Kosovo vs North Macedonia: Human rights

Human rights in 2025: 0.81 of 1 in Kosovo and 0.79 of 1 in North Macedonia, by V-Dem estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kosovo, by 0.02 of 1, or 1.03 times that in North Macedonia.

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What the numbers say

Kosovo has been higher since 2020, when it overtook North Macedonia.
The world as a whole: 0.65 of 1 in 2025.

Every year

index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

Year	Kosovo	North Macedonia	World
2025	0.81	0.79	0.65
2024	0.81	0.79	0.65
2023	0.82	0.8	0.66
2022	0.82	0.79	0.66
2021	0.83	0.82	0.67
2020	0.83	0.82	0.67
2019	0.83	0.83	0.68
2018	0.82	0.8	0.68
2017	0.78	0.77	0.68
2016	0.78	0.7	0.68
2015	0.79	0.72	0.69
2014	0.79	0.73	0.69
2013	0.8	0.73	0.7
2012	0.8	0.76	0.7
2011	0.8	0.8	0.7
2010	0.79	0.82	0.7
2009	0.77	0.81	0.69
2008	0.74	0.81	0.69
2007	0.74	0.83	0.69
2006	0.74	0.83	0.69
2005	0.74	0.83	0.69
2004	0.74	0.82	0.69
2003	0.73	0.83	0.69
2002	0.7	0.77	0.68
2001	0.7	0.69	0.68
2000	0.7	0.73	0.67
1999	0.7	0.73	0.66
1998	–	0.73	0.65
1997	–	0.73	0.65
1996	–	0.73	0.65
1995	–	0.73	0.65
1994	–	0.72	0.64
1993	–	0.69	0.63
1992	–	0.67	0.62
1991	–	0.67	0.6
1990	–	0.54	0.57
1989	–	0.47	0.51
1988	–	0.47	0.5
1987	–	0.45	0.5
1986	–	0.45	0.49
1985	–	0.45	0.48
1984	–	0.45	0.47
1983	–	0.44	0.47
1982	–	0.44	0.46
1981	–	0.43	0.46
1980	–	0.39	0.46
1979	–	0.39	0.45
1978	–	0.39	0.44
1977	–	0.39	0.44
1976	–	0.38	0.44
1975	–	0.38	0.44
1974	–	0.38	0.43
1973	–	0.37	0.43
1972	–	0.37	0.44
1971	–	0.38	0.44
1970	–	0.38	0.44
1969	–	0.37	0.44
1968	–	0.38	0.45
1967	–	0.38	0.45
1966	–	0.36	0.46
1965	–	0.36	0.46
1964	–	0.34	0.46
1963	–	0.34	0.46
1962	–	0.34	0.46
1961	–	0.34	0.46
1960	–	0.34	0.46
1959	–	0.34	0.44
1958	–	0.34	0.44
1957	–	0.34	0.43
1956	–	0.34	0.43
1955	–	0.34	0.43
1954	–	0.33	0.43
1953	–	0.32	0.43
1952	–	0.31	0.43
1951	–	0.3	0.43
1950	–	0.27	0.42
1949	–	0.22	0.42
1948	–	0.21	0.42
1947	–	0.21	0.42
1946	–	0.21	0.42
1945	–	0.15	0.38
1944	–	0.06	0.35
1943	–	0.06	0.35
1942	–	0.06	0.35
1941	–	0.08	0.35
1940	–	0.39	0.36
1939	–	0.48	0.38
1938	–	0.48	0.39
1937	–	0.48	0.39
1936	–	0.48	0.39
1935	–	0.48	0.4
1934	–	0.48	0.4
1933	–	0.48	0.4
1932	–	0.47	0.41
1931	–	0.46	0.41
1930	–	0.45	0.41
1929	–	0.46	0.41
1928	–	0.48	0.41
1927	–	0.5	0.41
1926	–	0.51	0.41
1925	–	0.51	0.41
1924	–	0.51	0.42
1923	–	0.51	0.41
1922	–	0.51	0.42
1921	–	0.51	0.42
1920	–	0.51	0.42
1919	–	0.52	0.41
1918	–	0.34	0.4
1917	–	0.33	0.39
1916	–	0.33	0.39
