Barbados vs Taiwan: Human rights index vdem

Barbados
0.918
in 2025
Taiwan
0.93
in 2025
Barbados rank
21st
Taiwan rank
18th

Human rights index vdem over time

  • Barbados
  • Taiwan
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How they compare

Taiwan currently reports 0.93 against 0.918 in Barbados, a difference of 0.012.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 21st and Taiwan ranks 18th of 176 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 10 and Taiwan in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Taiwan Difference Ahead
1900s 0.6 0.1477 0.4523 Barbados
1910s 0.6 0.1768 0.4232 Barbados
1920s 0.6 0.2373 0.3627 Barbados
1930s 0.6043 0.1881 0.4162 Barbados
1940s 0.6599 0.1797 0.4802 Barbados
1950s 0.7116 0.2055 0.5061 Barbados
1960s 0.7991 0.2517 0.5474 Barbados
1970s 0.8908 0.2864 0.6044 Barbados
1980s 0.903 0.4814 0.4216 Barbados
1990s 0.91 0.8094 0.1006 Barbados
2000s 0.9088 0.9321 0.0233 Taiwan
2010s 0.9107 0.9392 0.0285 Taiwan
2020s 0.9197 0.9332 0.0135 Taiwan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher human rights index vdem, Barbados or Taiwan?
Taiwan, at 0.93 against 0.918 in Barbados as of 2025.
What is the difference in human rights index vdem between Barbados and Taiwan?
0.012, with Taiwan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Taiwan?
126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Barbados and Taiwan rank globally for human rights index vdem?
Barbados ranks 21st and Taiwan ranks 18th of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Human rights index vdem. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Human rights index vdem
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 30,202 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed