Human Rights Index by country
Central estimate of the extent to which people are free from government torture, political killings, and forced labor, they have property rights, and enjoy the freedoms of movement, religion, expression, and association.
Countries reporting
173
Highest
0.963
Estonia
Lowest
0.024
North Korea
Median
0.74
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
30,202
What the numbers show
Human Rights Index is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 0.963 in Estonia; the lowest is 0.024 in North Korea.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.74, and the mean is 0.6448.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 40.
Over the past decade 50 countries rose and 122 fell. The largest increase was in Syria (up 473.2%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 92.1%).
Human Rights Index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Estonia | 0.963 | 2025 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Sweden | 0.96 | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 3 | Denmark | 0.959 | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 5 | Belgium | 0.955 | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 6 | Switzerland | 0.95 | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 6 | Iceland | 0.95 | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 8 | Czechia | 0.948 | 2025 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 8 | New Zealand | 0.948 | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 10 | Finland | 0.947 | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 10 | Norway | 0.947 | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 13 | Spain | 0.942 | 2025 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Germany | 0.94 | 2025 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Latvia | 0.94 | 2025 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Uruguay | 0.932 | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 17 | Costa Rica | 0.931 | 2025 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 18 | Chile | 0.93 | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 18 | Taiwan | 0.93 | 2025 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Japan | 0.925 | 2025 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Barbados | 0.918 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 21 | Poland | 0.918 | 2025 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 23 | France | 0.917 | 2025 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 25 | Lithuania | 0.913 | 2025 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Suriname | 0.913 | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 27 | Ghana | 0.912 | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 27 | South Korea | 0.912 | 2025 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Netherlands | 0.912 | 2025 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 30 | Austria | 0.907 | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 30 | Cape Verde | 0.907 | 2025 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Australia | 0.906 | 2025 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 33 | Seychelles | 0.904 | 2025 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 34 | Italy | 0.9 | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 35 | Canada | 0.897 | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 36 | Cyprus | 0.895 | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 37 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.892 | 2025 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.888 | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 39 | Croatia | 0.886 | 2025 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Namibia | 0.883 | 2025 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Slovenia | 0.883 | 2025 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 42 | Montenegro | 0.881 | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 42 | Vanuatu | 0.881 | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 44 | Gambia | 0.88 | 2025 | up 169.1% | rising |
| 45 | Greece | 0.878 | 2025 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 46 | Romania | 0.877 | 2025 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Jamaica | 0.876 | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 48 | Dominican Republic | 0.874 | 2025 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Panama | 0.874 | 2025 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 50 | Mauritius | 0.873 | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 50 | East Timor | 0.873 | 2025 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Albania | 0.872 | 2025 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Brazil | 0.871 | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 54 | Solomon Islands | 0.857 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 54 | Slovakia | 0.857 | 2025 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 54 | South Africa | 0.857 | 2025 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Bulgaria | 0.849 | 2025 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Guyana | 0.847 | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 59 | Botswana | 0.845 | 2025 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 60 | United Kingdom | 0.844 | 2025 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 61 | Moldova | 0.842 | 2025 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Liberia | 0.838 | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 63 | Benin | 0.836 | 2025 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Portugal | 0.836 | 2025 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Lesotho | 0.835 | 2025 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 66 | United States | 0.826 | 2025 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 67 | Argentina | 0.821 | 2025 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 68 | Honduras | 0.819 | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 69 | Sri Lanka | 0.816 | 2025 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 70 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.814 | 2025 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Senegal | 0.812 | 2025 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 72 | Malawi | 0.806 | 2025 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Papua New Guinea | 0.805 | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 73 | Paraguay | 0.805 | 2025 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Mongolia | 0.801 | 2025 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Armenia | 0.8 | 2025 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Peru | 0.8 | 2025 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 78 | Hungary | 0.793 | 2025 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 79 | Sierra Leone | 0.792 | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 80 | North Macedonia | 0.789 | 2025 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Gabon | 0.788 | 2025 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Israel | 0.787 | 2025 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Fiji | 0.774 | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 84 | Zambia | 0.773 | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 