Poland vs United Kingdom: Human rights

Human rights in 2025: 0.92 of 1 in Poland and 0.84 of 1 in United Kingdom, by V-Dem estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Poland, by 0.07 of 1, or 1.09 times that in United Kingdom.

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index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

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What the numbers say

Poland has been higher since 2024, when it overtook United Kingdom.
The world as a whole: 0.65 of 1 in 2025.

Every year

index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

Year	Poland	United Kingdom	World
2025	0.92	0.84	0.65
2024	0.92	0.88	0.65
2023	0.84	0.89	0.66
2022	0.81	0.89	0.66
2021	0.81	0.88	0.67
2020	0.83	0.89	0.67
2019	0.85	0.91	0.68
2018	0.85	0.92	0.68
2017	0.85	0.92	0.68
2016	0.89	0.9	0.68
2015	0.95	0.9	0.69
2014	0.95	0.9	0.69
2013	0.95	0.91	0.7
2012	0.95	0.93	0.7
2011	0.95	0.93	0.7
2010	0.95	0.93	0.7
2009	0.95	0.93	0.69
2008	0.95	0.93	0.69
2007	0.95	0.93	0.69
2006	0.95	0.93	0.69
2005	0.95	0.93	0.69
2004	0.95	0.93	0.69
2003	0.95	0.93	0.69
2002	0.95	0.93	0.68
2001	0.95	0.94	0.68
2000	0.95	0.94	0.67
1999	0.95	0.93	0.66
1998	0.95	0.91	0.65
1997	0.95	0.89	0.65
1996	0.95	0.89	0.65
1995	0.95	0.89	0.65
1994	0.95	0.89	0.64
1993	0.95	0.87	0.63
1992	0.95	0.87	0.62
1991	0.95	0.87	0.6
1990	0.95	0.87	0.57
1989	0.76	0.84	0.51
1988	0.55	0.84	0.5
1987	0.55	0.84	0.5
1986	0.55	0.84	0.49
1985	0.49	0.84	0.48
1984	0.47	0.84	0.47
1983	0.34	0.84	0.47
1982	0.29	0.84	0.46
1981	0.44	0.84	0.46
1980	0.51	0.84	0.46
1979	0.47	0.84	0.45
1978	0.47	0.84	0.44
1977	0.47	0.84	0.44
1976	0.47	0.84	0.44
1975	0.48	0.84	0.44
1974	0.47	0.84	0.43
1973	0.47	0.84	0.43
1972	0.47	0.84	0.44
1971	0.47	0.84	0.44
1970	0.45	0.84	0.44
1969	0.45	0.85	0.44
1968	0.45	0.85	0.45
1967	0.45	0.88	0.45
1966	0.45	0.88	0.46
1965	0.45	0.88	0.46
1964	0.45	0.87	0.46
1963	0.45	0.87	0.46
1962	0.45	0.87	0.46
1961	0.45	0.87	0.46
1960	0.45	0.87	0.46
1959	0.45	0.87	0.44
1958	0.45	0.87	0.44
1957	0.45	0.87	0.43
1956	0.3	0.87	0.43
1955	0.26	0.87	0.43
1954	0.26	0.87	0.43
1953	0.26	0.87	0.43
1952	0.26	0.87	0.43
1951	0.26	0.88	0.43
1950	0.26	0.88	0.42
1949	0.26	0.87	0.42
1948	0.28	0.87	0.42
1947	0.28	0.87	0.42
1946	0.28	0.87	0.42
1945	0.27	0.84	0.38
1944	0.28	0.84	0.35
1943	–	0.84	0.35
1942	–	0.84	0.35
1941	–	0.84	0.35
1940	–	0.84	0.36
1939	–	0.84	0.38
1938	0.68	0.86	0.39
1937	0.68	0.86	0.39
1936	0.69	0.86	0.39
1935	0.69	0.86	0.4
1934	0.72	0.86	0.4
1933	0.74	0.86	0.4
1932	0.74	0.86	0.41
1931	0.74	0.86	0.41
1930	0.73	0.86	0.41
1929	0.77	0.85	0.41
1928	0.77	0.85	0.41
1927	0.75	0.85	0.41
1926	0.81	0.86	0.41
