El Salvador vs Kuwait: Human rights index vdem

El Salvador
0.511
in 2025
Kuwait
0.488
in 2025
El Salvador rank
121st
Kuwait rank
123rd

Human rights index vdem over time

  • El Salvador
  • Kuwait
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.511 against 0.488 in Kuwait, a difference of 0.023.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 188 shared years of data; in 1838 it was Kuwait ahead.

El Salvador ranks 121st and Kuwait ranks 123rd of 176 countries.

Across the 20 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 4 and Kuwait in 16.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Kuwait Difference Ahead
1830s 0.18 0.314 0.134 Kuwait
1840s 0.18 0.314 0.134 Kuwait
1850s 0.18 0.314 0.134 Kuwait
1860s 0.18 0.314 0.134 Kuwait
1870s 0.1998 0.314 0.1142 Kuwait
1880s 0.2361 0.314 0.0779 Kuwait
1890s 0.275 0.3364 0.0614 Kuwait
1900s 0.2686 0.395 0.1264 Kuwait
1910s 0.2726 0.3969 0.1243 Kuwait
1920s 0.2841 0.4005 0.1164 Kuwait
1930s 0.1383 0.3997 0.2614 Kuwait
1940s 0.1757 0.4244 0.2487 Kuwait
1950s 0.232 0.435 0.203 Kuwait
1960s 0.2356 0.5412 0.3056 Kuwait
1970s 0.1266 0.5437 0.4171 Kuwait
1980s 0.1171 0.5258 0.4087 Kuwait
1990s 0.6149 0.5023 0.1126 El Salvador
2000s 0.8154 0.5222 0.2932 El Salvador
2010s 0.8168 0.5171 0.2997 El Salvador
2020s 0.538 0.5118 0.0262 El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher human rights index vdem, El Salvador or Kuwait?
El Salvador, at 0.511 against 0.488 in Kuwait as of 2025.
What is the difference in human rights index vdem between El Salvador and Kuwait?
0.023, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Kuwait?
188 years are reported by both, from 1838 to 2025.
How do El Salvador and Kuwait rank globally for human rights index vdem?
El Salvador ranks 121st and Kuwait ranks 123rd 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
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