0.94	–	0.68
2016	0.93	–	0.68
2015	0.93	–	0.69
2014	0.93	–	0.69
2013	0.93	–	0.7
2012	0.94	–	0.7
2011	0.94	–	0.7
2010	0.94	–	0.7
2009	0.94	–	0.69
2008	0.93	–	0.69
2007	0.94	–	0.69
2006	0.94	–	0.69
2005	0.94	–	0.69
2004	0.94	–	0.69
2003	0.94	–	0.69
2002	0.94	–	0.68
2001	0.93	–	0.68
2000	0.93	–	0.67
1999	0.94	–	0.66
1998	0.94	–	0.65
1997	0.94	–	0.65
1996	0.94	–	0.65
1995	0.94	–	0.65
1994	0.94	–	0.64
1993	0.93	–	0.63
1992	0.93	–	0.62
1991	0.94	–	0.6
1990	0.93	–	0.57
1989	0.93	–	0.51
1988	0.93	–	0.5
1987	0.93	–	0.5
1986	0.93	–	0.49
1985	0.93	–	0.48
1984	0.93	–	0.47
1983	0.93	–	0.47
1982	0.93	–	0.46
1981	0.93	–	0.46
1980	0.92	–	0.46
1979	0.9	–	0.45
1978	0.9	–	0.44
1977	0.9	–	0.44
1976	0.89	–	0.44
1975	0.88	–	0.44
1974	0.88	–	0.43
1973	0.88	–	0.43
1972	0.88	–	0.44
1971	0.88	–	0.44
1970	0.88	–	0.44
1969	0.87	–	0.44
1968	0.87	–	0.45
1967	0.87	–	0.45
1966	0.87	–	0.46
1965	0.87	–	0.46
1964	0.87	–	0.46
1963	0.87	–	0.46
1962	0.86	–	0.46
1961	0.85	–	0.46
1960	0.84	–	0.46
1959	0.84	–	0.44
1958	0.84	–	0.44
1957	0.84	–	0.43
1956	0.84	–	0.43
1955	0.83	–	0.43
1954	0.83	–	0.43
1953	0.83	–	0.43
1952	0.83	–	0.43
1951	0.83	–	0.43
1950	0.83	–	0.42
1949	0.83	–	0.42
1948	0.83	–	0.42
1947	0.8	–	0.42
1946	0.71	–	0.42
1945	0.43	–	0.38
1944	0.43	–	0.35
1943	0.18	–	0.35
1942	0.17	–	0.35
1941	0.17	–	0.35
1940	0.17	–	0.36
1939	0.17	–	0.38
1938	0.17	–	0.39
1937	0.18	–	0.39
1936	0.18	–	0.39
1935	0.18	–	0.4
1934	0.18	–	0.4
1933	0.18	–	0.4
1932	0.18	–	0.41
1931	0.18	–	0.41
1930	0.18	–	0.41
1929	0.18	–	0.41
1928	0.18	–	0.41
1927	0.19	–	0.41
1926	0.19	–	0.41
1925	0.23	–	0.41
1924	0.32	–	0.42
1923	0.37	–	0.41
1922	0.58	–	0.42
1921	0.69	–	0.42
1920	0.69	–	0.42
1919	0.69	–	0.41
1918	0.64	–	0.4
1917	0.64	–	0.39
1916	0.64	–	0.39
1915	0.65	–	0.4
1914	0.7	–	0.4
1913	0.7	–	0.41
1912	0.71	–	0.41
1911	0.7	–	0.41
1910	0.71	–	0.41
1909	0.71	–	0.41
1908	0.7	–	0.41
1907	0.7	–	0.41
1906	0.7	–	0.41
1905	0.7	–	0.41
1904	0.7	–	0.41
1903	0.7	–	0.41
1902	0.7	–	0.41
1901	0.7	–	0.41
1900	0.69	–	0.41
1899	0.63	–	0.47
1898	0.63	–	0.47
1897	0.67	–	0.46
1896	0.67	–	0.47
