Human rights index vdem in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Human rights index vdem was 0.931 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
0.931
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
17th
of 176 countries
All-time high
0.961
in 2016
All-time low
0.572
in 1948
Years of data
188
1838–2025
Human rights index vdem in Costa Rica, 1838–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for human rights index vdem in Costa Rica is 0.931, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, human rights index vdem in Costa Rica peaked at 0.961 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.572, in 1948.
Costa Rica ranks 17th of 176 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 188 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 0.693 | 0.693 | 0.693 | 2 |
| 1840s | 0.6979 | 0.684 | 0.706 | 10 |
| 1850s | 0.7052 | 0.698 | 0.706 | 10 |
| 1860s | 0.7041 | 0.687 | 0.706 | 10 |
| 1870s | 0.675 | 0.675 | 0.675 | 10 |
| 1880s | 0.6843 | 0.677 | 0.709 | 10 |
| 1890s | 0.7085 | 0.708 | 0.709 | 10 |
| 1900s | 0.708 | 0.708 | 0.708 | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.6818 | 0.616 | 0.708 | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.7167 | 0.714 | 0.717 | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.7109 | 0.704 | 0.716 | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.6947 | 0.572 | 0.756 | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.8774 | 0.87 | 0.89 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.8948 | 0.886 | 0.897 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.9076 | 0.9 | 0.917 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9251 | 0.914 | 0.938 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9562 | 0.949 | 0.957 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9565 | 0.955 | 0.958 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9512 | 0.91 | 0.961 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9348 | 0.931 | 0.941 | 6 |
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More social development data for Costa Rica
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 36,395 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 367 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh 1 (2025)
- Democracy lexical 1 (2025)
- Human rights index vs electoral democracy index 0.931 (2025)
- Liberal democracy index 0.809 (2025)
- Electoral democracy index 0.862 (2025)
- Freedom of association index 0.922 (2025)
- Freedom of expression index 0.915 (2025)
- Participatory democracy index 0.606 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is human rights index vdem in Costa Rica?
- Human rights index vdem in Costa Rica was 0.931 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest human rights index vdem recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.961 in 2016.
- What is the lowest human rights index vdem recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.572 in 1948.
- How does Costa Rica rank for human rights index vdem?
- Costa Rica ranks 17th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
- Is human rights index vdem rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Human rights index vdem. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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