Estonia vs Sweden: Human rights index vdem
Estonia
0.963
in 2025
Sweden
0.96
in 2025
Estonia rank
1st
Sweden rank
2nd
Human rights index vdem over time
- Estonia
- Sweden
How they compare
Estonia currently reports 0.963 against 0.96 in Sweden, a difference of 0.003.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 237 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Sweden ahead.
Estonia ranks 1st and Sweden ranks 2nd of 176 countries.
Across the 25 decades both report, Estonia averaged higher in 1 and Sweden in 24.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Estonia | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0.143 | 0.626 | 0.483 | Sweden |
| 1790s | 0.1338 | 0.626 | 0.4922 | Sweden |
| 1800s | 0.1619 | 0.6312 | 0.4693 | Sweden |
| 1810s | 0.162 | 0.696 | 0.534 | Sweden |
| 1820s | 0.1464 | 0.696 | 0.5496 | Sweden |
| 1830s | 0.1349 | 0.696 | 0.5611 | Sweden |
| 1840s | 0.1294 | 0.775 | 0.6456 | Sweden |
| 1850s | 0.1717 | 0.776 | 0.6043 | Sweden |
| 1860s | 0.2613 | 0.825 | 0.5637 | Sweden |
| 1870s | 0.286 | 0.838 | 0.552 | Sweden |
| 1880s | 0.2509 | 0.838 | 0.5871 | Sweden |
| 1890s | 0.2696 | 0.838 | 0.5684 | Sweden |
| 1900s | 0.2969 | 0.841 | 0.5441 | Sweden |
| 1910s | 0.4214 | 0.8472 | 0.4258 | Sweden |
| 1920s | 0.8931 | 0.8921 | 0.001 | Estonia |
| 1930s | 0.7672 | 0.8969 | 0.1297 | Sweden |
| 1940s | 0.0169 | 0.9071 | 0.8902 | Sweden |
| 1950s | 0.0886 | 0.9461 | 0.8575 | Sweden |
| 1960s | 0.1468 | 0.9563 | 0.8095 | Sweden |
| 1970s | 0.148 | 0.9634 | 0.8154 | Sweden |
| 1980s | 0.2045 | 0.9718 | 0.7673 | Sweden |
| 1990s | 0.9231 | 0.973 | 0.0499 | Sweden |
| 2000s | 0.9517 | 0.9734 | 0.0217 | Sweden |
| 2010s | 0.9603 | 0.9699 | 0.0096 | Sweden |
| 2020s | 0.962 | 0.9625 | 0.0005 | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher human rights index vdem, Estonia or Sweden?
- Estonia, at 0.963 against 0.96 in Sweden as of 2025.
- What is the difference in human rights index vdem between Estonia and Sweden?
- 0.003, with Estonia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and Sweden?
- 237 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
- How do Estonia and Sweden rank globally for human rights index vdem?
- Estonia ranks 1st 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.