Kyrgyzstan vs Tajikistan: Human rights

Human rights in 2025: 0.48 of 1 in Kyrgyzstan and 0.17 of 1 in Tajikistan, by V-Dem estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kyrgyzstan, by 0.31 of 1, or 2.83 times that in Tajikistan.

KyrgyzstanTajikistan

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index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

All years Since 1950 Since 1990 Since 2010

Values Change

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World

KyrgyzstanTajikistanWorld

Latest figures

index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

Country	Latest	10 years before	Rank in 2025
Kyrgyzstan	0.48 2025	0.66	126 of 175
Tajikistan	0.17 2025	0.25	167 of 175
World	0.65 2025	0.69

What the numbers say

Kyrgyzstan has been higher since 1990.
The world as a whole: 0.65 of 1 in 2025.

Every year

index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

Year	Kyrgyzstan	Tajikistan	World
2025	0.48	0.17	0.65
2024	0.55	0.17	0.65
2023	0.56	0.17	0.66
2022	0.62	0.15	0.66
2021	0.66	0.2	0.67
2020	0.65	0.21	0.67
2019	0.7	0.21	0.68
2018	0.75	0.21	0.68
2017	0.67	0.2	0.68
2016	0.66	0.19	0.68
2015	0.66	0.25	0.69
2014	0.68	0.3	0.69
2013	0.69	0.31	0.7
2012	0.69	0.32	0.7
2011	0.71	0.34	0.7
2010	0.62	0.34	0.7
2009	0.56	0.37	0.69
2008	0.57	0.37	0.69
2007	0.59	0.37	0.69
2006	0.61	0.37	0.69
2005	0.61	0.37	0.69
2004	0.58	0.41	0.69
2003	0.58	0.41	0.69
2002	0.59	0.41	0.68
2001	0.59	0.43	0.68
2000	0.61	0.41	0.67
1999	0.61	0.38	0.66
1998	0.62	0.37	0.65
1997	0.59	0.28	0.65
1996	0.6	0.25	0.65
1995	0.62	0.25	0.65
1994	0.62	0.19	0.64
1993	0.6	0.2	0.63
1992	0.59	0.29	0.62
1991	0.52	0.45	0.6
1990	0.49	0.42	0.57
1989	0.31	0.31	0.51
1988	0.29	0.29	0.5
1987	0.28	0.28	0.5
1986	0.25	0.25	0.49
1985	0.17	0.17	0.48
1984	0.15	0.15	0.47
1983	0.15	0.15	0.47
1982	0.15	0.15	0.46
1981	0.15	0.15	0.46
1980	0.15	0.15	0.46
1979	0.15	0.15	0.45
1978	0.15	0.15	0.44
1977	0.15	0.15	0.44
1976	0.15	0.15	0.44
1975	0.15	0.15	0.44
1974	0.15	0.15	0.43
1973	0.15	0.15	0.43
1972	0.15	0.15	0.44
1971	0.15	0.15	0.44
1970	0.15	0.15	0.44
1969	0.15	0.15	0.44
1968	0.15	0.15	0.45
1967	0.15	0.15	0.45
1966	0.15	0.15	0.46
1965	0.15	0.15	0.46
1964	0.15	0.15	0.46
1963	0.15	0.15	0.46
1962	0.15	0.15	0.46
1961	0.15	0.15	0.46
1960	0.15	0.15	0.46
1959	0.15	0.15	0.44
1958	0.15	0.15	0.44
1957	0.15	0.15	0.43
1956	0.13	0.13	0.43
1955	0.13	0.13	0.43
1954	0.12	0.12	0.43
1953	0.02	0.02	0.43
1952	0.01	0.01	0.43
1951	0.01	0.01	0.43
