Countries with independent national human rights institution by country

Countries reporting
193
Highest
2
Argentina
Lowest
0
Yemen, Republic of
Median
1
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
2,509

What the numbers show

Countries with independent national human rights institution is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 2 in Argentina; the lowest is 0 in Yemen, Republic of.

The median across all reporting countries is 1, and the mean is 1.04.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Austria (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of (down 100.0%).

Countries with independent national human rights institution: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Argentina 2 2024 unchanged flat
1 Armenia, Republic of 2 2024 unchanged rising
1 Australia 2 2024 unchanged flat
1 Austria 2 2024 up 100.0% rising
1 Burundi 2 2024 unchanged volatile
1 Benin 2 2024 β€” volatile
1 Bulgaria 2 2024 up 100.0% volatile
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 2024 unchanged rising
1 Bolivia 2 2024 unchanged flat
1 Canada 2 2024 unchanged flat
1 Chile 2 2024 unchanged volatile
1 CΓ΄te d'Ivoire 2 2024 β€” volatile
1 Cameroon 2 2024 unchanged flat
1 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2 2024 β€” volatile
1 Colombia 2 2024 unchanged rising
1 Costa Rica 2 2024 unchanged flat
1 Cyprus 2 2024 up 100.0% volatile
1 Germany 2 2024 unchanged rising
1 Denmark 2 2024 unchanged rising
1 Ecuador 2 2024 unchanged flat
1 Egypt, Arab Republic of 2 2024 unchanged rising
1 Spain 2 2024 unchanged flat
1 Estonia 2 2024 β€” volatile
1 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 2 2024 up 100.0% volatile
1 Finland 2 2024 unchanged volatile
1 France 2 2024 unchanged flat
1 United Kingdom 2 2024 unchanged rising
1 Georgia 2 2024 unchanged rising
1 Ghana 2 2024 unchanged rising
1 Gambia, The 2 2024 β€” volatile
1 Greece 2 2024 unchanged flat
1 Guatemala 2 2024 unchanged flat
1 Honduras 2 2024 up 100.0% rising
1 Croatia 2 2024 unchanged rising
1 Haiti 2 2024 unchanged volatile
1 Indonesia 2 2024 unchanged flat
1 India 2 2024 unchanged flat
1 Ireland 2 2024 unchanged rising
1 Iraq 2 2024 up 100.0% volatile
1 Jordan 2 2024 unchanged rising
1 Kenya 2 2024 unchanged rising
1 Korea 2 2024 unchanged rising
1 Liberia 2 2024 β€” volatile
1 Sri Lanka 2 2024 up 100.0% rising
1 Lithuania 2 2024 β€” volatile
1 Luxembourg 2 2024 unchanged rising
1 Latvia 2 2024 unchanged volatile
1 Morocco 2 2024 unchanged flat
1 Moldova, Republic of 2 2024 up 100.0% volatile
1 Madagascar, Republic of 2 2024 β€” volatile
1 Mexico 2 2024 unchanged flat
1 Mali 2 2024 up 100.0% volatile
1 Mongolia 2 2024 unchanged rising
1 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 2 2024 unchanged rising
1 Mauritius 2 2024 unchanged rising
1 Malawi 2 2024 unchanged flat
1 Malaysia 2 2024 unchanged rising
1 Namibia 2 2024 unchanged rising
1 Nigeria 2 2024 unchanged rising
1 Netherlands 2 2024 unchanged rising
1 Norway 2 2024 up 100.0% rising
1 Nepal 2 2024 unchanged rising
1 New Zealand 2 2024 unchanged flat
1 Pakistan 2 2024 β€” volatile
1 Peru 2 2024 unchanged flat
1 Philippines 2 2024 unchanged flat
1 Poland 2 2024 unchanged flat
1 Portugal 2 2024 unchanged flat
1 Paraguay 2 2024 β€” volatile
1 Palestine 2 2024 unchanged rising
1 Qatar 2 2024 unchanged rising
1 Rwanda 2 2024 unchanged rising
1 Sierra Leone 2 2024 unchanged volatile
1 El Salvador 2 2024 unchanged rising
1 Serbia, Republic of 2 2024 unchanged rising
1 Slovenia 2 2024 up 100.0% rising
1 Sweden 2 2024 up 100.0% falling
1 Togo 2 2024 unchanged flat
1 Thailand 2 2024 up 100.0% rising
1 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 2 2024 unchanged rising
1 Tanzania, United Republic of 2 2024 unchanged rising
1 Uganda 2 2024 unchanged flat
1 Ukraine 2 2024 unchanged rising
1 Uruguay 2 2024 β€” volatile
1 Samoa 2 2024 β€” volatile
1 South Africa 2 2024 unchanged flat
1 Zambia 2 2024 unchanged rising
1 Zimbabwe 2 2024 β€” volatile
89 Azerbaijan, Republic of 1 2024 down 50.0% volatile
89 Belgium 1 2024 β€” volatile
89 Bangladesh 1 2024 unchanged volatile
89 Bahrain, Kingdom of 1 2024 β€” volatile
89 Congo, Republic of 1 2024 unchanged rising
89 Algeria 1 2024 unchanged falling
89 Fiji, Republic of 1 2024 β€” volatile
89 Hungary 1 2024 down 50.0% volatile
89 Kazakhstan, Republic of 1 2024 unchanged volatile
89 Kyrgyz Republic 1 2024 unchanged volatile
89 Libya 1 2024 unchanged volatile
89 Maldives 1 2024 unchanged rising
89 North Macedonia, Republic of 1 2024 unchanged volatile
89 Montenegro 1 2024 β€” volatile
89 Nicaragua 1 2024 down 50.0% volatile
89 Oman 1 2024 unchanged volatile
89 Panama 1 2024 down 50.0% falling
89 Senegal 1 2024 unchanged falling
89 Slovak Republic 1 2024 unchanged rising
89 Tajikistan, Republic of 1 2024 unchanged volatile
89 Turkmenistan 1 2024 β€” volatile
89 Tunisia 1 2024 unchanged rising
89 TΓΌrkiye 1 2024 β€” volatile
