What is human rights index in Greece?

Human rights index in Greece was 0.878 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest human rights index recorded in Greece?

The highest recorded value was 0.957 in 2009.

What is the lowest human rights index recorded in Greece?

The lowest recorded value was 0.156 in 1941.

How does Greece rank for human rights index?

Greece ranks 45th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is human rights index rising or falling in Greece?

Over the last ten years it is down 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Greece 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 Greece

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

Greece: Human Rights Index was 0.878 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

0.878

Change on year

up 0.3%

World rank

45th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.957

in 2009

All-time low

0.156

in 1941

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Human Rights Index in Greece, 1789–2025

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for human rights index in Greece is 0.878, measured in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 7.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, human rights index in Greece peaked at 0.957 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.156, in 1941.

That places Greece 45th out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 237 years of available data.

Human Rights Index in Greece, year by year

Annual values for Human Rights Index in Greece, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.176	—
1790	0.176	+0.0%
1791	0.176	+0.0%
1792	0.176	+0.0%
1793	0.176	+0.0%
1794	0.176	+0.0%
1795	0.176	+0.0%
1796	0.176	+0.0%
1797	0.176	+0.0%
1798	0.176	+0.0%
1799	0.176	+0.0%
1800	0.176	+0.0%
1801	0.176	+0.0%
1802	0.176	+0.0%
1803	0.176	+0.0%
1804	0.176	+0.0%
1805	0.176	+0.0%
1806	0.176	+0.0%
1807	0.176	+0.0%
1808	0.174	-1.1%
1809	0.168	-3.4%
1810	0.168	+0.0%
1811	0.168	+0.0%
1812	0.168	+0.0%
1813	0.168	+0.0%
1814	0.168	+0.0%
1815	0.168	+0.0%
1816	0.168	+0.0%
1817	0.168	+0.0%
1818	0.168	+0.0%
1819	0.168	+0.0%
1820	0.168	+0.0%
1821	0.168	+0.0%
1822	0.483	+187.5%
1823	0.483	+0.0%
1824	0.483	+0.0%
1825	0.483	+0.0%
1826	0.483	+0.0%
1827	0.483	+0.0%
1828	0.483	+0.0%
1829	0.483	+0.0%
1830	0.483	+0.0%
1831	0.42	-13.0%
1832	0.472	+12.4%
1833	0.483	+2.3%
1834	0.483	+0.0%
1835	0.483	+0.0%
1836	0.483	+0.0%
1837	0.483	+0.0%
1838	0.483	+0.0%
1839	0.483	+0.0%
1840	0.483	+0.0%
1841	0.483	+0.0%
1842	0.483	+0.0%
1843	0.483	+0.0%
1844	0.5	+3.5%
1845	0.5	+0.0%
1846	0.5	+0.0%
1847	0.5	+0.0%
1848	0.5	+0.0%
1849	0.5	+0.0%
1850	0.5	+0.0%
1851	0.5	+0.0%
1852	0.5	+0.0%
1853	0.5	+0.0%
1854	0.5	+0.0%
1855	0.5	+0.0%
1856	0.5	+0.0%
1857	0.5	+0.0%
1858	0.5	+0.0%
1859	0.5	+0.0%
1860	0.5	+0.0%
1861	0.5	+0.0%
1862	0.5	+0.0%
1863	0.522	+4.4%
1864	0.532	+1.9%
1865	0.538	+1.1%
1866	0.538	+0.0%
1867	0.538	+0.0%
1868	0.538	+0.0%
1869	0.538	+0.0%
1870	0.538	+0.0%
1871	0.538	+0.0%
1872	0.538	+0.0%
1873	0.538	+0.0%
1874	0.538	+0.0%
1875	0.538	+0.0%
1876	0.538	+0.0%
1877	0.538	+0.0%
1878	0.538	+0.0%
1879	0.538	+0.0%
1880	0.538	+0.0%
1881	0.538	+0.0%
1882	0.538	+0.0%
1883	0.551	+2.4%
1884	0.551	+0.0%
1885	0.551	+0.0%
1886	0.551	+0.0%
1887	0.551	+0.0%
1888	0.551	+0.0%
1889	0.551	+0.0%
1890	0.551	+0.0%
1891	0.551	+0.0%
1892	0.551	+0.0%
1893	0.551	+0.0%
1894	0.551	+0.0%
1895	0.551	+0.0%
1896	0.551	+0.0%
1897	0.551	+0.0%
1898	0.551	+0.0%
1899	0.551	+0.0%
1900	0.547	-0.7%
1901	0.547	+0.0%
1902	0.547	+0.0%
1903	0.547	+0.0%
1904	0.547	+0.0%
1905	0.547	+0.0%
1906	0.547	+0.0%
1907	0.547	+0.0%
1908	0.547	+0.0%
1909	0.541	-1.1%
1910	0.55	+1.7%
1911	0.559	+1.6%
1912	0.56	+0.2%
1913	0.56	+0.0%
1914	0.56	+0.0%
1915	0.55	-1.8%
1916	0.549	-0.2%
1917	0.539	-1.8%
1918	0.539	+0.0%
1919	0.54	+0.2%
1920	0.536	-0.7%
1921	0.531	-0.9%
1922	0.5	-5.8%
1923	0.518	+3.6%
1924	0.522	+0.8%
1925	0.474	-9.2%
1926	0.468	-1.3%
1927	0.514	+9.8%
1928	0.519	+1.0%
1929	0.527	+1.5%
1930	0.53	+0.6%
1931	0.53	+0.0%
1932	0.53	+0.0%
1933	0.515	-2.8%
1934	0.513	-0.4%
1935	0.505	-1.6%
1936	0.246	-51.3%
1937	0.237	-3.7%
1938	0.237	+0.0%
1939	0.237	+0.0%
1940	0.167	-29.5%
1941	0.156	-6.6%
1942	0.159	+1.9%
1943	0.166	+4.4%
1944	0.172	+3.6%
1945	0.312	+81.4%
1946	0.324	+3.8%
1947	0.315	-2.8%
1948	0.317	+0.6%
1949	0.326	+2.8%
1950	0.484	+48.5%
1951	0.503	+3.9%
1952	0.526	+4.6%
1953	0.53	+0.8%
1954	0.534	+0.8%
1955	0.535	+0.2%
1956	0.537	+0.4%
1957	0.547	+1.9%
1958	0.547	+0.0%
1959	0.547	+0.0%
1960	0.547	+0.0%
1961	0.551	+0.7%
1962	0.551	+0.0%
1963	0.557	+1.1%
1964	0.565	+1.4%
1965	0.565	+0.0%
1966	0.524	-7.3%
1967	0.214	-59.2%
1968	0.202	-5.6%
1969	0.202	+0.0%
1970	0.202	+0.0%
1971	0.202	+0.0%
1972	0.202	+0.0%
1973	0.202	+0.0%
1974	0.328	+62.4%
1975	0.886	+170.1%
1976	0.898	+1.4%
1977	0.919	+2.3%
1978	0.919	+0.0%
1979	0.919	+0.0%
1980	0.919	+0.0%
1981	0.922	+0.3%
1982	0.933	+1.2%
1983	0.933	+0.0%
1984	0.936	+0.3%
1985	0.935	-0.1%
1986	0.935	+0.0%
1987	0.936	+0.1%
1988	0.936	+0.0%
1989	0.936	+0.0%
1990	0.939	+0.3%
1991	0.939	+0.0%
1992	0.947	+0.9%
1993	0.95	+0.3%
1994	0.95	+0.0%
1995	0.954	+0.4%
1996	0.954	+0.0%
1997	0.954	+0.0%
1998	0.954	+0.0%
1999	0.954	+0.0%
2000	0.956	+0.2%
2001	0.956	+0.0%
2002	0.956	+0.0%
2003	0.956	+0.0%
2004	0.956	+0.0%
2005	0.956	+0.0%
2006	0.956	+0.0%
2007	0.956	+0.0%
2008	0.956	+0.0%
2009	0.957	+0.1%
2010	0.955	-0.2%
2011	0.951	-0.4%
2012	0.949	-0.2%
2013	0.929	-2.1%
2014	0.946	+1.8%
2015	0.944	-0.2%
2016	0.942	-0.2%
2017	0.937	-0.5%
2018	0.926	-1.2%
2019	0.924	-0.2%
2020	0.908	-1.7%
2021	0.886	-2.4%
2022	0.896	+1.1%
2023	0.882	-1.6%
2024	0.875	-0.8%
2025	0.878	+0.3%

