Libya vs Niger: Human rights

Human rights in 2025: 0.32 of 1 in Libya and 0.65 of 1 in Niger, by V-Dem estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Niger, by 0.33 of 1, or 2.01 times that in Libya.

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What the numbers say

Niger has been higher since 1969, when it overtook Libya.
In 2025, Libya ranked 145 and Niger ranked 106 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	Libya	Niger	World
2025	0.32	0.65	0.65
2024	0.33	0.76	0.65
2023	0.32	0.78	0.66
2022	0.34	0.8	0.66
2021	0.32	0.78	0.67
2020	0.31	0.77	0.67
2019	0.31	0.79	0.68
2018	0.32	0.78	0.68
2017	0.33	0.81	0.68
2016	0.38	0.82	0.68
2015	0.38	0.8	0.69
2014	0.39	0.81	0.69
2013	0.42	0.82	0.7
2012	0.48	0.8	0.7
2011	0.31	0.81	0.7
2010	0.11	0.81	0.7
2009	0.11	0.74	0.69
2008	0.11	0.77	0.69
2007	0.12	0.76	0.69
2006	0.11	0.76	0.69
2005	0.11	0.76	0.69
2004	0.11	0.76	0.69
2003	0.11	0.76	0.69
2002	0.11	0.76	0.68
2001	0.11	0.76	0.68
2000	0.11	0.76	0.67
1999	0.11	0.62	0.66
1998	0.11	0.65	0.65
1997	0.11	0.65	0.65
1996	0.11	0.66	0.65
1995	0.11	0.69	0.65
1994	0.11	0.69	0.64
1993	0.11	0.69	0.63
1992	0.11	0.67	0.62
1991	0.11	0.66	0.6
1990	0.11	0.63	0.57
1989	0.11	0.46	0.51
1988	0.11	0.4	0.5
1987	0.11	0.29	0.5
1986	0.11	0.29	0.49
1985	0.11	0.29	0.48
1984	0.11	0.29	0.47
1983	0.11	0.29	0.47
1982	0.11	0.29	0.46
1981	0.11	0.29	0.46
1980	0.11	0.29	0.46
1979	0.11	0.27	0.45
1978	0.11	0.28	0.44
1977	0.11	0.28	0.44
1976	0.11	0.27	0.44
1975	0.11	0.27	0.44
1974	0.11	0.23	0.43
1973	0.11	0.26	0.43
1972	0.11	0.25	0.44
1971	0.11	0.25	0.44
1970	0.11	0.25	0.44
1969	0.19	0.26	0.44
1968	0.3	0.26	0.45
1967	0.31	0.26	0.45
1966	0.31	0.26	0.46
1965	0.31	0.25	0.46
1964	0.3	0.25	0.46
1963	0.32	0.25	0.46
1962	0.32	0.25	0.46
1961	0.32	0.25	0.46
1960	0.32	0.25	0.46
1959	0.31	0.13	0.44
1958	0.31	0.14	0.44
1957	0.31	0.14	0.43
1956	0.31	0.14	0.43
1955	0.31	0.14	0.43
1954	0.31	0.14	0.43
1953	0.31	0.14	0.43
1952	0.31	0.14	0.43
1951	0.32	0.14	0.43
1950	–	0.14	0.42
1949	–	0.14	0.42
1948	–	0.14	0.42
1947	–	0.14	0.42
1946	–	0.14	0.42
1945	–	0.13	0.38
1944	–	0.11	0.35
1943	–	0.11	0.35
1942	–	0.11	0.35
1941	0.05	0.11	0.35
1940	0.05	0.11	0.36
1939	0.03	0.11	0.38
1938	0.03	0.11	0.39
1937	0.03	0.11	0.39
1936	0.03	0.11	0.39
1935	0.03	0.11	0.4
1934	0.03	0.11	0.4
1933	0.03	0.11	0.4
1932	0.03	0.11	0.41
1931	0.04	0.11	0.41
1930	0.04	0.11	0.41
1929	0.04	0.11	0.41
1928	0.04	0.11	0.41
1927	0.04	0.11	0.41
1926	0.04	0.11	0.41
1925	0.04	0.11	0.41
1924	0.04	0.11	0.42
1923	0.04	0.11	0.41
1922	0.04	0.11	0.42
1921	0.04	–	0.42
1920	0.04	–	0.42
1919	0.04	–	0.41
1918	0.04	–	0.4
1917	0.04	–	0.39
1916	0.04	–	0.39
1915	0.04	–	0.4
1914	0.04	–	0.4
1913	0.04	–	0.41
1912	0.04	–	0.41
1911	0.04	–	0.41
1910	–	–	0.41
1909	–	–	0.41
1908	–	–	0.41
1907	–	–	0.41
1906	–	–	0.41
1905	–	–	0.41
1904	–	–	0.41
1903	–	–	0.41
1902	–	–	0.41
1901	–	–	0.41
1900	–	–	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	–	–	0.44
1883	–	–	0.44
1882	–	–	0.44
1881	–	–	0.44
1880	–	–	0.44
1879	–	–	0.45
1878	–	–	0.45
1877	–	–	0.44
1876	–	–	0.45
1875	–	–	0.45
1874	–	–	0.45
1873	–	–	0.45
1872	–	–	0.44
1871	–	–	0.45
1870	–	–	0.44
1869	–	–	0.44
1868	–	–	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	0.23	–	0.35
1833	0.23	–	0.35
1832	0.23	–	0.35
1831	0.23	–	0.35
1830	0.23	–	0.35
1829	0.23	–	0.35
1828	0.23	–	0.35
1827	0.23	–	0.35
1826	0.23	–	0.35
1825	0.23	–	0.35
1824	0.23	–	0.34
1823	0.23	–	0.35
1822	0.23	–	0.34
1821	0.23	–	0.34
1820	0.23	–	0.33
1819	0.23	–	0.32
1818	0.23	–	0.31
1817	0.23	–	0.31
1816	0.23	–	0.32
1815	0.23	–	0.32
1814	0.23	–	0.3
1813	0.23	–	0.29
1812	0.23	–	0.28
1811	0.23	–	0.28
1810	0.23	–	0.29
1809	0.23	–	0.29
1808	0.23	–	0.28
1807	0.23	–	0.28
1806	0.23	–	0.27
1805	0.23	–	0.27
1804	0.23	–	0.27
1803	0.23	–	0.27
1802	0.23	–	0.27
1801	0.23	–	0.27
1800	0.23	–	0.27
1799	0.23	–	0.28
1798	0.23	–	0.27
1797	0.23	–	0.27
1796	0.23	–	0.27
1795	0.23	–	0.27
1794	0.23	–	0.27
1793	0.23	–	0.27
1792	0.23	–	0.27
1791	0.23	–	0.27
1790	0.23	–	0.27
1789	0.23	–	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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