89 Uzbekistan, Republic of 1 2024 β€” volatile
89 Venezuela, RepΓΊblica Bolivariana de 1 2024 down 50.0% falling
114 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
114 Angola 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Andorra, Principality of 0 2024 β€” flat
114 United Arab Emirates 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Burkina Faso 0 2024 β€” volatile
114 Bahamas, The 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Belarus, Republic of 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Belize 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Brazil 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Barbados 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Brunei Darussalam 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Bhutan 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Botswana 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Central African Republic 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Switzerland 0 2024 β€” flat
114 China (People’s Republic of) 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Comoros, Union of the 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Cabo Verde 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Cuba 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Czechia 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Djibouti 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Dominica 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Dominican Republic 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Eritrea, The State of 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Micronesia, Federated States of 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Gabon 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Guinea 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Guinea-Bissau 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Grenada 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Guyana 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Iceland 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Israel 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Italy 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Jamaica 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Japan 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Cambodia 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Kiribati 0 2024 β€” flat
114 St. Kitts and Nevis 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Kuwait 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Lebanon 0 2024 β€” flat
114 St. Lucia 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Liechtenstein, Principality of 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Lesotho, Kingdom of 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Monaco 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Marshall Islands, Republic of the 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Malta 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Myanmar 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
114 Mozambique, Republic of 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Niger 0 2024 β€” volatile
114 Nauru, Republic of 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Palau, Republic of 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Papua New Guinea 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Romania 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Russia 0 2024 down 100.0% falling
114 Saudi Arabia 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Sudan 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Singapore 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Solomon Islands 0 2024 β€” flat
114 San Marino, Republic of 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Somalia 0 2024 β€” flat
114 South Sudan, Republic of 0 2024 β€” flat
114 SΓ£o TomΓ© and PrΓ­ncipe, Democratic Republic of 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Suriname 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Eswatini, Kingdom of 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Seychelles 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Syrian Arab Republic 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Chad 0 2024 down 100.0% falling
114 Tonga 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Trinidad and Tobago 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Tuvalu 0 2024 β€” flat
114 United States 0 2024 β€” flat
114 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Vietnam 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Vanuatu 0 2024 β€” flat
114 Yemen, Republic of 0 2024 β€” flat

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Countries with independent national human rights institution
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
193 places, 2,509 data points, 2000–2024
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