North Korea vs Papua New Guinea: Human rights

Human rights in 2025: 0.02 of 1 in North Korea and 0.81 of 1 in Papua New Guinea, by V-Dem estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Papua New Guinea, by 0.78 of 1, or 34 times that in North Korea.

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index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

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What the numbers say

Papua New Guinea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1900.
The world as a whole: 0.65 of 1 in 2025.

Every year

index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

Year	North Korea	Papua New Guinea	World
2025	0.02	0.81	0.65
2024	0.02	0.8	0.65
2023	0.02	0.81	0.66
2022	0.02	0.81	0.66
2021	0.02	0.81	0.67
2020	0.02	0.83	0.67
2019	0.02	0.81	0.68
2018	0.02	0.81	0.68
2017	0.02	0.8	0.68
2016	0.02	0.81	0.68
2015	0.02	0.81	0.69
2014	0.02	0.81	0.69
2013	0.02	0.81	0.7
2012	0.02	0.81	0.7
2011	0.02	0.81	0.7
2010	0.02	0.81	0.7
2009	0.02	0.82	0.69
2008	0.02	0.82	0.69
2007	0.02	0.82	0.69
2006	0.02	0.82	0.69
2005	0.02	0.82	0.69
2004	0.02	0.82	0.69
2003	0.02	0.82	0.69
2002	0.02	0.82	0.68
2001	0.02	0.82	0.68
2000	0.02	0.82	0.67
1999	0.02	0.82	0.66
1998	0.02	0.82	0.65
1997	0.02	0.82	0.65
1996	0.02	0.82	0.65
1995	0.02	0.82	0.65
1994	0.02	0.82	0.64
1993	0.02	0.82	0.63
1992	0.02	0.82	0.62
1991	0.02	0.82	0.6
1990	0.02	0.82	0.57
1989	0.02	0.82	0.51
1988	0.02	0.82	0.5
1987	0.02	0.82	0.5
1986	0.02	0.82	0.49
1985	0.02	0.82	0.48
1984	0.02	0.82	0.47
1983	0.02	0.82	0.47
1982	0.02	0.82	0.46
1981	0.02	0.82	0.46
1980	0.02	0.82	0.46
1979	0.02	0.82	0.45
1978	0.02	0.82	0.44
1977	0.02	0.82	0.44
1976	0.02	0.82	0.44
1975	0.02	0.82	0.44
1974	0.02	0.61	0.43
1973	0.02	0.61	0.43
1972	0.02	0.6	0.44
1971	0.02	0.6	0.44
1970	0.02	0.6	0.44
1969	0.02	0.59	0.44
1968	0.02	0.59	0.45
1967	0.02	0.59	0.45
1966	0.02	0.59	0.46
1965	0.02	0.59	0.46
1964	0.02	0.57	0.46
1963	0.02	0.56	0.46
1962	0.02	0.56	0.46
1961	0.02	0.56	0.46
1960	0.02	0.56	0.46
1959	0.02	0.52	0.44
1958	0.02	0.52	0.44
1957	0.04	0.52	0.43
1956	0.05	0.52	0.43
1955	0.05	0.52	0.43
1954	0.05	0.52	0.43
1953	0.05	0.52	0.43
1952	0.05	0.52	0.43
1951	0.05	0.52	0.43
1950	0.05	0.52	0.42
1949	0.05	0.51	0.42
1948	0.05	0.51	0.42
1947	0.06	0.51	0.42
1946	0.06	0.51	0.42
1945	0.15	0.34	0.38
1944	–	0.31	0.35
1943	–	0.31	0.35
1942	–	0.31	0.35
1941	–	0.31	0.35
1940	–	0.31	0.36
1939	–	0.31	0.38
1938	–	0.31	0.39
1937	–	0.31	0.39
1936	–	0.31	0.39
1935	–	0.31	0.4
1934	–	0.31	0.4
1933	–	0.31	0.4
1932	–	0.31	0.41
1931	–	0.31	0.41
1930	–	0.31	0.41
1929	–	0.31	0.41
1928	–	0.31	0.41
1927	–	0.31	0.41
1926	–	0.31	0.41
1925	–	0.31	0.41
