Côte d’Ivoire vs South Sudan: Human rights

Human rights in 2025: 0.7 of 1 in Côte d’Ivoire and 0.23 of 1 in South Sudan, by V-Dem estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Côte d’Ivoire, by 0.47 of 1, or 3.07 times that in South Sudan.

Watch it change on the map

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What the numbers say

Côte d’Ivoire has been higher since 1960, when it overtook South Sudan.
The world as a whole: 0.65 of 1 in 2025.

Every year

index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

Year	Côte d’Ivoire	South Sudan	World
2025	0.7	0.23	0.65
2024	0.71	0.24	0.65
2023	0.73	0.22	0.66
2022	0.72	0.17	0.66
2021	0.71	0.2	0.67
2020	0.71	0.19	0.67
2019	0.76	0.2	0.68
2018	0.77	0.14	0.68
2017	0.77	0.12	0.68
2016	0.8	0.14	0.68
2015	0.8	0.17	0.69
2014	0.8	0.16	0.69
2013	0.8	0.2	0.7
2012	0.74	0.31	0.7
2011	0.7	0.32	0.7
2010	0.71	0.15	0.7
2009	0.73	0.16	0.69
2008	0.73	0.16	0.69
2007	0.73	0.15	0.69
2006	0.73	0.15	0.69
2005	0.73	0.15	0.69
2004	0.72	0.13	0.69
2003	0.73	0.1	0.69
2002	0.73	0.1	0.68
2001	0.72	0.1	0.68
2000	0.72	0.1	0.67
1999	0.71	0.09	0.66
1998	0.71	0.09	0.65
1997	0.72	0.09	0.65
1996	0.71	0.09	0.65
1995	0.69	0.09	0.65
1994	0.69	0.09	0.64
1993	0.66	0.08	0.63
1992	0.64	0.08	0.62
1991	0.65	0.08	0.6
1990	0.65	0.08	0.57
1989	0.49	0.17	0.51
1988	0.49	0.44	0.5
1987	0.49	0.46	0.5
1986	0.49	0.46	0.49
1985	0.49	0.42	0.48
1984	0.48	0.24	0.47
1983	0.48	0.23	0.47
1982	0.48	0.24	0.46
1981	0.48	0.24	0.46
1980	0.48	0.24	0.46
1979	0.48	0.22	0.45
1978	0.48	0.22	0.44
1977	0.48	0.21	0.44
1976	0.48	0.21	0.44
1975	0.48	0.21	0.44
1974	0.48	0.21	0.43
1973	0.48	0.21	0.43
1972	0.48	0.21	0.44
1971	0.48	0.2	0.44
1970	0.47	0.2	0.44
1969	0.46	0.21	0.44
1968	0.46	0.44	0.45
1967	0.46	0.44	0.45
1966	0.46	0.44	0.46
1965	0.46	0.44	0.46
1964	0.46	0.34	0.46
1963	0.46	0.23	0.46
1962	0.47	0.23	0.46
1961	0.48	0.24	0.46
1960	0.48	0.24	0.46
1959	0.25	0.25	0.44
1958	0.26	0.47	0.44
1957	0.26	0.48	0.43
1956	0.27	0.48	0.43
1955	0.27	0.43	0.43
1954	0.27	0.45	0.43
1953	0.27	0.44	0.43
1952	0.27	0.27	0.43
1951	0.26	0.27	0.43
1950	0.26	0.27	0.42
1949	0.26	0.27	0.42
1948	0.26	0.27	0.42
1947	0.26	0.27	0.42
1946	0.25	0.27	0.42
1945	0.21	0.27	0.38
1944	0.19	0.27	0.35
1943	0.18	0.27	0.35
1942	0.18	0.27	0.35
1941	0.18	0.27	0.35
1940	0.18	0.27	0.36
1939	0.18	0.27	0.38
1938	0.18	0.27	0.39
1937	0.18	0.27	0.39
1936	0.18	0.27	0.39
1935	0.18	0.27	0.4
1934	0.18	0.27	0.4
1933	0.16	0.27	0.4
1932	0.16	0.27	0.41
1931	0.16	0.27	0.41
1930	0.16	0.27	0.41
1929	0.16	0.26	0.41
1928	0.16	0.26	0.41
1927	0.16	0.26	0.41
1926	0.16	0.26	0.41
1925	0.16	0.25	0.41
1924	0.16	0.25	0.42
1923	0.16	0.26	0.41
1922	0.16	0.26	0.42
1921	0.16	0.26	0.42
1920	0.15	0.24	0.42
1919	0.15	0.24	0.41
1918	0.15	0.24	0.4
1917	0.15	0.24	0.39
1916	0.15	0.24	0.39
1915	0.15	0.24	0.4
1914	0.15	0.24	0.4
1913	0.15	0.24	0.41
1912	0.15	0.24	0.41
1911	0.15	0.24	0.41
1910	0.15	0.24	0.41
1909	0.15	0.24	0.41
1908	0.15	0.24	0.41
1907	0.15	0.24	0.41
1906	0.15	0.24	0.41
1905	0.15	0.24	0.41
1904	0.15	0.24	0.41
1903	0.15	0.24	0.41
1902	0.15	0.24	0.41
1901	0.15	0.24	0.41
1900	0.15	0.24	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	–	0.4	0.44
1883	–	0.4	0.44
1882	–	0.4	0.44
1881	–	0.41	0.44
1880	–	0.42	0.44
1879	–	0.42	0.45
1878	–	0.4	0.45
1877	–	0.38	0.44
1876	–	0.37	0.45
1875	–	0.37	0.45
1874	–	0.37	0.45
1873	–	0.37	0.45
1872	–	0.37	0.44
1871	–	0.37	0.45
1870	–	0.37	0.44
1869	–	0.36	0.44
1868	–	0.36	0.43
1867	–	0.36	0.44
1866	–	0.36	0.43
1865	–	0.36	0.43
1864	–	0.36	0.42
1863	–	0.36	0.43
1862	–	0.36	0.43
1861	–	0.36	0.42
1860	–	0.36	0.41
1859	–	0.36	0.4
1858	–	0.36	0.4
1857	–	0.36	0.4
1856	–	0.36	0.4
1855	–	0.36	0.4
1854	–	0.36	0.4
1853	–	0.36	0.4
1852	–	0.36	0.39
1851	–	0.36	0.39
1850	–	0.34	0.39
1849	–	0.35	0.41
1848	–	0.33	0.4
1847	–	0.33	0.38
1846	–	0.33	0.38
1845	–	0.33	0.37
1844	–	0.33	0.37
1843	–	0.33	0.37
1842	–	0.33	0.37
1841	–	0.32	0.37
1840	–	0.32	0.36
1839	–	0.31	0.36
1838	–	0.31	0.36
1837	–	0.31	0.36
1836	–	0.31	0.36
1835	–	0.31	0.36
1834	–	0.31	0.35
1833	–	0.31	0.35
1832	–	0.31	0.35
1831	–	0.31	0.35
1830	–	0.31	0.35
1829	–	0.31	0.35
1828	–	0.31	0.35
1827	–	0.31	0.35
1826	–	0.31	0.35
1825	–	0.31	0.35
1824	–	0.31	0.34
1823	–	0.31	0.35
1822	–	0.31	0.34
1821	–	0.31	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

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

Côte d’Ivoire vs South Sudan

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Electoral democracyCôte d’Ivoire: 0.39 of 1 in 2025South Sudan: 0.13 of 1 in 2025

Conflict

Deaths in conflictsCôte d’Ivoire: 0 deaths in 2022South Sudan: 679 deaths in 2022