What is human rights index in Kazakhstan?

Human rights index in Kazakhstan was 0.513 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest human rights index recorded in Kazakhstan?

The highest recorded value was 0.634 in 1994.

What is the lowest human rights index recorded in Kazakhstan?

The lowest recorded value was 0.014 in 1937.

How does Kazakhstan rank for human rights index?

Kazakhstan ranks 119th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is human rights index rising or falling in Kazakhstan?

Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Kazakhstan 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 Kazakhstan

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

Kazakhstan: Human Rights Index was 0.513 in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)

0.513

Change on year

down 0.4%

World rank

119th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.634

in 1994

All-time low

0.014

in 1937

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Human Rights Index in Kazakhstan, 1789–2025

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for human rights index in Kazakhstan is 0.513, measured in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, human rights index in Kazakhstan peaked at 0.634 in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0.014, in 1937.

Kazakhstan ranks 119th of 176 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Human Rights Index in Kazakhstan, year by year

Annual values for Human Rights Index in Kazakhstan, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.143	—
1790	0.127	-11.2%
1791	0.127	+0.0%
1792	0.127	+0.0%
1793	0.127	+0.0%
1794	0.127	+0.0%
1795	0.127	+0.0%
1796	0.127	+0.0%
1797	0.127	+0.0%
1798	0.161	+26.8%
1799	0.161	+0.0%
1800	0.161	+0.0%
1801	0.162	+0.6%
1802	0.162	+0.0%
1803	0.162	+0.0%
1804	0.162	+0.0%
1805	0.162	+0.0%
1806	0.162	+0.0%
1807	0.162	+0.0%
1808	0.162	+0.0%
1809	0.162	+0.0%
1810	0.162	+0.0%
1811	0.162	+0.0%
1812	0.162	+0.0%
1813	0.162	+0.0%
1814	0.162	+0.0%
1815	0.162	+0.0%
1816	0.162	+0.0%
1817	0.162	+0.0%
1818	0.162	+0.0%
1819	0.162	+0.0%
1820	0.162	+0.0%
1821	0.162	+0.0%
1822	0.131	-19.1%
1823	0.131	+0.0%
1824	0.131	+0.0%
1825	0.131	+0.0%
1826	0.154	+17.6%
1827	0.154	+0.0%
1828	0.154	+0.0%
1829	0.154	+0.0%
1830	0.122	-20.8%
1831	0.122	+0.0%
1832	0.154	+26.2%
1833	0.154	+0.0%
1834	0.123	-20.1%
1835	0.154	+25.2%
1836	0.154	+0.0%
1837	0.122	-20.8%
1838	0.122	+0.0%
1839	0.122	+0.0%
1840	0.122	+0.0%
1841	0.122	+0.0%
1842	0.122	+0.0%
1843	0.122	+0.0%
1844	0.122	+0.0%
1845	0.122	+0.0%
1846	0.122	+0.0%
1847	0.122	+0.0%
1848	0.159	+30.3%
1849	0.159	+0.0%
1850	0.159	+0.0%
1851	0.159	+0.0%
1852	0.159	+0.0%
1853	0.159	+0.0%
1854	0.159	+0.0%
1855	0.178	+11.9%
1856	0.186	+4.5%
1857	0.186	+0.0%
1858	0.186	+0.0%
1859	0.186	+0.0%
1860	0.184	-1.1%
1861	0.234	+27.2%
1862	0.234	+0.0%
1863	0.269	+15.0%
1864	0.269	+0.0%
1865	0.29	+7.8%
1866	0.254	-12.4%
1867	0.293	+15.4%
1868	0.293	+0.0%
1869	0.293	+0.0%
1870	0.293	+0.0%
1871	0.293	+0.0%
1872	0.293	+0.0%
1873	0.283	-3.4%
1874	0.283	+0.0%
1875	0.283	+0.0%
1876	0.283	+0.0%
1877	0.283	+0.0%
1878	0.283	+0.0%
1879	0.283	+0.0%
1880	0.283	+0.0%
1881	0.242	-14.5%
1882	0.248	+2.5%
1883	0.248	+0.0%
1884	0.248	+0.0%
1885	0.248	+0.0%
1886	0.248	+0.0%
1887	0.248	+0.0%
1888	0.248	+0.0%
1889	0.248	+0.0%
1890	0.248	+0.0%
1891	0.248	+0.0%
1892	0.248	+0.0%
1893	0.259	+4.4%
1894	0.301	+16.2%
1895	0.301	+0.0%
1896	0.301	+0.0%
1897	0.266	-11.6%
1898	0.255	-4.1%
1899	0.269	+5.5%
1900	0.281	+4.5%
1901	0.28	-0.4%
1902	0.276	-1.4%
1903	0.281	+1.8%
1904	0.279	-0.7%
1905	0.295	+5.7%
1906	0.313	+6.1%
1907	0.321	+2.6%
1908	0.317	-1.2%
1909	0.326	+2.8%
1910	0.336	+3.1%
1911	0.34	+1.2%
1912	0.34	+0.0%
1913	0.34	+0.0%
1914	0.324	-4.7%
1915	0.314	-3.1%
1916	0.297	-5.4%
1917	0.304	+2.4%
1918	0.068	-77.6%
1919	0.058	-14.7%
1920	0.055	-5.2%
1921	0.054	-1.8%
1922	0.059	+9.3%
1923	0.049	-16.9%
1924	0.04	-18.4%
1925	0.035	-12.5%
1926	0.032	-8.6%
1927	0.029	-9.4%
1928	0.029	+0.0%
1929	0.027	-6.9%
1930	0.022	-18.5%
1931	0.022	+0.0%
1932	0.021	-4.5%
1933	0.019	-9.5%
1934	0.017	-10.5%
1935	0.017	+0.0%
1936	0.015	-11.8%
1937	0.014	-6.7%
1938	0.014	+0.0%
1939	0.014	+0.0%
1940	0.014	+0.0%
1941	0.017	+21.4%
1942	0.017	+0.0%
1943	0.017	+0.0%
1944	0.017	+0.0%
1945	0.019	+11.8%
1946	0.02	+5.3%
1947	0.017	-15.0%
1948	0.016	-5.9%
1949	0.015	-6.3%
1950	0.014	-6.7%
1951	0.014	+0.0%
1952	0.014	+0.0%
1953	0.017	+21.4%
1954	0.124	+629.4%
1955	0.125	+0.8%
1956	0.132	+5.6%
1957	0.148	+12.1%
1958	0.148	+0.0%
1959	0.15	+1.4%
1960	0.147	-2.0%
1961	0.146	-0.7%
1962	0.148	+1.4%
1963	0.146	-1.4%
1964	0.146	+0.0%
1965	0.148	+1.4%
1966	0.148	+0.0%
1967	0.147	-0.7%
1968	0.147	+0.0%
1969	0.145	-1.4%
1970	0.149	+2.8%
1971	0.149	+0.0%
1972	0.146	-2.0%
1973	0.146	+0.0%
1974	0.149	+2.1%
1975	0.15	+0.7%
1976	0.148	-1.3%
1977	0.148	+0.0%
1978	0.148	+0.0%
1979	0.147	-0.7%
1980	0.149	+1.4%
1981	0.148	-0.7%
1982	0.149	+0.7%
1983	0.147	-1.3%
1984	0.147	+0.0%
1985	0.172	+17.0%
1986	0.246	+43.0%
1987	0.284	+15.4%
1988	0.289	+1.8%
1989	0.314	+8.7%
1990	0.569	+81.2%
1991	0.61	+7.2%
1992	0.613	+0.5%
1993	0.622	+1.5%
1994	0.634	+1.9%
1995	0.608	-4.1%
1996	0.589	-3.1%
1997	0.59	+0.2%
1998	0.584	-1.0%
1999	0.583	-0.2%
2000	0.581	-0.3%
2001	0.566	-2.6%
2002	0.556	-1.8%
2003	0.554	-0.4%
2004	0.535	-3.4%
2005	0.502	-6.2%
2006	0.506	+0.8%
2007	0.533	+5.3%
2008	0.538	+0.9%
2009	0.536	-0.4%
2010	0.526	-1.9%
2011	0.513	-2.5%
2012	0.513	+0.0%
2013	0.488	-4.9%
2014	0.488	+0.0%
2015	0.482	-1.2%
2016	0.5	+3.7%
2017	0.475	-5.0%
2018	0.459	-3.4%
2019	0.485	+5.7%
2020	0.509	+4.9%
2021	0.514	+1.0%
2022	0.521	+1.4%
2023	0.531	+1.9%
2024	0.515	-3.0%
2025	0.513	-0.4%

