United Arab Emirates vs United States: Human rights

Human rights in 2025: 0.34 of 1 in United Arab Emirates and 0.83 of 1 in United States, by V-Dem estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in United States, by 0.49 of 1, or 2.44 times that in United Arab Emirates.

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What the numbers say

United States has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1971.
In 2025, United Arab Emirates ranked 143 and United States ranked 66 of 175 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 0.65 of 1 in 2025.

Every year

index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

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

United Arab Emirates vs United States

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Politics

Electoral democracyUnited Arab Emirates: 0.1 of 1 in 2025United States: 0.74 of 1 in 2025

Conflict

Deaths in conflictsUnited Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022United States: 1 deaths in 2022