What is human rights index in Peru?

Human rights index in Peru was 0.8 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest human rights index recorded in Peru?

The highest recorded value was 0.901 in 2019.

What is the lowest human rights index recorded in Peru?

The lowest recorded value was 0.351 in 1931.

How does Peru rank for human rights index?

Peru ranks 76th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is human rights index rising or falling in Peru?

Over the last ten years it is down 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Peru 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 Peru

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

Peru: Human Rights Index was 0.8 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

0.8

Change on year

up 1.1%

World rank

76th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.901

in 2019

All-time low

0.351

in 1931

Years of data

205

1821–2025

Human Rights Index in Peru, 1821–2025

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for human rights index in Peru is 0.8, measured in 2025.

The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and down 10.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, human rights index in Peru peaked at 0.901 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.351, in 1931.

Peru ranks 76th of 176 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 205 years of available data.

Human Rights Index in Peru, year by year

Annual values for Human Rights Index in Peru, 1821 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1821	0.416	—
1822	0.5	+20.2%
1823	0.5	+0.0%
1824	0.453	-9.4%
1825	0.476	+5.1%
1826	0.476	+0.0%
1827	0.544	+14.3%
1828	0.544	+0.0%
1829	0.544	+0.0%
1830	0.515	-5.3%
1831	0.515	+0.0%
1832	0.515	+0.0%
1833	0.526	+2.1%
1834	0.534	+1.5%
1835	0.534	+0.0%
1836	0.514	-3.7%
1837	0.462	-10.1%
1838	0.462	+0.0%
1839	0.462	+0.0%
1840	0.52	+12.6%
1841	0.52	+0.0%
1842	0.52	+0.0%
1843	0.52	+0.0%
1844	0.52	+0.0%
1845	0.602	+15.8%
1846	0.602	+0.0%
1847	0.602	+0.0%
1848	0.602	+0.0%
1849	0.602	+0.0%
1850	0.602	+0.0%
1851	0.602	+0.0%
1852	0.602	+0.0%
1853	0.602	+0.0%
1854	0.579	-3.8%
1855	0.67	+15.7%
1856	0.67	+0.0%
1857	0.659	-1.6%
1858	0.659	+0.0%
1859	0.659	+0.0%
1860	0.67	+1.7%
1861	0.67	+0.0%
1862	0.67	+0.0%
1863	0.67	+0.0%
1864	0.67	+0.0%
1865	0.659	-1.6%
1866	0.636	-3.5%
1867	0.662	+4.1%
1868	0.604	-8.8%
1869	0.669	+10.8%
1870	0.669	+0.0%
1871	0.669	+0.0%
1872	0.669	+0.0%
1873	0.669	+0.0%
1874	0.669	+0.0%
1875	0.669	+0.0%
1876	0.669	+0.0%
1877	0.661	-1.2%
1878	0.661	+0.0%
1879	0.521	-21.2%
1880	0.389	-25.3%
1881	0.389	+0.0%
1882	0.389	+0.0%
1883	0.396	+1.8%
1884	0.543	+37.1%
1885	0.57	+5.0%
1886	0.611	+7.2%
1887	0.611	+0.0%
1888	0.611	+0.0%
1889	0.611	+0.0%
1890	0.602	-1.5%
1891	0.602	+0.0%
1892	0.602	+0.0%
1893	0.593	-1.5%
1894	0.593	+0.0%
1895	0.585	-1.3%
1896	0.649	+10.9%
1897	0.649	+0.0%
1898	0.649	+0.0%
1899	0.649	+0.0%
1900	0.647	-0.3%
1901	0.647	+0.0%
1902	0.647	+0.0%
1903	0.647	+0.0%
1904	0.647	+0.0%
1905	0.647	+0.0%
1906	0.646	-0.2%
1907	0.646	+0.0%
1908	0.646	+0.0%
1909	0.646	+0.0%
1910	0.654	+1.2%
1911	0.651	-0.5%
1912	0.65	-0.2%
1913	0.645	-0.8%
1914	0.632	-2.0%
1915	0.567	-10.3%
1916	0.579	+2.1%
1917	0.579	+0.0%
1918	0.579	+0.0%
1919	0.516	-10.9%
1920	0.394	-23.6%
1921	0.391	-0.8%
1922	0.391	+0.0%
1923	0.391	+0.0%
1924	0.391	+0.0%
1925	0.377	-3.6%
1926	0.377	+0.0%
1927	0.377	+0.0%
1928	0.377	+0.0%
1929	0.377	+0.0%
1930	0.374	-0.8%
1931	0.351	-6.1%
1932	0.355	+1.1%
1933	0.374	+5.4%
1934	0.409	+9.4%
1935	0.409	+0.0%
1936	0.409	+0.0%
1937	0.409	+0.0%
1938	0.409	+0.0%
1939	0.446	+9.0%
1940	0.697	+56.3%
1941	0.697	+0.0%
1942	0.697	+0.0%
1943	0.697	+0.0%
1944	0.697	+0.0%
1945	0.731	+4.9%
1946	0.76	+4.0%
1947	0.76	+0.0%
1948	0.664	-12.6%
1949	0.384	-42.2%
1950	0.384	+0.0%
1951	0.391	+1.8%
1952	0.391	+0.0%
1953	0.39	-0.3%
1954	0.39	+0.0%
1955	0.39	+0.0%
1956	0.465	+19.2%
1957	0.748	+60.9%
1958	0.748	+0.0%
1959	0.748	+0.0%
1960	0.745	-0.4%
1961	0.745	+0.0%
1962	0.724	-2.8%
1963	0.739	+2.1%
1964	0.777	+5.1%
1965	0.777	+0.0%
1966	0.777	+0.0%
1967	0.777	+0.0%
1968	0.57	-26.6%
1969	0.42	-26.3%
1970	0.416	-1.0%
1971	0.416	+0.0%
1972	0.416	+0.0%
1973	0.406	-2.4%
1974	0.397	-2.2%
1975	0.402	+1.3%
1976	0.433	+7.7%
1977	0.437	+0.9%
1978	0.487	+11.4%
1979	0.535	+9.9%
1980	0.608	+13.6%
1981	0.702	+15.5%
1982	0.652	-7.1%
1983	0.652	+0.0%
1984	0.652	+0.0%
1985	0.637	-2.3%
1986	0.602	-5.5%
1987	0.611	+1.5%
1988	0.611	+0.0%
1989	0.611	+0.0%
1990	0.595	-2.6%
1991	0.588	-1.2%
1992	0.533	-9.4%
1993	0.42	-21.2%
1994	0.428	+1.9%
1995	0.437	+2.1%
1996	0.437	+0.0%
1997	0.421	-3.7%
1998	0.421	+0.0%
1999	0.421	+0.0%
2000	0.504	+19.7%
2001	0.884	+75.4%
2002	0.884	+0.0%
2003	0.884	+0.0%
2004	0.884	+0.0%
2005	0.885	+0.1%
2006	0.879	-0.7%
2007	0.877	-0.2%
2008	0.88	+0.3%
2009	0.879	-0.1%
2010	0.885	+0.7%
2011	0.883	-0.2%
2012	0.888	+0.6%
2013	0.889	+0.1%
2014	0.893	+0.4%
2015	0.894	+0.1%
2016	0.894	+0.0%
2017	0.893	-0.1%
2018	0.898	+0.6%
2019	0.901	+0.3%
2020	0.875	-2.9%
2021	0.88	+0.6%
2022	0.858	-2.5%
2023	0.841	-2.0%
2024	0.791	-5.9%
2025	0.8	+1.1%