1924	–	0.31	0.42
1923	–	0.31	0.41
1922	–	0.31	0.42
1921	–	0.31	0.42
1920	–	0.31	0.42
1919	–	0.31	0.41
1918	–	0.31	0.4
1917	–	0.31	0.39
1916	–	0.31	0.39
1915	–	0.31	0.4
1914	–	0.32	0.4
1913	–	0.32	0.41
1912	–	0.32	0.41
1911	–	0.32	0.41
1910	0.12	0.32	0.41
1909	0.2	0.32	0.41
1908	0.2	0.32	0.41
1907	0.2	0.32	0.41
1906	0.2	0.32	0.41
1905	0.2	0.32	0.41
1904	0.2	0.32	0.41
1903	0.21	0.32	0.41
1902	0.21	0.32	0.41
1901	0.21	0.32	0.41
1900	0.21	0.32	0.41
1899	0.22	–	0.47
1898	0.22	–	0.47
1897	0.23	–	0.46
1896	0.27	–	0.47
1895	0.17	–	0.46
1894	0.11	–	0.46
1893	0.1	–	0.46
1892	0.1	–	0.45
1891	0.1	–	0.45
1890	0.1	–	0.45
1889	0.1	–	0.45
1888	0.1	–	0.45
1887	0.1	–	0.45
1886	0.1	–	0.44
1885	0.09	–	0.44
1884	0.09	–	0.44
1883	0.09	–	0.44
1882	0.09	–	0.44
1881	0.08	–	0.44
1880	0.08	–	0.44
1879	0.08	–	0.45
1878	0.08	–	0.45
1877	0.08	–	0.44
1876	0.08	–	0.45
1875	0.07	–	0.45
1874	0.07	–	0.45
1873	0.07	–	0.45
1872	0.07	–	0.44
1871	0.07	–	0.45
1870	0.07	–	0.44
1869	0.07	–	0.44
1868	0.07	–	0.43
1867	0.07	–	0.44
1866	0.07	–	0.43
1865	0.08	–	0.43
1864	0.08	–	0.42
1863	0.08	–	0.43
1862	0.08	–	0.43
1861	0.08	–	0.42
1860	0.08	–	0.41
1859	0.08	–	0.4
1858	0.08	–	0.4
1857	0.08	–	0.4
1856	0.08	–	0.4
1855	0.08	–	0.4
1854	0.08	–	0.4
1853	0.08	–	0.4
1852	0.08	–	0.39
1851	0.08	–	0.39
1850	0.08	–	0.39
1849	0.08	–	0.41
1848	0.08	–	0.4
1847	0.08	–	0.38
1846	0.08	–	0.38
1845	0.08	–	0.37
1844	0.08	–	0.37
1843	0.08	–	0.37
1842	0.08	–	0.37
1841	0.08	–	0.37
1840	0.08	–	0.36
1839	0.08	–	0.36
1838	0.08	–	0.36
1837	0.08	–	0.36
1836	0.08	–	0.36
1835	0.08	–	0.36
1834	0.08	–	0.35
1833	0.08	–	0.35
1832	0.08	–	0.35
1831	0.08	–	0.35
1830	0.08	–	0.35
1829	0.08	–	0.35
1828	0.08	–	0.35
1827	0.08	–	0.35
1826	0.08	–	0.35
1825	0.08	–	0.35
1824	0.08	–	0.34
1823	0.08	–	0.35
1822	0.08	–	0.34
1821	0.08	–	0.34
1820	0.08	–	0.33
1819	0.08	–	0.32
1818	0.08	–	0.31
1817	0.08	–	0.31
1816	0.08	–	0.32
1815	0.08	–	0.32
1814	0.08	–	0.3
1813	0.08	–	0.29
1812	0.08	–	0.28
1811	0.08	–	0.28
1810	0.08	–	0.29
1809	0.08	–	0.29
1808	0.08	–	0.28
1807	0.08	–	0.28
1806	0.08	–	0.27
1805	0.08	–	0.27
1804	0.08	–	0.27
1803	0.09	–	0.27
1802	0.09	–	0.27
1801	0.08	–	0.27
1800	0.09	–	0.27
1799	0.08	–	0.28
1798	0.08	–	0.27
1797	0.08	–	0.27
1796	0.08	–	0.27
1795	0.08	–	0.27
1794	0.08	–	0.27
1793	0.08	–	0.27
1792	0.08	–	0.27
1791	0.08	–	0.27
1790	0.08	–	0.27
1789	0.08	–	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

North Korea vs Papua New Guinea

Health

People

Education

Politics

Electoral democracyNorth Korea: 0.08 of 1 in 2025Papua New Guinea: 0.47 of 1 in 2025

Conflict

Deaths in conflictsNorth Korea: 0 deaths in 2022Papua New Guinea: 96 deaths in 2022