What is human rights index in Czechia?

Human rights index in Czechia was 0.948 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest human rights index recorded in Czechia?

The highest recorded value was 0.96 in 2006.

What is the lowest human rights index recorded in Czechia?

The lowest recorded value was 0.026 in 1940.

How does Czechia rank for human rights index?

Czechia ranks 8th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is human rights index rising or falling in Czechia?

Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Czechia data come from?

The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Human Rights Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Human Rights Index in Czechia

Name: Human Rights Index in Czechia
Creator: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Czechia: Human Rights Index was 0.948 in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)

0.948

Change on year

down 0.4%

World rank

8th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.96

in 2006

All-time low

0.026

in 1940

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Human Rights Index in Czechia, 1789–2025

Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

The most recent figure for human rights index in Czechia is 0.948, measured in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, human rights index in Czechia peaked at 0.96 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.026, in 1940.

That places Czechia 8th out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Human Rights Index in Czechia, year by year

Annual values for Human Rights Index in Czechia, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.375	—
1790	0.375	+0.0%
1791	0.375	+0.0%
1792	0.375	+0.0%
1793	0.365	-2.7%
1794	0.352	-3.6%
1795	0.249	-29.3%
1796	0.354	+42.2%
1797	0.354	+0.0%
1798	0.354	+0.0%
1799	0.354	+0.0%
1800	0.354	+0.0%
1801	0.354	+0.0%
1802	0.354	+0.0%
1803	0.354	+0.0%
1804	0.354	+0.0%
1805	0.354	+0.0%
1806	0.354	+0.0%
1807	0.354	+0.0%
1808	0.354	+0.0%
1809	0.354	+0.0%
1810	0.354	+0.0%
1811	0.354	+0.0%
1812	0.354	+0.0%
1813	0.343	-3.1%
1814	0.343	+0.0%
1815	0.336	-2.0%
1816	0.336	+0.0%
1817	0.336	+0.0%
1818	0.336	+0.0%
1819	0.336	+0.0%
1820	0.336	+0.0%
1821	0.336	+0.0%
1822	0.336	+0.0%
1823	0.336	+0.0%
1824	0.336	+0.0%
1825	0.336	+0.0%
1826	0.336	+0.0%
1827	0.336	+0.0%
1828	0.336	+0.0%
1829	0.336	+0.0%
1830	0.336	+0.0%
1831	0.336	+0.0%
1832	0.336	+0.0%
1833	0.336	+0.0%
1834	0.336	+0.0%
1835	0.336	+0.0%
1836	0.336	+0.0%
1837	0.336	+0.0%
1838	0.336	+0.0%
1839	0.336	+0.0%
1840	0.336	+0.0%
1841	0.336	+0.0%
1842	0.336	+0.0%
1843	0.336	+0.0%
1844	0.336	+0.0%
1845	0.336	+0.0%
1846	0.336	+0.0%
1847	0.336	+0.0%
1848	0.459	+36.6%
1849	0.299	-34.9%
1850	0.325	+8.7%
1851	0.325	+0.0%
1852	0.325	+0.0%
1853	0.325	+0.0%
1854	0.325	+0.0%
1855	0.325	+0.0%
1856	0.325	+0.0%
1857	0.325	+0.0%
1858	0.325	+0.0%
1859	0.325	+0.0%
1860	0.334	+2.8%
1861	0.334	+0.0%
1862	0.334	+0.0%
1863	0.334	+0.0%
1864	0.334	+0.0%
1865	0.334	+0.0%
1866	0.334	+0.0%
1867	0.482	+44.3%
1868	0.579	+20.1%
1869	0.579	+0.0%
1870	0.614	+6.0%
1871	0.614	+0.0%
1872	0.614	+0.0%
1873	0.614	+0.0%
1874	0.614	+0.0%
1875	0.607	-1.1%
1876	0.607	+0.0%
1877	0.607	+0.0%
1878	0.607	+0.0%
1879	0.607	+0.0%
1880	0.607	+0.0%
1881	0.607	+0.0%
1882	0.607	+0.0%
1883	0.607	+0.0%
1884	0.607	+0.0%
1885	0.607	+0.0%
1886	0.607	+0.0%
1887	0.607	+0.0%
1888	0.622	+2.5%
1889	0.642	+3.2%
1890	0.664	+3.4%
1891	0.664	+0.0%
1892	0.664	+0.0%
1893	0.664	+0.0%
1894	0.664	+0.0%
1895	0.664	+0.0%
1896	0.664	+0.0%
1897	0.664	+0.0%
1898	0.664	+0.0%
1899	0.664	+0.0%
1900	0.664	+0.0%
1901	0.664	+0.0%
1902	0.664	+0.0%
1903	0.664	+0.0%
1904	0.664	+0.0%
1905	0.664	+0.0%
1906	0.664	+0.0%
1907	0.664	+0.0%
1908	0.664	+0.0%
1909	0.664	+0.0%
1910	0.664	+0.0%
1911	0.664	+0.0%
1912	0.664	+0.0%
1913	0.664	+0.0%
1914	0.679	+2.3%
1915	0.679	+0.0%
1916	0.679	+0.0%
1917	0.679	+0.0%
1918	0.886	+30.5%
1919	0.886	+0.0%
1920	0.886	+0.0%
1921	0.886	+0.0%
1922	0.888	+0.2%
1923	0.888	+0.0%
1924	0.888	+0.0%
1925	0.888	+0.0%
1926	0.888	+0.0%
1927	0.888	+0.0%
1928	0.883	-0.6%
1929	0.883	+0.0%
1930	0.876	-0.8%
1931	0.874	-0.2%
1932	0.871	-0.3%
1933	0.863	-0.9%
1934	0.863	+0.0%
1935	0.86	-0.3%
1936	0.863	+0.3%
1937	0.863	+0.0%
1938	0.813	-5.8%
1939	0.216	-73.4%
1940	0.026	-88.0%
1941	0.026	+0.0%
1942	0.026	+0.0%
1943	0.026	+0.0%
1944	0.026	+0.0%
1945	0.358	+1276.9%
1946	0.516	+44.1%
1947	0.525	+1.7%
1948	0.152	-71.0%
1949	0.1	-34.2%
1950	0.1	+0.0%
1951	0.1	+0.0%
1952	0.1	+0.0%
1953	0.1	+0.0%
1954	0.132	+32.0%
1955	0.134	+1.5%
1956	0.161	+20.1%
1957	0.161	+0.0%
1958	0.161	+0.0%
1959	0.161	+0.0%
1960	0.185	+14.9%
1961	0.22	+18.9%
1962	0.222	+0.9%
1963	0.231	+4.1%
1964	0.234	+1.3%
1965	0.234	+0.0%
1966	0.234	+0.0%
1967	0.252	+7.7%
1968	0.322	+27.8%
1969	0.261	-18.9%
1970	0.241	-7.7%
1971	0.238	-1.2%
1972	0.238	+0.0%
1973	0.24	+0.8%
1974	0.24	+0.0%
1975	0.24	+0.0%
1976	0.241	+0.4%
1977	0.241	+0.0%
1978	0.241	+0.0%
1979	0.241	+0.0%
1980	0.241	+0.0%
1981	0.241	+0.0%
1982	0.241	+0.0%
1983	0.241	+0.0%
1984	0.241	+0.0%
1985	0.243	+0.8%
1986	0.244	+0.4%
1987	0.25	+2.5%
1988	0.25	+0.0%
1989	0.288	+15.2%
1990	0.957	+232.3%
1991	0.957	+0.0%
1992	0.957	+0.0%
1993	0.957	+0.0%
1994	0.957	+0.0%
1995	0.957	+0.0%
1996	0.957	+0.0%
1997	0.957	+0.0%
1998	0.957	+0.0%
1999	0.957	+0.0%
2000	0.957	+0.0%
2001	0.957	+0.0%
2002	0.957	+0.0%
2003	0.957	+0.0%
2004	0.957	+0.0%
2005	0.957	+0.0%
2006	0.96	+0.3%
2007	0.96	+0.0%
2008	0.96	+0.0%
2009	0.959	-0.1%
2010	0.958	-0.1%
2011	0.959	+0.1%
2012	0.959	+0.0%
2013	0.953	-0.6%
2014	0.951	-0.2%
2015	0.946	-0.5%
2016	0.937	-1.0%
2017	0.933	-0.4%
2018	0.936	+0.3%
2019	0.939	+0.3%
2020	0.914	-2.7%
2021	0.913	-0.1%
2022	0.95	+4.1%
2023	0.951	+0.1%
2024	0.952	+0.1%
2025	0.948	-0.4%

