What is human rights index in Lithuania?

Human rights index in Lithuania was 0.913 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest human rights index recorded in Lithuania?

The highest recorded value was 0.952 in 2010.

What is the lowest human rights index recorded in Lithuania?

The lowest recorded value was 0.014 in 1940.

How does Lithuania rank for human rights index?

Lithuania ranks 25th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is human rights index rising or falling in Lithuania?

Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Lithuania 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 Lithuania

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

Lithuania: Human Rights Index was 0.913 in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)

0.913

Change on year

down 0.5%

World rank

25th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.952

in 2010

All-time low

0.014

in 1940

Years of data

231

1795–2025

Human Rights Index in Lithuania, 1795–2025

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

Analysis

In 2025, human rights index in Lithuania stood at 0.913.

The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, human rights index in Lithuania peaked at 0.952 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.014, in 1940.

Lithuania ranks 25th of 176 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Human Rights Index in Lithuania, year by year

Annual values for Human Rights Index in Lithuania, 1795 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1795	0.127	—
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	0.59	+94.1%
1919	0.684	+15.9%
1920	0.703	+2.8%
1921	0.731	+4.0%
1922	0.736	+0.7%
1923	0.75	+1.9%
1924	0.748	-0.3%
1925	0.744	-0.5%
1926	0.744	+0.0%
1927	0.531	-28.6%
1928	0.527	-0.8%
1929	0.535	+1.5%
1930	0.561	+4.9%
1931	0.563	+0.4%
1932	0.563	+0.0%
1933	0.563	+0.0%
1934	0.563	+0.0%
1935	0.554	-1.6%
1936	0.513	-7.4%
1937	0.522	+1.8%
1938	0.527	+1.0%
1939	0.531	+0.8%
1940	0.014	-97.4%
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	0.906	+188.5%
1991	0.895	-1.2%
1992	0.917	+2.5%
1993	0.911	-0.7%
1994	0.916	+0.5%
1995	0.916	+0.0%
1996	0.919	+0.3%
1997	0.923	+0.4%
1998	0.923	+0.0%
1999	0.924	+0.1%
2000	0.926	+0.2%
2001	0.925	-0.1%
2002	0.925	+0.0%
2003	0.925	+0.0%
2004	0.932	+0.8%
2005	0.932	+0.0%
2006	0.936	+0.4%
2007	0.94	+0.4%
2008	0.945	+0.5%
2009	0.947	+0.2%
2010	0.952	+0.5%
2011	0.951	-0.1%
2012	0.951	+0.0%
2013	0.939	-1.3%
2014	0.935	-0.4%
2015	0.938	+0.3%
2016	0.943	+0.5%
2017	0.929	-1.5%
2018	0.935	+0.6%
2019	0.935	+0.0%
2020	0.924	-1.2%
2021	0.907	-1.8%
2022	0.915	+0.9%
2023	0.91	-0.5%
2024	0.918	+0.9%
2025	0.913	-0.5%

Lithuania compared with similar countries

Lithuania's 0.913 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.906, 1.0× the median. (55 countries reporting)
Lithuania's 0.913 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.8795, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Human Rights Index in Lithuania 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	+188.5%	0.314	0.906
1940	-97.4%	0.531	0.014
1918	+94.1%	0.304	0.59
1986	+43.0%	0.172	0.246
1848	+30.3%	0.122	0.159

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1790s	0.1406	0.127	0.161	5
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	0.3869	0.297	0.684	10
1920s	0.6749	0.527	0.75	10
1930s	0.546	0.513	0.563	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	0.915	0.895	0.924	10
2000s	0.9333	0.925	0.947	10
2010s	0.9408	0.929	0.952	10
2020s	0.9145	0.907	0.924	6

Countries ranked near Lithuania

23 France 0.917 compare
24 Malta 0.915 compare
25 Suriname 0.913 compare
27 Ghana 0.912 compare
27 Netherlands 0.912 compare
27 South Korea 0.912 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is human rights index in Lithuania?: Human rights index in Lithuania was 0.913 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest human rights index recorded in Lithuania?: The highest recorded value was 0.952 in 2010.
What is the lowest human rights index recorded in Lithuania?: The lowest recorded value was 0.014 in 1940.
How does Lithuania rank for human rights index?: Lithuania ranks 25th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is human rights index rising or falling in Lithuania?: Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Lithuania 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.