Myanmar (Burma) vs Philippines: Human rights

Human rights in 2025: 0.1 of 1 in Myanmar (Burma) and 0.56 of 1 in Philippines, by V-Dem estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Philippines, by 0.46 of 1, or 5.5 times that in Myanmar (Burma).

Watch it change on the map

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What the numbers say

Philippines has been higher since 1958, when it overtook Myanmar (Burma).
In 2025, Myanmar (Burma) ranked 171 and Philippines ranked 116 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	Myanmar (Burma)	Philippines	World
2025	0.1	0.56	0.65
2024	0.1	0.56	0.65
2023	0.1	0.55	0.66
2022	0.11	0.53	0.66
2021	0.11	0.49	0.67
2020	0.49	0.51	0.67
2019	0.5	0.53	0.68
2018	0.48	0.57	0.68
2017	0.47	0.61	0.68
2016	0.47	0.65	0.68
2015	0.47	0.74	0.69
2014	0.41	0.76	0.69
2013	0.41	0.76	0.7
2012	0.38	0.76	0.7
2011	0.34	0.76	0.7
2010	0.23	0.76	0.7
2009	0.12	0.69	0.69
2008	0.12	0.69	0.69
2007	0.11	0.69	0.69
2006	0.12	0.69	0.69
2005	0.12	0.69	0.69
2004	0.12	0.7	0.69
2003	0.12	0.7	0.69
2002	0.12	0.71	0.68
2001	0.12	0.72	0.68
2000	0.12	0.73	0.67
1999	0.12	0.72	0.66
1998	0.12	0.74	0.65
1997	0.12	0.74	0.65
1996	0.12	0.74	0.65
1995	0.12	0.74	0.65
1994	0.12	0.74	0.64
1993	0.12	0.74	0.63
1992	0.12	0.74	0.62
1991	0.12	0.72	0.6
1990	0.12	0.72	0.57
1989	0.12	0.71	0.51
1988	0.1	0.71	0.5
1987	0.1	0.71	0.5
1986	0.1	0.45	0.49
1985	0.1	0.21	0.48
1984	0.1	0.21	0.47
1983	0.1	0.21	0.47
1982	0.1	0.2	0.46
1981	0.1	0.2	0.46
1980	0.1	0.19	0.46
1979	0.1	0.19	0.45
1978	0.1	0.2	0.44
1977	0.1	0.19	0.44
1976	0.1	0.19	0.44
1975	0.1	0.19	0.44
1974	0.1	0.19	0.43
1973	0.1	0.19	0.43
1972	0.1	0.21	0.44
1971	0.1	0.4	0.44
1970	0.1	0.45	0.44
1969	0.1	0.5	0.44
1968	0.1	0.5	0.45
1967	0.1	0.53	0.45
1966	0.1	0.53	0.46
1965	0.1	0.53	0.46
1964	0.11	0.56	0.46
1963	0.13	0.56	0.46
1962	0.24	0.56	0.46
1961	0.54	0.56	0.46
1960	0.54	0.56	0.46
1959	0.54	0.55	0.44
1958	0.54	0.55	0.44
1957	0.56	0.55	0.43
1956	0.56	0.55	0.43
1955	0.56	0.55	0.43
1954	0.56	0.53	0.43
1953	0.56	0.53	0.43
1952	0.56	0.53	0.43
1951	0.56	0.53	0.43
1950	0.56	0.52	0.42
1949	0.56	0.52	0.42
1948	0.55	0.52	0.42
1947	0.52	0.52	0.42
1946	0.53	0.49	0.42
1945	0.34	0.1	0.38
1944	0.31	0.07	0.35
1943	0.3	0.07	0.35
1942	0.31	0.08	0.35
1941	0.49	0.28	0.35
1940	0.49	0.4	0.36
1939	0.49	0.4	0.38
1938	0.49	0.4	0.39
1937	0.49	0.4	0.39
1936	0.49	0.4	0.39
1935	0.49	0.4	0.4
1934	0.48	0.36	0.4
1933	0.48	0.36	0.4
1932	0.48	0.36	0.41
1931	0.48	0.37	0.41
1930	0.48	0.37	0.41
1929	0.48	0.37	0.41
1928	0.48	0.37	0.41
1927	0.48	0.37	0.41
1926	0.48	0.37	0.41
1925	0.48	0.37	0.41
1924	0.48	0.37	0.42
1923	0.48	0.37	0.41
1922	0.48	0.37	0.42