1925	0.84	0.85	0.41
1924	0.86	0.85	0.42
1923	0.86	0.83	0.41
1922	0.86	0.83	0.42
1921	0.86	0.83	0.42
1920	0.85	0.83	0.42
1919	0.86	0.82	0.41
1918	0.86	0.81	0.4
1917	–	0.81	0.39
1916	–	0.81	0.39
1915	–	0.82	0.4
1914	–	0.82	0.4
1913	–	0.84	0.41
1912	–	0.84	0.41
1911	–	0.84	0.41
1910	–	0.84	0.41
1909	–	0.83	0.41
1908	–	0.83	0.41
1907	–	0.83	0.41
1906	–	0.83	0.41
1905	–	0.83	0.41
1904	–	0.83	0.41
1903	–	0.83	0.41
1902	–	0.83	0.41
1901	–	0.83	0.41
1900	–	0.83	0.41
1899	–	0.83	0.47
1898	–	0.83	0.47
1897	–	0.83	0.46
1896	–	0.83	0.47
1895	–	0.83	0.46
1894	–	0.83	0.46
1893	–	0.83	0.46
1892	–	0.83	0.45
1891	–	0.83	0.45
1890	–	0.83	0.45
1889	–	0.83	0.45
1888	–	0.83	0.45
1887	–	0.83	0.45
1886	–	0.83	0.44
1885	–	0.83	0.44
1884	–	0.83	0.44
1883	–	0.83	0.44
1882	–	0.82	0.44
1881	–	0.82	0.44
1880	–	0.82	0.44
1879	–	0.8	0.45
1878	–	0.8	0.45
1877	–	0.8	0.44
1876	–	0.8	0.45
1875	–	0.8	0.45
1874	–	0.8	0.45
1873	–	0.8	0.45
1872	–	0.79	0.44
1871	–	0.79	0.45
1870	–	0.78	0.44
1869	–	0.77	0.44
1868	–	0.79	0.43
1867	0.18	0.78	0.44
1866	0.18	0.78	0.43
1865	0.18	0.78	0.43
1864	0.18	0.78	0.42
1863	0.11	0.78	0.43
1862	0.17	0.78	0.43
1861	0.17	0.78	0.42
1860	0.23	0.78	0.41
1859	0.23	0.78	0.4
1858	0.23	0.78	0.4
1857	0.23	0.78	0.4
1856	0.23	0.78	0.4
1855	0.19	0.78	0.4
1854	0.19	0.78	0.4
1853	0.19	0.78	0.4
1852	0.19	0.78	0.39
1851	0.19	0.78	0.39
1850	0.19	0.77	0.39
1849	0.19	0.77	0.41
1848	0.19	0.77	0.4
1847	0.19	0.77	0.38
1846	0.19	0.77	0.38
1845	0.19	0.77	0.37
1844	0.19	0.77	0.37
1843	0.19	0.75	0.37
1842	0.19	0.75	0.37
1841	0.19	0.75	0.37
1840	0.19	0.75	0.36
1839	0.19	0.73	0.36
1838	0.2	0.72	0.36
1837	0.2	0.71	0.36
1836	0.2	0.71	0.36
1835	0.2	0.71	0.36
1834	0.2	0.66	0.35
1833	0.2	0.64	0.35
1832	0.2	0.63	0.35
1831	0.51	0.63	0.35
1830	0.39	0.63	0.35
1829	0.34	0.59	0.35
1828	0.34	0.6	0.35
1827	0.35	0.6	0.35
1826	0.35	0.6	0.35
1825	0.35	0.59	0.35
1824	0.35	0.55	0.34
1823	0.35	0.55	0.35
1822	0.35	0.55	0.34
1821	0.4	0.55	0.34
1820	0.49	0.55	0.33
1819	0.5	0.54	0.32
1818	0.51	0.56	0.31
1817	0.51	0.56	0.31
1816	0.51	0.56	0.32
1815	0.51	0.57	0.32
1814	0.36	0.57	0.3
1813	0.36	0.57	0.29
1812	0.53	0.57	0.28
1811	0.53	0.57	0.28
1810	0.53	0.57	0.29
1809	0.55	0.57	0.29
1808	0.55	0.57	0.28
1807	0.55	0.57	0.28
1806	–	0.57	0.27
1805	–	0.57	0.27
1804	–	0.57	0.27
1803	–	0.57	0.27
1802	–	0.57	0.27
1801	–	0.57	0.27
1800	–	0.57	0.27
1799	–	0.57	0.28
1798	–	0.57	0.27
1797	–	0.57	0.27
1796	–	0.57	0.27
1795	0.33	0.54	0.27
1794	0.48	0.55	0.27
1793	0.49	0.55	0.27
1792	0.57	0.55	0.27
1791	0.57	0.56	0.27
1790	0.58	0.56	0.27
1789	0.57	0.56	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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