Bulgaria vs United Kingdom: Human rights index vdem

Bulgaria
0.849
in 2025
United Kingdom
0.844
in 2025
Bulgaria rank
57th
United Kingdom rank
60th

Human rights index vdem over time

  • Bulgaria
  • United Kingdom
0.20.40.60.81178919072025

How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 0.849 against 0.844 in United Kingdom, a difference of 0.005.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 57th and United Kingdom ranks 60th of 176 countries.

United Kingdom has averaged higher in every one of the 25 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria United Kingdom Difference Ahead
1780s 0.176 0.561 0.385 United Kingdom
1790s 0.176 0.5609 0.3849 United Kingdom
1800s 0.175 0.572 0.397 United Kingdom
1810s 0.168 0.5641 0.3961 United Kingdom
1820s 0.168 0.5736 0.4056 United Kingdom
1830s 0.1851 0.6789 0.4938 United Kingdom
1840s 0.317 0.7604 0.4434 United Kingdom
1850s 0.3196 0.7753 0.4557 United Kingdom
1860s 0.3464 0.777 0.4306 United Kingdom
1870s 0.3861 0.7913 0.4052 United Kingdom
1880s 0.3998 0.8229 0.4231 United Kingdom
1890s 0.4719 0.8252 0.3533 United Kingdom
1900s 0.5956 0.83 0.2344 United Kingdom
1910s 0.5682 0.823 0.2548 United Kingdom
1920s 0.5189 0.8408 0.3219 United Kingdom
1930s 0.4465 0.8547 0.4082 United Kingdom
1940s 0.2628 0.8551 0.5923 United Kingdom
1950s 0.148 0.8716 0.7236 United Kingdom
1960s 0.1622 0.869 0.7068 United Kingdom
1970s 0.1734 0.838 0.6646 United Kingdom
1980s 0.1902 0.837 0.6468 United Kingdom
1990s 0.8755 0.8874 0.0119 United Kingdom
2000s 0.8966 0.9349 0.0383 United Kingdom
2010s 0.8644 0.9154 0.051 United Kingdom
2020s 0.8688 0.88 0.0112 United Kingdom

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher human rights index vdem, Bulgaria or United Kingdom?
Bulgaria, at 0.849 against 0.844 in United Kingdom as of 2025.
What is the difference in human rights index vdem between Bulgaria and United Kingdom?
0.005, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and United Kingdom?
237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
How do Bulgaria and United Kingdom rank globally for human rights index vdem?
Bulgaria ranks 57th and United Kingdom ranks 60th 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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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