Which has higher human rights index, Dominican Republic or East Timor?

Dominican Republic, at 0.874 against 0.873 in East Timor as of 2025.

What is the difference in human rights index between Dominican Republic and East Timor?

0.001, with Dominican Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and East Timor?

126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Human Rights Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Dominican Republic vs East Timor: Human Rights Index

Dominican Republic

0.874

in 2025

East Timor

0.873

in 2025

Dominican Republic rank

48th

East Timor rank

50th

Human Rights Index over time

Dominican Republic
East Timor

How they compare

Dominican Republic currently reports 0.874 against 0.873 in East Timor, a difference of 0.001.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Dominican Republic ahead.

Dominican Republic ranks 48th and East Timor ranks 50th of 176 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Dominican Republic averaged higher in 9 and East Timor in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Dominican Republic	East Timor	Difference	Ahead
1900s	0.4158	0.13	0.2858	Dominican Republic
1910s	0.3721	0.1488	0.2233	Dominican Republic
1920s	0.3256	0.1549	0.1707	Dominican Republic
1930s	0.1023	0.15	0.0477	East Timor
1940s	0.1098	0.1292	0.0194	East Timor
1950s	0.1182	0.155	0.0368	East Timor
1960s	0.3335	0.163	0.1705	Dominican Republic
1970s	0.4058	0.1216	0.2842	Dominican Republic
1980s	0.7799	0.0506	0.7293	Dominican Republic
1990s	0.7819	0.0855	0.6964	Dominican Republic
2000s	0.8564	0.8417	0.0147	Dominican Republic
2010s	0.8497	0.8593	0.0096	East Timor
2020s	0.8782	0.8515	0.0267	Dominican Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher human rights index, Dominican Republic or East Timor?: Dominican Republic, at 0.874 against 0.873 in East Timor as of 2025.
What is the difference in human rights index between Dominican Republic and East Timor?: 0.001, with Dominican Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and East Timor?: 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Dominican Republic and East Timor rank globally for human rights index?: Dominican Republic ranks 48th and East Timor ranks 50th of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Human Rights Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Human Rights Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 30,202 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which people are free from government torture, political killings, and forced labor, they have property rights, and enjoy the freedoms of movement, religion, expression, and association.