Civil Rights Score in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan: Civil Rights Score was 2 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Civil Rights Score in Azerbaijan, 2005–2025
Source: Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Azerbaijan recorded 2 for civil rights score in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 33.3% on the previous year and down 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, civil rights score in Azerbaijan peaked at 5 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 2, in 2025.
That places Azerbaijan 99th out of 128 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.67 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| 2010s | 3.4 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 2020s | 2.67 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
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- 99 Belarus 2 compare
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- 99 Oman 2 compare
- 99 Pakistan 2 compare
- 99 Russia 2 compare
- 99 Saudi Arabia 2 compare
- 99 South Sudan 2 compare
- 99 Tajikistan 2 compare
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More social development data for Azerbaijan
- Political Rights Rating 7 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 6,389 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 130,983 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Liberal democracy 1 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.053 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.291 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.043 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.291 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is civil rights score in Azerbaijan?
- Civil rights score in Azerbaijan was 2 in 2025, according to Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest civil rights score recorded in Azerbaijan?
- The highest recorded value was 5 in 2005.
- What is the lowest civil rights score recorded in Azerbaijan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 in 2025.
- How does Azerbaijan rank for civil rights score?
- Azerbaijan ranks 99th out of 128 countries with data for 2025.
- Is civil rights score rising or falling in Azerbaijan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Azerbaijan data come from?
- The figures come from Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Civil Rights Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Indicates the extent to which civil rights are codified in law, and the state prosecutes any violations and works to prevent discrimination.