Poland vs Taiwan: Human rights index vdem

Poland
0.918
in 2025
Taiwan
0.93
in 2025
Poland rank
21st
Taiwan rank
18th

Human rights index vdem over time

  • Poland
  • Taiwan
0.20.40.60.81178919072025

How they compare

Taiwan currently reports 0.93 against 0.918 in Poland, a difference of 0.012.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 171 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Poland ahead.

Poland ranks 21st and Taiwan ranks 18th of 176 countries.

Across the 21 decades both report, Poland averaged higher in 19 and Taiwan in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Poland Taiwan Difference Ahead
1780s 0.569 0.124 0.445 Poland
1790s 0.5023 0.124 0.3783 Poland
1800s 0.554 0.121 0.433 Poland
1810s 0.4831 0.121 0.3621 Poland
1820s 0.3675 0.121 0.2465 Poland
1830s 0.2462 0.121 0.1252 Poland
1840s 0.191 0.121 0.07 Poland
1850s 0.205 0.1024 0.1026 Poland
1860s 0.1729 0.1186 0.0542 Poland
1910s 0.8555 0.222 0.6335 Poland
1920s 0.8224 0.2373 0.5851 Poland
1930s 0.7103 0.1901 0.5202 Poland
1940s 0.2742 0.1883 0.0858 Poland
1950s 0.321 0.2055 0.1155 Poland
1960s 0.4514 0.2517 0.1997 Poland
1970s 0.4673 0.2864 0.1809 Poland
1980s 0.4924 0.4814 0.011 Poland
1990s 0.9503 0.8094 0.1409 Poland
2000s 0.9493 0.9321 0.0172 Poland
2010s 0.9147 0.9392 0.0245 Taiwan
2020s 0.8543 0.9332 0.0788 Taiwan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher human rights index vdem, Poland or Taiwan?
Taiwan, at 0.93 against 0.918 in Poland as of 2025.
What is the difference in human rights index vdem between Poland and Taiwan?
0.012, with Taiwan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Poland and Taiwan?
171 years are reported by both, from 1789 to 2025.
How do Poland and Taiwan rank globally for human rights index vdem?
Poland ranks 21st and Taiwan ranks 18th 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