Civil rights score bti in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Civil rights score bti was 6 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
6
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
31st
of 128 countries
All-time high
6
in 2007
All-time low
5
in 2005
Years of data
11
2005–2025
Civil rights score bti in Papua New Guinea, 2005–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 6 for civil rights score bti in 2025. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, civil rights score bti in Papua New Guinea peaked at 6 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 5, in 2005.
That places Papua New Guinea 31st out of 128 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.67 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| 2010s | 5.6 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| 2020s | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
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More social development data for Papua New Guinea
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 7,727 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 644 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh 4 (2025)
- Democracy lexical 1 (2025)
- Human rights index vs electoral democracy index 0.805 (2025)
- Liberal democracy index 0.384 (2025)
- Electoral democracy index 0.467 (2025)
- Freedom of association index 0.879 (2025)
- Freedom of expression index 0.839 (2025)
- Participatory democracy index 0.28 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is civil rights score bti in Papua New Guinea?
- Civil rights score bti in Papua New Guinea was 6 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest civil rights score bti recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 6 in 2007.
- What is the lowest civil rights score bti recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 in 2005.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for civil rights score bti?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 31st out of 128 countries with data for 2025.
- Is civil rights score bti rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Civil rights score bti. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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