Cuba vs Venezuela: Human rights index vdem

Cuba
0.302
in 2025
Venezuela
0.307
in 2025
Cuba rank
150th
Venezuela rank
148th

Human rights index vdem over time

  • Cuba
  • Venezuela
0.20.40.60.8178919072025

How they compare

Venezuela currently reports 0.307 against 0.302 in Cuba, a difference of 0.005.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 227 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Cuba ahead.

Cuba ranks 150th and Venezuela ranks 148th of 176 countries.

Across the 24 decades both report, Cuba averaged higher in 10 and Venezuela in 14.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cuba Venezuela Difference Ahead
1780s 0.186 0.14 0.046 Cuba
1790s 0.18 0.14 0.04 Cuba
1800s 0.18 0.1471 0.0329 Cuba
1810s 0.1783 0.1748 0.0035 Cuba
1830s 0.171 0.4609 0.2899 Venezuela
1840s 0.1685 0.4018 0.2333 Venezuela
1850s 0.183 0.3897 0.2067 Venezuela
1860s 0.1693 0.4387 0.2694 Venezuela
1870s 0.119 0.401 0.282 Venezuela
1880s 0.1905 0.4409 0.2504 Venezuela
1890s 0.28 0.4572 0.1772 Venezuela
1900s 0.6515 0.2892 0.3623 Cuba
1910s 0.6458 0.2597 0.3861 Cuba
1920s 0.5848 0.2411 0.3437 Cuba
1930s 0.5831 0.336 0.2471 Cuba
1940s 0.7217 0.5666 0.1551 Cuba
1950s 0.5199 0.3668 0.1531 Cuba
1960s 0.2392 0.7947 0.5555 Venezuela
1970s 0.2466 0.8598 0.6132 Venezuela
1980s 0.2263 0.8659 0.6396 Venezuela
1990s 0.2382 0.8674 0.6292 Venezuela
2000s 0.2657 0.7173 0.4516 Venezuela
2010s 0.3167 0.5338 0.2171 Venezuela
2020s 0.293 0.3308 0.0378 Venezuela

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher human rights index vdem, Cuba or Venezuela?
Venezuela, at 0.307 against 0.302 in Cuba as of 2025.
What is the difference in human rights index vdem between Cuba and Venezuela?
0.005, with Venezuela ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Venezuela?
227 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
How do Cuba and Venezuela rank globally for human rights index vdem?
Cuba ranks 150th and Venezuela ranks 148th 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