Maldives

Human rights in Maldives

Human rights in Maldives: 0.4 of 1 in 1900 and 0.72 of 1 in 2025, by V-Dem estimates.

Latest, 2025
0.72 of 1
Since 1900
+0.33 of 1
Rank, 2025
94 of 175
counting from the highest
World, 2025
0.65 of 1

index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

Human rights in MaldivesHuman rights in Maldives: 0.4 of 1 in 1900 and 0.72 of 1 in 2025, by V-Dem estimates. The highest was 0.75 of 1 in 2024, the lowest 0.32 of 1 in 2002.
Estimates, V-DemWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 0.75 of 1 in 2024, the lowest 0.32 of 1 in 2002.

Every year

index, 0 to 1 · V-Dem

YearMaldivesWorld
20250.720.65
20240.750.65
20230.740.66
20220.720.66
20210.720.67
20200.740.67
20190.730.68
20180.520.68
20170.480.68
20160.510.68
20150.530.69
20140.540.69
20130.540.7
20120.620.7
20110.720.7
20100.720.7
20090.730.69
20080.650.69
20070.470.69
20060.470.69
20050.460.69
20040.350.69
20030.330.69
20020.320.68
20010.360.68
20000.360.67
19990.350.66
19980.350.65
19970.350.65
19960.350.65
19950.350.65
19940.350.64
19930.350.63
19920.350.62
19910.350.6
19900.370.57
19890.360.51
19880.360.5
19870.360.5
19860.360.49
19850.370.48
19840.370.47
19830.370.47
19820.370.46
19810.370.46
19800.370.46
19790.360.45
19780.360.44
19770.390.44
19760.390.44
19750.390.44
19740.390.43
19730.390.43
19720.390.44
19710.390.44
19700.390.44
19690.390.44
19680.390.45
19670.370.45
19660.370.46
19650.410.46
19640.410.46
19630.370.46
19620.410.46
19610.410.46
19600.410.46
19590.410.44
19580.410.44
19570.410.43
19560.420.43
19550.420.43
19540.410.43
19530.410.43
19520.420.43
19510.420.43
19500.420.42
19490.420.42
19480.420.42
19470.420.42
19460.420.42
19450.420.38
19440.420.35
19430.420.35
19420.420.35
19410.420.35
19400.420.36
19390.420.38
19380.420.39
19370.420.39
19360.420.39
19350.420.4
19340.420.4
19330.420.4
19320.420.41
19310.40.41
19300.40.41
19290.40.41
19280.40.41
19270.40.41
19260.40.41
19250.40.41
19240.40.42
19230.40.41
19220.40.42
19210.40.42
19200.40.42
19190.40.41
19180.40.4
19170.40.39
19160.40.39
19150.40.4
19140.40.4
19130.40.41
19120.40.41
19110.40.41
19100.40.41
19090.40.41
19080.40.41
19070.40.41
19060.40.41
19050.40.41
19040.40.41
19030.40.41
19020.40.41
19010.40.41
19000.40.41
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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

Maldives in numbers

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