Which has higher human rights index, Liberia or United Kingdom?

United Kingdom, at 0.844 against 0.838 in Liberia as of 2025.

What is the difference in human rights index between Liberia and United Kingdom?

0.006, with United Kingdom ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and United Kingdom?

205 years are reported by both, from 1821 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.

Liberia vs United Kingdom: Human Rights Index

Liberia

0.838

in 2025

United Kingdom

0.844

in 2025

Liberia rank

62nd

United Kingdom rank

60th

Human Rights Index over time

Liberia
United Kingdom

How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 0.844 against 0.838 in Liberia, a difference of 0.006.

Across all 205 years both countries report, United Kingdom has been ahead every year.

Liberia ranks 62nd and United Kingdom ranks 60th of 176 countries.

United Kingdom has averaged higher in every one of the 21 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Liberia	United Kingdom	Difference	Ahead
1820s	0.363	0.5763	0.2133	United Kingdom
1830s	0.363	0.6789	0.3159	United Kingdom
1840s	0.3856	0.7604	0.3748	United Kingdom
1850s	0.476	0.7753	0.2993	United Kingdom
1860s	0.476	0.777	0.301	United Kingdom
1870s	0.481	0.7913	0.3103	United Kingdom
1880s	0.481	0.8229	0.3419	United Kingdom
1890s	0.481	0.8252	0.3442	United Kingdom
1900s	0.459	0.83	0.371	United Kingdom
1910s	0.4484	0.823	0.3746	United Kingdom
1920s	0.4586	0.8408	0.3822	United Kingdom
1930s	0.4683	0.8547	0.3864	United Kingdom
1940s	0.397	0.8551	0.4581	United Kingdom
1950s	0.2908	0.8716	0.5808	United Kingdom
1960s	0.2753	0.869	0.5937	United Kingdom
1970s	0.3978	0.838	0.4402	United Kingdom
1980s	0.2717	0.837	0.5653	United Kingdom
1990s	0.4376	0.8874	0.4498	United Kingdom
2000s	0.6386	0.9349	0.2963	United Kingdom
2010s	0.8491	0.9154	0.0663	United Kingdom
2020s	0.8385	0.88	0.0415	United Kingdom

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher human rights index, Liberia or United Kingdom?: United Kingdom, at 0.844 against 0.838 in Liberia as of 2025.
What is the difference in human rights index between Liberia and United Kingdom?: 0.006, with United Kingdom ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and United Kingdom?: 205 years are reported by both, from 1821 to 2025.
How do Liberia and United Kingdom rank globally for human rights index?: Liberia ranks 62nd and United Kingdom ranks 60th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Liberia vs United Kingdom: Human Rights Index. Statizoid, drawing on V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 07 November 2026, from https://social-development.statizoid.com/compare/human-rights-index-vdem/liberia/united-kingdom/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://social-development.statizoid.com/compare/human-rights-index-vdem/liberia/united-kingdom/">Liberia vs United Kingdom: Human Rights Index</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.