Cape Verde

Human rights in Cape Verde

Human rights in Cape Verde: 0.19 of 1 in 1900 and 0.91 of 1 in 2025, by V-Dem estimates.

Latest, 2025
0.91 of 1
Since 1900
+0.72 of 1
World, 2025
0.65 of 1
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index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

Human rights in Cape VerdeHuman rights in Cape Verde: 0.19 of 1 in 1900 and 0.91 of 1 in 2025, by V-Dem estimates. The highest was 0.92 of 1 in 2015, the lowest 0.17 of 1 in 1933.
Estimates, V-DemWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 0.92 of 1 in 2015, the lowest 0.17 of 1 in 1933.

Every year

index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

YearCape VerdeWorld
20250.910.65
20240.910.65
20230.920.66
20220.910.66
20210.910.67
20200.910.67
20190.920.68
20180.920.68
20170.920.68
20160.920.68
20150.920.69
20140.920.69
20130.920.7
20120.920.7
20110.920.7
20100.920.7
20090.920.69
20080.920.69
20070.920.69
20060.920.69
20050.920.69
20040.920.69
20030.920.69
20020.920.68
20010.920.68
20000.920.67
19990.920.66
19980.910.65
19970.910.65
19960.910.65
19950.910.65
19940.910.64
19930.910.63
19920.910.62
19910.870.6
19900.790.57
19890.750.51
19880.750.5
19870.720.5
19860.70.49
19850.70.48
19840.70.47
19830.690.47
19820.690.46
19810.690.46
19800.690.46
19790.690.45
19780.690.44
19770.690.44
19760.690.44
19750.520.44
19740.20.43
19730.20.43
19720.20.44
19710.190.44
19700.190.44
19690.190.44
19680.190.45
19670.190.45
19660.190.46
19650.190.46
19640.190.46
19630.190.46
19620.190.46
19610.190.46
19600.190.46
19590.190.44
19580.190.44
19570.190.43
19560.190.43
19550.190.43
19540.190.43
19530.190.43
19520.190.43
19510.190.43
19500.190.42
19490.180.42
19480.180.42
19470.180.42
19460.180.42
19450.180.38
19440.170.35
19430.170.35
19420.170.35
19410.170.35
19400.170.36
19390.170.38
19380.170.39
19370.170.39
19360.170.39
19350.170.4
19340.170.4
19330.170.4
19320.180.41
19310.190.41
19300.190.41
19290.190.41
19280.190.41
19270.190.41
19260.190.41
19250.190.41
19240.190.42
19230.190.41
19220.190.42
19210.190.42
19200.190.42
19190.190.41
19180.190.4
19170.190.39
19160.190.39
19150.190.4
19140.190.4
19130.190.41
19120.190.41
19110.190.41
19100.20.41
19090.190.41
19080.190.41
19070.190.41
19060.190.41
19050.190.41
19040.190.41
19030.190.41
19020.190.41
19010.190.41
19000.190.41
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

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.

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