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Human rights around the world

Human rights, 2025: highest in Estonia, at 0.96 of 1, and lowest in North Korea, at 0.02 of 1, of 175 countries with a value. The world as a whole: 0.65 of 1 in 2025.

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Human rights around the worldHuman rights, 2025: highest in Estonia, at 0.96 of 1, and lowest in North Korea, at 0.02 of 1, of 175 countries with a value. The world as a whole: 0.65 of 1 in 2025.
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#CountryLatestYear
1Estonia0.962025
2Sweden0.962025
3Denmark0.962025
4Ireland0.962025
5Belgium0.962025
6Iceland0.952025
7Switzerland0.952025
8New Zealand0.952025
9Czechia0.952025
10Finland0.952025
11Norway0.952025
12Luxembourg0.952025
13Spain0.942025
14Latvia0.942025
15Germany0.942025
16Uruguay0.932025
17Costa Rica0.932025
18Taiwan0.932025
19Chile0.932025
20Japan0.932025
21Poland0.922025
22Barbados0.922025
23France0.922025
24Malta0.922025
25Lithuania0.912025
26Suriname0.912025
27South Korea0.912025
28Ghana0.912025
29Netherlands0.912025
30Austria0.912025
31Cape Verde0.912025
32Australia0.912025
33Seychelles0.92025
34Italy0.92025
35Canada0.92025
36Cyprus0.92025
37São Tomé & Príncipe0.892025
38Trinidad & Tobago0.892025
39Croatia0.892025
40Slovenia0.882025
41Namibia0.882025
42Vanuatu0.882025
43Montenegro0.882025
44Gambia0.882025
45Greece0.882025
46Romania0.882025
47Jamaica0.882025
48Dominican Republic0.872025
49Panama0.872025
50Mauritius0.872025
51Timor-Leste0.872025
52Albania0.872025
53Brazil0.872025
54South Africa0.862025
55Solomon Islands0.862025
56Slovakia0.862025
57Bulgaria0.852025
58Guyana0.852025
59Botswana0.852025
60United Kingdom0.842025
61Moldova0.842025
62Liberia0.842025
63Portugal0.842025
64Benin0.842025
65Lesotho0.842025
66United States0.832025
67Argentina0.822025
68Honduras0.822025
69Sri Lanka0.822025
70Kosovo0.812025
71Bosnia & Herzegovina0.812025
72Senegal0.812025
73Malawi0.812025
74Papua New Guinea0.812025
75Paraguay0.812025
76Mongolia0.82025
77Armenia0.82025
78Peru0.82025
79Hungary0.792025
80Sierra Leone0.792025
81North Macedonia0.792025
82Gabon0.792025
83Israel0.792025
84Fiji0.772025
85Zambia0.772025
86Guatemala0.772025
87Colombia0.772025
88Haiti0.742025
89Nepal0.742025
90Bolivia0.742025
91Kenya0.742025
92Malaysia0.742025
93Serbia0.732025
94Maldives0.722025
95Singapore0.722025
96Bhutan0.72025
97Georgia0.72025
98Côte d’Ivoire0.72025
99Ecuador0.692025
100Lebanon0.692025
101Tunisia0.692025
102Nigeria0.672025
103Tanzania0.672025
104Jordan0.672025
105Madagascar0.652025
106Niger0.652025
107Morocco0.652025
108Indonesia0.632025
109Bangladesh0.632025
110Mexico0.632025
111Angola0.622025
112Hong Kong SAR China0.612025
113Mali0.612025
114Togo0.62025
115Ukraine0.582025
116Philippines0.562025
117Guinea-Bissau0.562025
118India0.532025
119Iraq0.522025
120Kazakhstan0.512025
121Mauritania0.512025
122El Salvador0.512025
123Cameroon0.512025
124Kuwait0.492025
125Mozambique0.482025
126Kyrgyzstan0.482025
127Thailand0.482025
128Comoros0.482025
129Pakistan0.472025
130Burkina Faso0.462025
131Somalia0.452025
132Oman0.452025
133Central African Republic0.442025
134Algeria0.422025
135Congo - Kinshasa0.422025
136Djibouti0.42025
137Türkiye0.42025
138Vietnam0.382025
139Zimbabwe0.382025
140Uzbekistan0.372025
141Qatar0.362025
142Palestinian Territories0.361948
143Guinea0.352025
144United Arab Emirates0.342025
145Congo - Brazzaville0.332025
146Libya0.322025
147Syria0.322025
148Uganda0.322025
149Venezuela0.312025
150Ethiopia0.32025
151Cuba0.32025
152Bahrain0.32025
153Vatican City0.31870
154Azerbaijan0.292025
155Chad0.282025
156Burundi0.272025
157Russia0.272025
158Cambodia0.262025
159Iran0.252025
160Egypt0.232025
161South Sudan0.232025
162Belarus0.222025
163Eswatini0.212025
164Rwanda0.192025
165Yemen0.192025
166China0.182025
167Saudi Arabia0.182025
168Sudan0.172025
169Tajikistan0.172025
170Equatorial Guinea0.172025
171Laos0.142025
172Turkmenistan0.112025
173Myanmar (Burma)0.12025
174Nicaragua0.082025
175Eritrea0.052025
176Afghanistan0.042025
177North Korea0.022025

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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.
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