Poland vs United Arab Emirates: Human rights

Human rights in 2025: 0.92 of 1 in Poland and 0.34 of 1 in United Arab Emirates, by V-Dem estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 0.58 of 1, or 2.71 times that in United Arab Emirates.

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What the numbers say

Poland has been higher since 1983, when it overtook United Arab Emirates.
The world as a whole: 0.65 of 1 in 2025.

Every year

index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

Year	Poland	United Arab Emirates	World
2025	0.92	0.34	0.65
2024	0.92	0.35	0.65
2023	0.84	0.34	0.66
2022	0.81	0.35	0.66
2021	0.81	0.35	0.67
2020	0.83	0.38	0.67
2019	0.85	0.38	0.68
2018	0.85	0.41	0.68
2017	0.85	0.41	0.68
2016	0.89	0.42	0.68
2015	0.95	0.41	0.69
2014	0.95	0.4	0.69
2013	0.95	0.38	0.7
2012	0.95	0.38	0.7
2011	0.95	0.36	0.7
2010	0.95	0.4	0.7
2009	0.95	0.4	0.69
2008	0.95	0.39	0.69
2007	0.95	0.38	0.69
2006	0.95	0.38	0.69
2005	0.95	0.38	0.69
2004	0.95	0.37	0.69
2003	0.95	0.37	0.69
2002	0.95	0.37	0.68
2001	0.95	0.38	0.68
2000	0.95	0.38	0.67
1999	0.95	0.38	0.66
1998	0.95	0.38	0.65
1997	0.95	0.38	0.65
1996	0.95	0.38	0.65
1995	0.95	0.38	0.65
1994	0.95	0.37	0.64
1993	0.95	0.36	0.63
1992	0.95	0.37	0.62
1991	0.95	0.37	0.6
1990	0.95	0.36	0.57
1989	0.76	0.34	0.51
1988	0.55	0.34	0.5
1987	0.55	0.34	0.5
1986	0.55	0.33	0.49
1985	0.49	0.33	0.48
1984	0.47	0.32	0.47
1983	0.34	0.33	0.47
1982	0.29	0.33	0.46
1981	0.44	0.33	0.46
1980	0.51	0.33	0.46
1979	0.47	0.33	0.45
1978	0.47	0.33	0.44
1977	0.47	0.33	0.44
1976	0.47	0.33	0.44
1975	0.48	0.32	0.44
1974	0.47	0.32	0.43
1973	0.47	0.31	0.43
1972	0.47	0.32	0.44
1971	0.47	0.32	0.44
1970	0.45	–	0.44
1969	0.45	–	0.44
1968	0.45	–	0.45
1967	0.45	–	0.45
1966	0.45	–	0.46
1965	0.45	–	0.46
1964	0.45	–	0.46
1963	0.45	–	0.46
1962	0.45	–	0.46
1961	0.45	–	0.46
1960	0.45	–	0.46
1959	0.45	–	0.44
1958	0.45	–	0.44
1957	0.45	–	0.43
1956	0.3	–	0.43
1955	0.26	–	0.43
1954	0.26	–	0.43
1953	0.26	–	0.43
1952	0.26	–	0.43
1951	0.26	–	0.43
1950	0.26	–	0.42
1949	0.26	–	0.42
1948	0.28	–	0.42
1947	0.28	–	0.42
1946	0.28	–	0.42
1945	0.27	–	0.38
1944	0.28	–	0.35
1943	–	–	0.35
1942	–	–	0.35
1941	–	–	0.35
1940	–	–	0.36
1939	–	–	0.38
1938	0.68	–	0.39
1937	0.68	–	0.39
1936	0.69	–	0.39
1935	0.69	–	0.4
1934	0.72	–	0.4
1933	0.74	–	0.4
1932	0.74	–	0.41
1931	0.74	–	0.41
1930	0.73	–	0.41
1929	0.77	–	0.41
1928	0.77	–	0.41
1927	0.75	–	0.41
1926	0.81	–	0.41
1925	0.84	–	0.41
1924	0.86	–	0.42
1923	0.86	–	0.41
1922	0.86	–	0.42
1921	0.86	–	0.42
1920	0.85	–	0.42
1919	0.86	–	0.41
1918	0.86	–	0.4
1917	–	–	0.39
1916	–	–	0.39
1915	–	–	0.4
1914	–	–	0.4
1913	–	–	0.41
1912	–	–	0.41
1911	–	–	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	0.18	–	0.44
1866	0.18	–	0.43
1865	0.18	–	0.43
1864	0.18	–	0.42
1863	0.11	–	0.43
1862	0.17	–	0.43
1861	0.17	–	0.42
1860	0.23	–	0.41
1859	0.23	–	0.4
1858	0.23	–	0.4
1857	0.23	–	0.4
1856	0.23	–	0.4
1855	0.19	–	0.4
1854	0.19	–	0.4
1853	0.19	–	0.4
1852	0.19	–	0.39
1851	0.19	–	0.39
1850	0.19	–	0.39
1849	0.19	–	0.41
1848	0.19	–	0.4
1847	0.19	–	0.38
1846	0.19	–	0.38
1845	0.19	–	0.37
1844	0.19	–	0.37
1843	0.19	–	0.37
1842	0.19	–	0.37
1841	0.19	–	0.37
1840	0.19	–	0.36
1839	0.19	–	0.36
1838	0.2	–	0.36
1837	0.2	–	0.36
1836	0.2	–	0.36
1835	0.2	–	0.36
1834	0.2	–	0.35
1833	0.2	–	0.35
1832	0.2	–	0.35
1831	0.51	–	0.35
1830	0.39	–	0.35
1829	0.34	–	0.35
1828	0.34	–	0.35
1827	0.35	–	0.35
1826	0.35	–	0.35
1825	0.35	–	0.35
1824	0.35	–	0.34
1823	0.35	–	0.35
1822	0.35	–	0.34
1821	0.4	–	0.34
1820	0.49	–	0.33
1819	0.5	–	0.32
1818	0.51	–	0.31
1817	0.51	–	0.31
1816	0.51	–	0.32
1815	0.51	–	0.32
1814	0.36	–	0.3
1813	0.36	–	0.29
1812	0.53	–	0.28
1811	0.53	–	0.28
1810	0.53	–	0.29
1809	0.55	–	0.29
1808	0.55	–	0.28
1807	0.55	–	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	0.33	–	0.27
1794	0.48	–	0.27
1793	0.49	–	0.27
1792	0.57	–	0.27
1791	0.57	–	0.27
1790	0.58	–	0.27
1789	0.57	–	0.27

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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

Poland vs United Arab Emirates

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Electoral democracyPoland: 0.77 of 1 in 2025United Arab Emirates: 0.1 of 1 in 2025

Conflict

Deaths in conflictsPoland: 2 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022