1895	0.67	–	0.46
1894	0.67	–	0.46
1893	0.67	–	0.46
1892	0.67	–	0.45
1891	0.66	–	0.45
1890	0.66	–	0.45
1889	0.65	–	0.45
1888	0.65	–	0.45
1887	0.68	–	0.45
1886	0.68	–	0.44
1885	0.68	–	0.44
1884	0.68	–	0.44
1883	0.68	–	0.44
1882	0.68	–	0.44
1881	0.68	–	0.44
1880	0.68	–	0.44
1879	0.68	–	0.45
1878	0.68	–	0.45
1877	0.68	–	0.44
1876	0.68	–	0.45
1875	0.68	–	0.45
1874	0.68	–	0.45
1873	0.68	–	0.45
1872	0.68	–	0.44
1871	0.68	–	0.45
1870	0.62	0.3	0.44
1869	0.62	0.3	0.44
1868	0.62	0.3	0.43
1867	0.62	0.3	0.44
1866	0.62	0.3	0.43
1865	0.62	0.3	0.43
1864	0.62	0.3	0.42
1863	0.62	0.3	0.43
1862	0.62	0.3	0.43
1861	0.59	0.3	0.42
1860	0.59	0.31	0.41
1859	0.59	0.31	0.4
1858	0.59	0.3	0.4
1857	0.59	0.3	0.4
1856	0.59	0.3	0.4
1855	0.59	0.3	0.4
1854	0.59	0.3	0.4
1853	0.59	0.3	0.4
1852	0.59	0.3	0.39
1851	0.59	0.26	0.39
1850	0.59	0.26	0.39
1849	0.57	0.4	0.41
1848	0.42	0.42	0.4
1847	0.31	0.42	0.38
1846	0.31	0.35	0.38
1845	0.31	0.19	0.37
1844	0.31	0.19	0.37
1843	0.31	0.19	0.37
1842	0.31	0.19	0.37
1841	0.31	0.19	0.37
1840	0.31	0.19	0.36
1839	0.31	0.19	0.36
1838	0.31	0.19	0.36
1837	0.31	0.19	0.36
1836	0.31	0.19	0.36
1835	0.31	0.19	0.36
1834	0.31	0.19	0.35
1833	0.31	0.19	0.35
1832	0.31	0.19	0.35
1831	0.31	0.2	0.35
1830	0.22	0.32	0.35
1829	0.22	0.32	0.35
1828	0.22	0.32	0.35
1827	0.22	0.32	0.35
1826	0.22	0.32	0.35
1825	0.22	0.33	0.35
1824	0.22	0.32	0.34
1823	0.22	0.32	0.35
1822	0.22	0.32	0.34
1821	0.22	0.32	0.34
1820	0.22	0.32	0.33
1819	0.22	0.32	0.32
1818	0.22	0.32	0.31
1817	0.22	0.32	0.31
1816	0.22	0.33	0.32
1815	0.22	0.33	0.32
1814	–	0.33	0.3
1813	–	–	0.29
1812	–	–	0.28
1811	–	–	0.28
1810	–	–	0.29
1809	–	0.32	0.29
1808	–	0.32	0.28
1807	–	0.31	0.28
1806	–	0.31	0.27
1805	–	0.31	0.27
1804	–	0.33	0.27
1803	–	0.33	0.27
1802	–	0.33	0.27
1801	–	0.33	0.27
1800	–	0.33	0.27
1799	–	0.35	0.28
1798	–	0.35	0.27
1797	–	0.34	0.27
1796	–	0.34	0.27
1795	–	0.34	0.27
1794	–	0.34	0.27
1793	–	0.34	0.27
1792	–	0.34	0.27
1791	–	0.34	0.27
1790	–	0.34	0.27
1789	–	0.34	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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