Greece compared with similar countries

Greece's 0.878 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.906, 97% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
Greece's 0.878 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.8795, 100% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.176	0.176	0.176	1
1790s	0.176	0.176	0.176	10
1800s	0.175	0.168	0.176	10
1810s	0.168	0.168	0.168	10
1820s	0.42	0.168	0.483	10
1830s	0.4756	0.42	0.483	10
1840s	0.4932	0.483	0.5	10
1850s	0.5	0.5	0.5	10
1860s	0.5244	0.5	0.538	10
1870s	0.538	0.538	0.538	10
1880s	0.5471	0.538	0.551	10
1890s	0.551	0.551	0.551	10
1900s	0.5464	0.541	0.547	10
1910s	0.5506	0.539	0.56	10
1920s	0.5109	0.468	0.536	10
1930s	0.408	0.237	0.53	10
1940s	0.2414	0.156	0.326	10
1950s	0.529	0.484	0.547	10
1960s	0.4478	0.202	0.565	10
1970s	0.5677	0.202	0.919	10
1980s	0.9321	0.919	0.936	10
1990s	0.9495	0.939	0.954	10
2000s	0.9561	0.956	0.957	10
2010s	0.9403	0.924	0.955	10
2020s	0.8875	0.875	0.908	6

Countries ranked near Greece

42 Montenegro 0.881 compare
42 Vanuatu 0.881 compare
44 Gambia 0.88 compare
46 Romania 0.877 compare
47 Jamaica 0.876 compare
48 Dominican Republic 0.874 compare
48 Panama 0.874 compare

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More social development data for Greece

Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 134,563 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 94 (2025)
Political Rights Rating 2 (2025)
Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 2 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 94 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0129 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 Greece?: Human rights index in Greece was 0.878 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest human rights index recorded in Greece?: The highest recorded value was 0.957 in 2009.
What is the lowest human rights index recorded in Greece?: The lowest recorded value was 0.156 in 1941.
How does Greece rank for human rights index?: Greece ranks 45th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is human rights index rising or falling in Greece?: Over the last ten years it is down 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Greece 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.