Philippines vs South Korea: Human rights

Human rights in 2025: 0.56 of 1 in Philippines and 0.91 of 1 in South Korea, by V-Dem estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in South Korea, by 0.35 of 1, or 1.63 times that in Philippines.

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What the numbers say

South Korea has been higher since 1988, when it overtook Philippines.
The world as a whole: 0.65 of 1 in 2025.

Every year

index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

Year	Philippines	South Korea	World
2025	0.56	0.91	0.65
2024	0.56	0.83	0.65
2023	0.55	0.88	0.66
2022	0.53	0.91	0.66
2021	0.49	0.93	0.67
2020	0.51	0.92	0.67
2019	0.53	0.92	0.68
2018	0.57	0.93	0.68
2017	0.61	0.93	0.68
2016	0.65	0.88	0.68
2015	0.74	0.88	0.69
2014	0.76	0.88	0.69
2013	0.76	0.88	0.7
2012	0.76	0.89	0.7
2011	0.76	0.89	0.7
2010	0.76	0.89	0.7
2009	0.69	0.89	0.69
2008	0.69	0.89	0.69
2007	0.69	0.93	0.69
2006	0.69	0.93	0.69
2005	0.69	0.93	0.69
2004	0.7	0.93	0.69
2003	0.7	0.93	0.69
2002	0.71	0.93	0.68
2001	0.72	0.93	0.68
2000	0.73	0.93	0.67
1999	0.72	0.93	0.66
1998	0.74	0.92	0.65
1997	0.74	0.9	0.65
1996	0.74	0.9	0.65
1995	0.74	0.9	0.65
1994	0.74	0.9	0.64
1993	0.74	0.9	0.63
1992	0.74	0.85	0.62
1991	0.72	0.85	0.6
1990	0.72	0.85	0.57
1989	0.71	0.84	0.51
1988	0.71	0.8	0.5
1987	0.71	0.64	0.5
1986	0.45	0.52	0.49
1985	0.21	0.51	0.48
1984	0.21	0.48	0.47
1983	0.21	0.46	0.47
1982	0.2	0.45	0.46
1981	0.2	0.41	0.46
1980	0.19	0.46	0.46
1979	0.19	0.38	0.45
1978	0.2	0.38	0.44
1977	0.19	0.38	0.44
1976	0.19	0.38	0.44
1975	0.19	0.38	0.44
1974	0.19	0.38	0.43
1973	0.19	0.39	0.43
1972	0.21	0.39	0.44
1971	0.4	0.45	0.44
1970	0.45	0.45	0.44
1969	0.5	0.45	0.44
1968	0.5	0.45	0.45
1967	0.53	0.45	0.45
1966	0.53	0.45	0.46
1965	0.53	0.45	0.46
1964	0.56	0.47	0.46
1963	0.56	0.45	0.46
1962	0.56	0.43	0.46
1961	0.56	0.45	0.46
1960	0.56	0.66	0.46
1959	0.55	0.49	0.44
1958	0.55	0.49	0.44
1957	0.55	0.48	0.43
1956	0.55	0.48	0.43
1955	0.55	0.48	0.43
1954	0.53	0.48	0.43
1953	0.53	0.41	0.43
1952	0.53	0.37	0.43
1951	0.53	0.37	0.43
1950	0.52	0.38	0.42
1949	0.52	0.46	0.42
1948	0.52	0.46	0.42
1947	0.52	0.44	0.42
1946	0.49	0.46	0.42
1945	0.1	0.27	0.38
1944	0.07	0.08	0.35
1943	0.07	0.08	0.35
1942	0.08	0.08	0.35
1941	0.28	0.08	0.35
1940	0.4	0.1	0.36
1939	0.4	0.1	0.38
1938	0.4	0.11	0.39
1937	0.4	0.11	0.39
1936	0.4	0.11	0.39
1935	0.4	0.11	0.4
1934	0.36	0.11	0.4
1933	0.36	0.11	0.4
1932	0.36	0.11	0.41
1931	0.37	0.11	0.41
1930	0.37	0.11	0.41
1929	0.37	0.11	0.41
1928	0.37	0.11	0.41
1927	0.37	0.11	0.41
1926	0.37	0.11	0.41
1925	0.37	0.11	0.41
1924	0.37	0.11	0.42
1923	0.37	0.11	0.41
1922	0.37	0.11	0.42
1921	0.37	0.11	0.42
1920	0.37	0.11	0.42
1919	0.36	0.11	0.41
1918	0.36	0.11	0.4
1917	0.36	0.11	0.39
1916	0.35	0.11	0.39
1915	0.35	0.11	0.4
1914	0.35	0.11	0.4
1913	0.32	0.11	0.41
1912	0.32	0.11	0.41
1911	0.32	0.11	0.41
1910	0.32	0.12	0.41
1909	0.31	0.2	0.41
1908	0.31	0.2	0.41
1907	0.31	0.2	0.41
1906	0.29	0.2	0.41
1905	0.29	0.2	0.41
1904	0.29	0.2	0.41
1903	0.29	0.21	0.41
1902	0.27	0.21	0.41
1901	0.26	0.21	0.41
1900	0.26	0.21	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

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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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