Civil Rights Score in Kuwait
Kuwait: Civil Rights Score was 4 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Civil Rights Score in Kuwait, 2007–2025
Source: Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for civil rights score in Kuwait is 4, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
The figure is down 20.0% on the previous year and down 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, civil rights score in Kuwait peaked at 7 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 4, in 2025.
Kuwait ranks 64th of 128 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 10 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| 2010s | 6.2 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| 2020s | 4.67 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
- 64 Algeria 4 compare
- 64 Angola 4 compare
- 64 Bahrain 4 compare
- 64 Georgia 4 compare
- 64 Guinea 4 compare
- 64 Honduras 4 compare
- 64 Kazakhstan 4 compare
- 64 Kyrgyzstan 4 compare
- 64 Mexico 4 compare
- 64 Morocco 4 compare
- 64 Nigeria 4 compare
- 64 Philippines 4 compare
- 64 Sierra Leone 4 compare
- 64 Tanzania 4 compare
- 64 Togo 4 compare
- 64 Uganda 4 compare
- 64 Uzbekistan 4 compare
More social development data for Kuwait
- Political Rights Rating 6 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 386 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 3,369 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Liberal democracy 0 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.127 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.488 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.053 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.488 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is civil rights score in Kuwait?
- Civil rights score in Kuwait was 4 in 2025, according to Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest civil rights score recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 7 in 2007.
- What is the lowest civil rights score recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 4 in 2025.
- How does Kuwait rank for civil rights score?
- Kuwait ranks 64th out of 128 countries with data for 2025.
- Is civil rights score rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kuwait 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 10 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
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.