Peru compared with similar countries

Peru's 0.8 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.7345, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Peru's 0.8 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.819, 98% of the median. (25 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Human Rights Index in Peru 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
2001	+75.4%	0.504	0.884
1957	+60.9%	0.465	0.748
1940	+56.3%	0.446	0.697
1949	-42.2%	0.664	0.384
1884	+37.1%	0.396	0.543
1968	-26.6%	0.777	0.57

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1820s	0.4948	0.416	0.544	9
1830s	0.5039	0.462	0.534	10
1840s	0.561	0.52	0.602	10
1850s	0.6304	0.579	0.67	10
1860s	0.658	0.604	0.67	10
1870s	0.6526	0.521	0.669	10
1880s	0.512	0.389	0.611	10
1890s	0.6173	0.585	0.649	10
1900s	0.6466	0.646	0.647	10
1910s	0.6052	0.516	0.654	10
1920s	0.3843	0.377	0.394	10
1930s	0.3945	0.351	0.446	10
1940s	0.6784	0.384	0.76	10
1950s	0.5045	0.384	0.748	10
1960s	0.7051	0.42	0.777	10
1970s	0.4345	0.397	0.535	10
1980s	0.6338	0.602	0.702	10
1990s	0.4701	0.42	0.595	10
2000s	0.844	0.504	0.885	10
2010s	0.8918	0.883	0.901	10
2020s	0.8408	0.791	0.88	6

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Political Rights Rating 3 (2025)
Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
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Frequently asked questions

What is human rights index in Peru?: Human rights index in Peru was 0.8 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest human rights index recorded in Peru?: The highest recorded value was 0.901 in 2019.
What is the lowest human rights index recorded in Peru?: The lowest recorded value was 0.351 in 1931.
How does Peru rank for human rights index?: Peru ranks 76th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is human rights index rising or falling in Peru?: Over the last ten years it is down 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Peru 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.