Civil rights score bti in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Civil rights score bti was 2 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
2
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
99th
of 128 countries
All-time high
4
in 2009
All-time low
2
in 2015
Years of data
11
2005–2025
Civil rights score bti in Saudi Arabia, 2005–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for civil rights score bti in Saudi Arabia is 2, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, civil rights score bti in Saudi Arabia peaked at 4 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 2, in 2015.
That places Saudi Arabia 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 | 3.33 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 2010s | 2.6 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 2020s | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
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More social development data for Saudi Arabia
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 448 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 2,368 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh 7 (2025)
- Democracy lexical 0 (2025)
- Human rights index vs electoral democracy index 0.178 (2025)
- Liberal democracy index 0.047 (2025)
- Electoral democracy index 0.016 (2025)
- Freedom of association index 0.026 (2025)
- Freedom of expression index 0.092 (2025)
- Participatory democracy index 0.026 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is civil rights score bti in Saudi Arabia?
- Civil rights score bti in Saudi Arabia was 2 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest civil rights score bti recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 4 in 2009.
- What is the lowest civil rights score bti recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 in 2015.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for civil rights score bti?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 99th out of 128 countries with data for 2025.
- Is civil rights score bti rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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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