1921	0.46	0.37	0.42
1920	0.45	0.37	0.42
1919	0.45	0.36	0.41
1918	0.45	0.36	0.4
1917	0.45	0.36	0.39
1916	0.45	0.35	0.39
1915	0.45	0.35	0.4
1914	0.45	0.35	0.4
1913	0.45	0.32	0.41
1912	0.45	0.32	0.41
1911	0.45	0.32	0.41
1910	0.45	0.32	0.41
1909	0.45	0.31	0.41
1908	0.45	0.31	0.41
1907	0.45	0.31	0.41
1906	0.45	0.29	0.41
1905	0.45	0.29	0.41
1904	0.45	0.29	0.41
1903	0.45	0.29	0.41
1902	0.45	0.27	0.41
1901	0.45	0.26	0.41
1900	0.45	0.26	0.41
1899	0.45	–	0.47
1898	0.45	–	0.47
1897	0.45	–	0.46
1896	0.45	–	0.47
1895	0.45	–	0.46
1894	0.45	–	0.46
1893	0.45	–	0.46
1892	0.45	–	0.45
1891	0.45	–	0.45
1890	0.45	–	0.45
1889	0.45	–	0.45
1888	0.45	–	0.45
1887	0.45	–	0.45
1886	0.45	–	0.44
1885	0.2	–	0.44
1884	0.2	–	0.44
1883	0.2	–	0.44
1882	0.2	–	0.44
1881	0.2	–	0.44
1880	0.2	–	0.44
1879	0.2	–	0.45
1878	0.2	–	0.45
1877	0.2	–	0.44
1876	0.2	–	0.45
1875	0.2	–	0.45
1874	0.2	–	0.45
1873	0.2	–	0.45
1872	0.14	–	0.44
1871	0.14	–	0.45
1870	0.14	–	0.44
1869	0.14	–	0.44
1868	0.14	–	0.43
1867	0.14	–	0.44
1866	0.14	–	0.43
1865	0.14	–	0.43
1864	0.14	–	0.42
1863	0.14	–	0.43
1862	0.14	–	0.43
1861	0.13	–	0.42
1860	0.13	–	0.41
1859	0.13	–	0.4
1858	0.13	–	0.4
1857	0.13	–	0.4
1856	0.13	–	0.4
1855	0.13	–	0.4
1854	0.13	–	0.4
1853	0.13	–	0.4
1852	0.13	–	0.39
1851	0.13	–	0.39
1850	0.13	–	0.39
1849	0.13	–	0.41
1848	0.13	–	0.4
1847	0.13	–	0.38
1846	0.13	–	0.38
1845	0.13	–	0.37
1844	0.13	–	0.37
1843	0.13	–	0.37
1842	0.13	–	0.37
1841	0.13	–	0.37
1840	0.13	–	0.36
1839	0.13	–	0.36
1838	0.13	–	0.36
1837	0.13	–	0.36
1836	0.12	–	0.36
1835	0.12	–	0.36
1834	0.12	–	0.35
1833	0.12	–	0.35
1832	0.12	–	0.35
1831	0.12	–	0.35
1830	0.12	–	0.35
1829	0.12	–	0.35
1828	0.12	–	0.35
1827	0.12	–	0.35
1826	0.12	–	0.35
1825	0.12	–	0.35
1824	0.12	–	0.34
1823	0.12	–	0.35
1822	0.12	–	0.34
1821	0.12	–	0.34
1820	0.12	–	0.33
1819	0.12	–	0.32
1818	0.12	–	0.31
1817	0.12	–	0.31
1816	0.12	–	0.32
1815	0.12	–	0.32
1814	0.12	–	0.3
1813	0.12	–	0.29
1812	0.12	–	0.28
1811	0.12	–	0.28
1810	0.12	–	0.29
1809	0.12	–	0.29
1808	0.12	–	0.28
1807	0.12	–	0.28
1806	0.12	–	0.27
1805	0.12	–	0.27
1804	0.12	–	0.27
1803	0.12	–	0.27
1802	0.12	–	0.27
1801	0.12	–	0.27
1800	0.12	–	0.27
1799	0.12	–	0.28
1798	0.12	–	0.27
1797	0.12	–	0.27
1796	0.12	–	0.27
1795	0.12	–	0.27
1794	0.12	–	0.27
1793	0.12	–	0.27
1792	0.12	–	0.27
1791	0.1	–	0.27
1790	0.1	–	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

Myanmar (Burma) vs Philippines

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Electoral democracyMyanmar (Burma): 0.08 of 1 in 2025Philippines: 0.39 of 1 in 2025

Conflict

Deaths in conflictsMyanmar (Burma): 2,720 deaths in 2022Philippines: 194 deaths in 2022