Human rights index vdem in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Human rights index vdem was 0.805 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
0.805
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
73rd
of 176 countries
All-time high
0.831
in 2020
All-time low
0.313
in 1915
Years of data
126
1900–2025
Human rights index vdem in Papua New Guinea, 1900–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 0.805 for human rights index vdem in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, human rights index vdem in Papua New Guinea peaked at 0.831 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.313, in 1915.
Papua New Guinea ranks 73rd 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0.317 | 0.317 | 0.317 | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.315 | 0.313 | 0.317 | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.313 | 0.313 | 0.313 | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.313 | 0.313 | 0.313 | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.3954 | 0.313 | 0.513 | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.519 | 0.519 | 0.519 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.5754 | 0.562 | 0.588 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.7137 | 0.6 | 0.823 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8183 | 0.818 | 0.821 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.821 | 0.821 | 0.821 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.821 | 0.821 | 0.821 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8064 | 0.796 | 0.812 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8122 | 0.804 | 0.831 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More social development data for Papua New Guinea
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 7,727 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 644 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh 4 (2025)
- Democracy lexical 1 (2025)
- Human rights index vs electoral democracy index 0.805 (2025)
- Liberal democracy index 0.384 (2025)
- Electoral democracy index 0.467 (2025)
- Freedom of association index 0.879 (2025)
- Freedom of expression index 0.839 (2025)
- Participatory democracy index 0.28 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is human rights index vdem in Papua New Guinea?
- Human rights index vdem in Papua New Guinea was 0.805 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest human rights index vdem recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.831 in 2020.
- What is the lowest human rights index vdem recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.313 in 1915.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for human rights index vdem?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 73rd out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
- Is human rights index vdem rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Human rights index vdem. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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