1950	0.01	0.01	0.42
1949	0.02	0.02	0.42
1948	0.02	0.02	0.42
1947	0.02	0.02	0.42
1946	0.02	0.02	0.42
1945	0.02	0.02	0.38
1944	0.02	0.02	0.35
1943	0.02	0.02	0.35
1942	0.02	0.02	0.35
1941	0.02	0.02	0.35
1940	0.01	0.01	0.36
1939	0.01	0.01	0.38
1938	0.01	0.01	0.39
1937	0.01	0.01	0.39
1936	0.02	0.02	0.39
1935	0.02	0.02	0.4
1934	0.02	0.02	0.4
1933	0.02	0.02	0.4
1932	0.02	0.02	0.41
1931	0.02	0.02	0.41
1930	0.02	0.02	0.41
1929	0.03	0.03	0.41
1928	0.03	0.03	0.41
1927	0.03	0.03	0.41
1926	0.03	0.03	0.41
1925	0.04	0.04	0.41
1924	0.04	0.04	0.42
1923	0.05	0.05	0.41
1922	0.06	0.06	0.42
1921	0.05	0.05	0.42
1920	0.06	0.06	0.42
1919	0.06	0.06	0.41
1918	0.07	0.07	0.4
1917	0.3	0.3	0.39
1916	0.3	0.3	0.39
1915	0.31	0.31	0.4
1914	0.32	0.32	0.4
1913	0.34	0.34	0.41
1912	0.34	0.34	0.41
1911	0.34	0.34	0.41
1910	0.34	0.34	0.41
1909	0.33	0.33	0.41
1908	0.32	0.32	0.41
1907	0.32	0.32	0.41
1906	0.31	0.31	0.41
1905	0.3	0.3	0.41
1904	0.28	0.28	0.41
1903	0.28	0.28	0.41
1902	0.28	0.28	0.41
1901	0.28	0.28	0.41
1900	0.28	0.28	0.41
1899	0.27	0.27	0.47
1898	0.26	0.26	0.47
1897	0.27	0.27	0.46
1896	0.3	0.3	0.47
1895	0.3	0.3	0.46
1894	0.3	0.3	0.46
1893	0.26	0.26	0.46
1892	0.25	0.25	0.45
1891	0.25	0.25	0.45
1890	0.25	0.25	0.45
1889	0.25	0.25	0.45
1888	0.25	0.25	0.45
1887	0.25	0.25	0.45
1886	0.25	0.25	0.44
1885	0.25	0.25	0.44
1884	0.25	0.25	0.44
1883	0.25	0.25	0.44
1882	0.25	0.25	0.44
1881	0.24	0.24	0.44
1880	0.28	0.28	0.44
1879	0.28	0.28	0.45
1878	0.28	0.28	0.45
1877	0.28	0.28	0.44
1876	0.28	0.28	0.45
1875	–	0.28	0.45
1874	–	0.28	0.45
1873	–	0.28	0.45
1872	–	0.29	0.44
1871	–	0.29	0.45
1870	–	0.29	0.44
1869	–	0.29	0.44
1868	–	0.29	0.43
1867	–	–	0.44
1866	–	–	0.43
1865	–	–	0.43
1864	–	–	0.42
1863	–	–	0.43
1862	–	–	0.43
1861	–	–	0.42
1860	–	–	0.41
1859	–	–	0.4
1858	–	–	0.4
1857	–	–	0.4
1856	–	–	0.4
1855	–	–	0.4
1854	–	–	0.4
1853	–	–	0.4
1852	–	–	0.39
1851	–	–	0.39
1850	–	–	0.39
1849	–	–	0.41
1848	–	–	0.4
1847	–	–	0.38
1846	–	–	0.38
1845	–	–	0.37
1844	–	–	0.37
1843	–	–	0.37
1842	–	–	0.37
1841	–	–	0.37
1840	–	–	0.36
1839	–	–	0.36
1838	–	–	0.36
1837	–	–	0.36
1836	–	–	0.36
1835	–	–	0.36
1834	–	–	0.35
1833	–	–	0.35
1832	–	–	0.35
1831	–	–	0.35
1830	–	–	0.35
1829	–	–	0.35
1828	–	–	0.35
1827	–	–	0.35
1826	–	–	0.35
1825	–	–	0.35
1824	–	–	0.34
1823	–	–	0.35
1822	–	–	0.34
1821	–	–	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

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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