Papua New Guinea vs Vietnam: Human rights

Human rights in 2025: 0.81 of 1 in Papua New Guinea and 0.38 of 1 in Vietnam, by V-Dem estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Papua New Guinea, by 0.42 of 1, or 2.1 times that in Vietnam.

Watch it change on the map

index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

Papua New GuineaVietnamWorld

What the numbers say

Papua New Guinea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1976.
The world as a whole: 0.65 of 1 in 2025.

Every year

index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

Year	Papua New Guinea	Vietnam	World
2025	0.81	0.38	0.65
2024	0.8	0.38	0.65
2023	0.81	0.35	0.66
2022	0.81	0.36	0.66
2021	0.81	0.36	0.67
2020	0.83	0.39	0.67
2019	0.81	0.38	0.68
2018	0.81	0.41	0.68
2017	0.8	0.42	0.68
2016	0.81	0.43	0.68
2015	0.81	0.44	0.69
2014	0.81	0.44	0.69
2013	0.81	0.45	0.7
2012	0.81	0.42	0.7
2011	0.81	0.42	0.7
2010	0.81	0.42	0.7
2009	0.82	0.42	0.69
2008	0.82	0.42	0.69
2007	0.82	0.42	0.69
2006	0.82	0.42	0.69
2005	0.82	0.41	0.69
2004	0.82	0.41	0.69
2003	0.82	0.4	0.69
2002	0.82	0.4	0.68
2001	0.82	0.4	0.68
2000	0.82	0.4	0.67
1999	0.82	0.39	0.66
1998	0.82	0.37	0.65
1997	0.82	0.36	0.65
1996	0.82	0.36	0.65
1995	0.82	0.37	0.65
1994	0.82	0.37	0.64
1993	0.82	0.36	0.63
1992	0.82	0.36	0.62
1991	0.82	0.34	0.6
1990	0.82	0.32	0.57
1989	0.82	0.3	0.51
1988	0.82	0.3	0.5
1987	0.82	0.3	0.5
1986	0.82	0.27	0.49
1985	0.82	0.24	0.48
1984	0.82	0.24	0.47
1983	0.82	0.24	0.47
1982	0.82	0.24	0.46
1981	0.82	0.24	0.46
1980	0.82	0.24	0.46
1979	0.82	0.23	0.45
1978	0.82	0.23	0.44
1977	0.82	0.23	0.44
1976	0.82	0.23	0.44
1975	0.82	–	0.44
1974	0.61	–	0.43
1973	0.61	–	0.43
1972	0.6	–	0.44
1971	0.6	–	0.44
1970	0.6	–	0.44
1969	0.59	–	0.44
1968	0.59	–	0.45
1967	0.59	–	0.45
1966	0.59	–	0.46
1965	0.59	–	0.46
1964	0.57	–	0.46
1963	0.56	–	0.46
1962	0.56	–	0.46
1961	0.56	–	0.46
1960	0.56	–	0.46
1959	0.52	–	0.44
1958	0.52	–	0.44
1957	0.52	–	0.43
1956	0.52	–	0.43
1955	0.52	–	0.43
1954	0.52	–	0.43
1953	0.52	–	0.43
1952	0.52	–	0.43
1951	0.52	–	0.43
1950	0.52	–	0.42
1949	0.51	–	0.42
1948	0.51	–	0.42
1947	0.51	–	0.42
1946	0.51	–	0.42
1945	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	0.32	–	0.41
1909	0.32	–	0.41
1908	0.32	–	0.41
1907	0.32	–	0.41
1906	0.32	–	0.41
1905	0.32	–	0.41
1904	0.32	–	0.41
1903	0.32	–	0.41
1902	0.32	–	0.41
1901	0.32	–	0.41
1900	0.32	–	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	–	–	0.35
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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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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