Belgium vs Sweden: Human rights index vdem
Belgium
0.955
in 2025
Sweden
0.96
in 2025
Belgium rank
5th
Sweden rank
2nd
Human rights index vdem over time
- Belgium
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 0.96 against 0.955 in Belgium, a difference of 0.005.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Sweden ahead.
Belgium ranks 5th and Sweden ranks 2nd of 176 countries.
Across the 25 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 6 and Sweden in 19.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0.495 | 0.626 | 0.131 | Sweden |
| 1790s | 0.4978 | 0.626 | 0.1282 | Sweden |
| 1800s | 0.3921 | 0.6312 | 0.2391 | Sweden |
| 1810s | 0.5257 | 0.696 | 0.1703 | Sweden |
| 1820s | 0.667 | 0.696 | 0.029 | Sweden |
| 1830s | 0.7091 | 0.696 | 0.0131 | Belgium |
| 1840s | 0.8265 | 0.775 | 0.0515 | Belgium |
| 1850s | 0.837 | 0.776 | 0.061 | Belgium |
| 1860s | 0.837 | 0.825 | 0.012 | Belgium |
| 1870s | 0.837 | 0.838 | 0.001 | Sweden |
| 1880s | 0.8338 | 0.838 | 0.0042 | Sweden |
| 1890s | 0.8406 | 0.838 | 0.0026 | Belgium |
| 1900s | 0.8488 | 0.841 | 0.0078 | Belgium |
| 1910s | 0.6823 | 0.8472 | 0.1649 | Sweden |
| 1920s | 0.853 | 0.8921 | 0.0391 | Sweden |
| 1930s | 0.8565 | 0.8969 | 0.0404 | Sweden |
| 1940s | 0.6707 | 0.9071 | 0.2364 | Sweden |
| 1950s | 0.9305 | 0.9461 | 0.0156 | Sweden |
| 1960s | 0.945 | 0.9563 | 0.0113 | Sweden |
| 1970s | 0.9524 | 0.9634 | 0.011 | Sweden |
| 1980s | 0.9553 | 0.9718 | 0.0165 | Sweden |
| 1990s | 0.9627 | 0.973 | 0.0103 | Sweden |
| 2000s | 0.9645 | 0.9734 | 0.0089 | Sweden |
| 2010s | 0.9634 | 0.9699 | 0.0065 | Sweden |
| 2020s | 0.9547 | 0.9625 | 0.0078 | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher human rights index vdem, Belgium or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 0.96 against 0.955 in Belgium as of 2025.
- What is the difference in human rights index vdem between Belgium and Sweden?
- 0.005, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Sweden?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Belgium and Sweden rank globally for human rights index vdem?
- Belgium ranks 5th and Sweden ranks 2nd 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.