1915	–	0.34	0.4
1914	–	0.45	0.4
1913	–	0.2	0.41
1912	–	0.27	0.41
1911	–	0.3	0.41
1910	–	0.34	0.41
1909	–	0.37	0.41
1908	–	0.24	0.41
1907	–	0.17	0.41
1906	–	0.18	0.41
1905	–	0.18	0.41
1904	–	0.18	0.41
1903	–	0.18	0.41
1902	–	0.18	0.41
1901	–	0.18	0.41
1900	–	0.18	0.41
1899	–	0.17	0.47
1898	–	0.17	0.47
1897	–	0.17	0.46
1896	–	0.17	0.47
1895	–	0.17	0.46
1894	–	0.17	0.46
1893	–	0.17	0.46
1892	–	0.17	0.45
1891	–	0.17	0.45
1890	–	0.17	0.45
1889	–	0.18	0.45
1888	–	0.18	0.45
1887	–	0.18	0.45
1886	–	0.19	0.44
1885	–	0.19	0.44
1884	–	0.19	0.44
1883	–	0.19	0.44
1882	–	0.19	0.44
1881	–	0.19	0.44
1880	–	0.19	0.44
1879	–	0.23	0.45
1878	–	0.23	0.45
1877	–	0.21	0.44
1876	–	0.37	0.45
1875	–	0.35	0.45
1874	–	0.35	0.45
1873	–	0.35	0.45
1872	–	0.35	0.44
1871	–	0.35	0.45
1870	–	0.35	0.44
1869	–	0.35	0.44
1868	–	0.35	0.43
1867	–	0.35	0.44
1866	–	0.34	0.43
1865	–	0.34	0.43
1864	–	0.35	0.42
1863	–	0.35	0.43
1862	–	0.35	0.43
1861	–	0.35	0.42
1860	–	0.35	0.41
1859	–	0.33	0.4
1858	–	0.33	0.4
1857	–	0.33	0.4
1856	–	0.32	0.4
1855	–	0.32	0.4
1854	–	0.32	0.4
1853	–	0.32	0.4
1852	–	0.32	0.39
1851	–	0.32	0.39
1850	–	0.32	0.39
1849	–	0.32	0.41
1848	–	0.32	0.4
1847	–	0.32	0.38
1846	–	0.32	0.38
1845	–	0.32	0.37
1844	–	0.32	0.37
1843	–	0.32	0.37
1842	–	0.32	0.37
1841	–	0.32	0.37
1840	–	0.32	0.36
1839	–	0.29	0.36
1838	–	0.17	0.36
1837	–	0.17	0.36
1836	–	0.17	0.36
1835	–	0.17	0.36
1834	–	0.17	0.35
1833	–	0.17	0.35
1832	–	0.17	0.35
1831	–	0.17	0.35
1830	–	0.17	0.35
1829	–	0.17	0.35
1828	–	0.17	0.35
1827	–	0.17	0.35
1826	–	0.17	0.35
1825	–	0.17	0.35
1824	–	0.17	0.34
1823	–	0.17	0.35
1822	–	0.17	0.34
1821	–	0.17	0.34
1820	–	0.17	0.33
1819	–	0.17	0.32
1818	–	0.17	0.31
1817	–	0.17	0.31
1816	–	0.17	0.32
1815	–	0.17	0.32
1814	–	0.17	0.3
1813	–	0.17	0.29
1812	–	0.17	0.28
1811	–	0.17	0.28
1810	–	0.17	0.29
1809	–	0.17	0.29
1808	–	0.17	0.28
1807	–	0.18	0.28
1806	–	0.18	0.27
1805	–	0.18	0.27
1804	–	0.18	0.27
1803	–	0.18	0.27
1802	–	0.18	0.27
1801	–	0.18	0.27
1800	–	0.18	0.27
1799	–	0.18	0.28
1798	–	0.18	0.27
1797	–	0.18	0.27
1796	–	0.18	0.27
1795	–	0.18	0.27
1794	–	0.18	0.27
1793	–	0.18	0.27
1792	–	0.18	0.27
1791	–	0.18	0.27
1790	–	0.18	0.27
1789	–	0.18	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

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Learning-adjusted schoolingKosovo: 7.9 years in 2020North Macedonia: 7.3 years in 2020

Kosovo vs North Macedonia: Human rights

What the numbers say

Every year

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