85 | Guatemala | 0.766 | 2025 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Colombia | 0.765 | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 87 | Haiti | 0.743 | 2025 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Nepal | 0.742 | 2025 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Bolivia | 0.741 | 2025 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Kenya | 0.74 | 2025 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Malaysia | 0.739 | 2025 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 92 | Serbia | 0.73 | 2025 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 93 | Maldives | 0.724 | 2025 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 94 | Singapore | 0.717 | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 95 | Bhutan | 0.701 | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 96 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.7 | 2025 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Georgia | 0.7 | 2025 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Ecuador | 0.692 | 2025 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 99 | Lebanon | 0.689 | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 100 | Tunisia | 0.685 | 2025 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Nigeria | 0.674 | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 102 | Tanzania | 0.673 | 2025 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 103 | Jordan | 0.672 | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 104 | Madagascar | 0.652 | 2025 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Niger | 0.65 | 2025 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Morocco | 0.645 | 2025 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Indonesia | 0.63 | 2025 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Bangladesh | 0.628 | 2025 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 109 | Mexico | 0.626 | 2025 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 110 | Angola | 0.624 | 2025 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Hong Kong | 0.614 | 2025 | down 28.5% | rising |
| 112 | Mali | 0.609 | 2025 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Togo | 0.6 | 2025 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Ukraine | 0.578 | 2025 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Philippines | 0.561 | 2025 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 116 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.557 | 2025 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 117 | India | 0.534 | 2025 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 118 | Iraq | 0.521 | 2025 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 119 | Kazakhstan | 0.513 | 2025 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Mauritania | 0.513 | 2025 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 121 | El Salvador | 0.511 | 2025 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Cameroon | 0.509 | 2025 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 123 | Kuwait | 0.488 | 2025 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 124 | Mozambique | 0.483 | 2025 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.478 | 2025 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Thailand | 0.478 | 2025 | up 32.8% | volatile |
| 127 | Comoros | 0.476 | 2025 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 128 | Pakistan | 0.466 | 2025 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 129 | Burkina Faso | 0.455 | 2025 | down 45.7% | rising |
| 130 | Somalia | 0.454 | 2025 | up 39.7% | falling |
| 131 | Oman | 0.446 | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 132 | Central African Republic | 0.438 | 2025 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 133 | Algeria | 0.424 | 2025 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 134 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.42 | 2025 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 135 | Djibouti | 0.404 | 2025 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Turkey | 0.402 | 2025 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 137 | Vietnam | 0.384 | 2025 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 138 | Zimbabwe | 0.381 | 2025 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 139 | Uzbekistan | 0.369 | 2025 | up 179.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Qatar | 0.357 | 2025 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 141 | Palestine | 0.356 | 1948 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 142 | Guinea | 0.353 | 2025 | down 37.3% | rising |
| 143 | United Arab Emirates | 0.339 | 2025 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 144 | Congo | 0.326 | 2025 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Libya | 0.323 | 2025 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Syria | 0.321 | 2025 | up 473.2% | falling |
| 147 | Uganda | 0.315 | 2025 | down 39.4% | rising |
| 148 | Venezuela | 0.307 | 2025 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 149 | Ethiopia | 0.304 | 2025 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 150 | Cuba | 0.302 | 2025 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 151 | Bahrain | 0.3 | 2025 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 151 | Vatican | 0.3 | 1870 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 153 | Azerbaijan | 0.291 | 2025 | down 32.9% | volatile |
| 154 | Chad | 0.284 | 2025 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 155 | Burundi | 0.271 | 2025 | up 68.3% | rising |
| 156 | Russia | 0.265 | 2025 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Cambodia | 0.26 | 2025 | down 42.9% | rising |
| 158 | Iran | 0.248 | 2025 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 159 | Egypt | 0.232 | 2025 | up 37.3% | falling |
| 160 | South Sudan | 0.228 | 2025 | up 32.6% | falling |
| 161 | Belarus | 0.221 | 2025 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 162 | Eswatini | 0.206 | 2025 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 163 | Rwanda | 0.194 | 2025 | down 51.5% | rising |
| 164 | Yemen | 0.192 | 2025 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 165 | China | 0.179 | 2025 | down 29.8% | rising |
| 166 | Saudi Arabia | 0.178 | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 167 | Sudan | 0.171 | 2025 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 168 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.169 | 2025 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 168 | Tajikistan | 0.169 | 2025 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Laos | 0.144 | 2025 | up 23.1% | flat |
| 171 | Turkmenistan | 0.112 | 2025 | up 17.9% | volatile |
| 172 | Myanmar | 0.102 | 2025 | down 78.1% | volatile |
| 173 | Nicaragua | 0.077 | 2025 | down 88.6% | volatile |
| 174 | Eritrea | 0.047 | 2025 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 175 | Afghanistan | 0.041 | 2025 | down 92.1% | volatile |
| 176 | North Korea | 0.024 | 2025 | up 50.0% | volatile |
About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which people are free from government torture, political killings, and forced labor, they have property rights, and enjoy the freedoms of movement, religion, expression, and association.