Czechia compared with similar countries

Czechia's 0.948 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.906, 1.0× the median. (55 countries reporting)
Czechia's 0.948 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.8795, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.375	0.375	0.375	1
1790s	0.3507	0.249	0.375	10
1800s	0.354	0.354	0.354	10
1810s	0.3428	0.336	0.354	10
1820s	0.336	0.336	0.336	10
1830s	0.336	0.336	0.336	10
1840s	0.3446	0.299	0.459	10
1850s	0.325	0.325	0.325	10
1860s	0.3978	0.334	0.579	10
1870s	0.6105	0.607	0.614	10
1880s	0.612	0.607	0.642	10
1890s	0.664	0.664	0.664	10
1900s	0.664	0.664	0.664	10
1910s	0.7144	0.664	0.886	10
1920s	0.8866	0.883	0.888	10
1930s	0.7962	0.216	0.876	10
1940s	0.1781	0.026	0.525	10
1950s	0.131	0.1	0.161	10
1960s	0.2395	0.185	0.322	10
1970s	0.2401	0.238	0.241	10
1980s	0.248	0.241	0.288	10
1990s	0.957	0.957	0.957	10
2000s	0.9581	0.957	0.96	10
2010s	0.9471	0.933	0.959	10
2020s	0.938	0.913	0.952	6

Countries ranked near Czechia

5 Belgium 0.955 compare
6 Iceland 0.95 compare
6 Switzerland 0.95 compare
8 New Zealand 0.948 compare
10 Finland 0.947 compare
10 Norway 0.947 compare

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More social development data for Czechia

Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 395,559 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 794 (2025)
Political Rights Rating 1 (2025)
Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 1 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0001 units per person (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 794 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0363 units per person (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is human rights index in Czechia?: Human rights index in Czechia was 0.948 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest human rights index recorded in Czechia?: The highest recorded value was 0.96 in 2006.
What is the lowest human rights index recorded in Czechia?: The lowest recorded value was 0.026 in 1940.
How does Czechia rank for human rights index?: Czechia ranks 8th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is human rights index rising or falling in Czechia?: Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Czechia data come from?: The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Human Rights Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Human Rights Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 30,202 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

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.