Kazakhstan compared with similar countries

Kazakhstan's 0.513 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.7345, 70% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Kazakhstan's 0.513 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.8795, 58% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Human Rights Index in Kazakhstan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

Year	Change	From	To
1954	+629.4%	0.017	0.124
1990	+81.2%	0.314	0.569
1918	-77.6%	0.304	0.068
1986	+43.0%	0.172	0.246
1848	+30.3%	0.122	0.159
1861	+27.2%	0.184	0.234

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.143	0.143	0.143	1
1790s	0.1338	0.127	0.161	10
1800s	0.1619	0.161	0.162	10
1810s	0.162	0.162	0.162	10
1820s	0.1464	0.131	0.162	10
1830s	0.1349	0.122	0.154	10
1840s	0.1294	0.122	0.159	10
1850s	0.1717	0.159	0.186	10
1860s	0.2613	0.184	0.293	10
1870s	0.286	0.283	0.293	10
1880s	0.2509	0.242	0.283	10
1890s	0.2696	0.248	0.301	10
1900s	0.2969	0.276	0.326	10
1910s	0.2721	0.058	0.34	10
1920s	0.0409	0.027	0.059	10
1930s	0.0175	0.014	0.022	10
1940s	0.0169	0.014	0.02	10
1950s	0.0886	0.014	0.15	10
1960s	0.1468	0.145	0.148	10
1970s	0.148	0.146	0.15	10
1980s	0.2045	0.147	0.314	10
1990s	0.6002	0.569	0.634	10
2000s	0.5407	0.502	0.581	10
2010s	0.4929	0.459	0.526	10
2020s	0.5172	0.509	0.531	6

Countries ranked near Kazakhstan

116 Guinea-Bissau 0.557 compare
117 India 0.534 compare
118 Iraq 0.521 compare
119 Mauritania 0.513 compare
121 El Salvador 0.511 compare
122 Cameroon 0.509 compare

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More social development data for Kazakhstan

Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 4,377 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 4,144 (2025)
Political Rights Rating 7 (2025)
Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 7 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0002 units per person (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 4,144 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0002 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 Kazakhstan?: Human rights index in Kazakhstan was 0.513 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest human rights index recorded in Kazakhstan?: The highest recorded value was 0.634 in 1994.
What is the lowest human rights index recorded in Kazakhstan?: The lowest recorded value was 0.014 in 1937.
How does Kazakhstan rank for human rights index?: Kazakhstan ranks 119th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is human rights index rising or falling in Kazakhstan?: Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Kazakhstan 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.