What is human rights index in Guyana?

Human rights index in Guyana was 0.847 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest human rights index recorded in Guyana?

The highest recorded value was 0.9 in 2020.

What is the lowest human rights index recorded in Guyana?

The lowest recorded value was 0.557 in 1981.

How does Guyana rank for human rights index?

Guyana ranks 58th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is human rights index rising or falling in Guyana?

Over the last ten years it is down 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Guyana 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 Guyana

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

Guyana: Human Rights Index was 0.847 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

0.847

Change on year

down 0.4%

World rank

58th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.9

in 2020

All-time low

0.557

in 1981

Years of data

126

1900–2025

Human Rights Index in Guyana, 1900–2025

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

Analysis

In 2025, human rights index in Guyana stood at 0.847.

The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 3.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, human rights index in Guyana peaked at 0.9 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.557, in 1981.

Guyana ranks 58th of 176 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 126 years of available data.

Human Rights Index in Guyana, year by year

Annual values for Human Rights Index in Guyana, 1900 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1900	0.601	—
1901	0.606	+0.8%
1902	0.606	+0.0%
1903	0.606	+0.0%
1904	0.618	+2.0%
1905	0.618	+0.0%
1906	0.618	+0.0%
1907	0.618	+0.0%
1908	0.618	+0.0%
1909	0.618	+0.0%
1910	0.618	+0.0%
1911	0.618	+0.0%
1912	0.618	+0.0%
1913	0.618	+0.0%
1914	0.618	+0.0%
1915	0.618	+0.0%
1916	0.618	+0.0%
1917	0.618	+0.0%
1918	0.635	+2.8%
1919	0.635	+0.0%
1920	0.635	+0.0%
1921	0.635	+0.0%
1922	0.635	+0.0%
1923	0.637	+0.3%
1924	0.637	+0.0%
1925	0.637	+0.0%
1926	0.637	+0.0%
1927	0.637	+0.0%
1928	0.633	-0.6%
1929	0.633	+0.0%
1930	0.633	+0.0%
1931	0.633	+0.0%
1932	0.633	+0.0%
1933	0.633	+0.0%
1934	0.633	+0.0%
1935	0.633	+0.0%
1936	0.641	+1.3%
1937	0.641	+0.0%
1938	0.641	+0.0%
1939	0.641	+0.0%
1940	0.641	+0.0%
1941	0.641	+0.0%
1942	0.641	+0.0%
1943	0.641	+0.0%
1944	0.641	+0.0%
1945	0.641	+0.0%
1946	0.641	+0.0%
1947	0.643	+0.3%
1948	0.643	+0.0%
1949	0.643	+0.0%
1950	0.639	-0.6%
1951	0.639	+0.0%
1952	0.639	+0.0%
1953	0.642	+0.5%
1954	0.65	+1.2%
1955	0.655	+0.8%
1956	0.655	+0.0%
1957	0.655	+0.0%
1958	0.685	+4.6%
1959	0.685	+0.0%
1960	0.682	-0.4%
1961	0.682	+0.0%
1962	0.649	-4.8%
1963	0.649	+0.0%
1964	0.649	+0.0%
1965	0.649	+0.0%
1966	0.645	-0.6%
1967	0.719	+11.5%
1968	0.716	-0.4%
1969	0.71	-0.8%
1970	0.692	-2.5%
1971	0.694	+0.3%
1972	0.694	+0.0%
1973	0.689	-0.7%
1974	0.668	-3.0%
1975	0.668	+0.0%
1976	0.668	+0.0%
1977	0.675	+1.0%
1978	0.673	-0.3%
1979	0.673	+0.0%
1980	0.572	-15.0%
1981	0.557	-2.6%
1982	0.557	+0.0%
1983	0.557	+0.0%
1984	0.564	+1.3%
1985	0.564	+0.0%
1986	0.691	+22.5%
1987	0.702	+1.6%
1988	0.708	+0.9%
1989	0.709	+0.1%
1990	0.742	+4.7%
1991	0.734	-1.1%
1992	0.753	+2.6%
1993	0.745	-1.1%
1994	0.745	+0.0%
1995	0.745	+0.0%
1996	0.745	+0.0%
1997	0.745	+0.0%
1998	0.771	+3.5%
1999	0.771	+0.0%
2000	0.719	-6.7%
2001	0.702	-2.4%
2002	0.727	+3.6%
2003	0.741	+1.9%
2004	0.742	+0.1%
2005	0.742	+0.0%
2006	0.745	+0.4%
2007	0.748	+0.4%
2008	0.746	-0.3%
2009	0.745	-0.1%
2010	0.769	+3.2%
2011	0.777	+1.0%
2012	0.776	-0.1%
2013	0.781	+0.6%
2014	0.785	+0.5%
2015	0.878	+11.8%
2016	0.888	+1.1%
2017	0.89	+0.2%
2018	0.883	-0.8%
2019	0.861	-2.5%
2020	0.9	+4.5%
2021	0.868	-3.6%
2022	0.841	-3.1%
2023	0.844	+0.4%
2024	0.85	+0.7%
2025	0.847	-0.4%

Guyana compared with similar countries

Guyana's 0.847 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.906, 93% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
Guyana's 0.847 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.819, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1900s	0.6127	0.601	0.618	10
1910s	0.6214	0.618	0.635	10
1920s	0.6356	0.633	0.637	10
1930s	0.6362	0.633	0.641	10
1940s	0.6416	0.641	0.643	10
1950s	0.6544	0.639	0.685	10
1960s	0.675	0.645	0.719	10
1970s	0.6794	0.668	0.694	10
1980s	0.6181	0.557	0.709	10
1990s	0.7496	0.734	0.771	10
2000s	0.7357	0.702	0.748	10
2010s	0.8288	0.769	0.89	10
2020s	0.8583	0.841	0.9	6

Countries ranked near Guyana

57 Bulgaria 0.849 compare
59 Botswana 0.845 compare
60 United Kingdom 0.844 compare
61 Moldova 0.842 compare

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More social development data for Guyana

Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 35 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 342 (2025)
Political Rights Rating 3 (2025)
Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 50 % change on previous year (2025)
Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 3 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0004 units per person (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 342 (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 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is human rights index in Guyana?: Human rights index in Guyana was 0.847 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest human rights index recorded in Guyana?: The highest recorded value was 0.9 in 2020.
What is the lowest human rights index recorded in Guyana?: The lowest recorded value was 0.557 in 1981.
How does Guyana rank for human rights index?: Guyana ranks 58th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is human rights index rising or falling in Guyana?: Over the last ten years it is down 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Guyana 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.