How does Chile rank for human rights index vs. electoral democracy index?

Chile ranks 18th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is human rights index vs. electoral democracy index rising or falling in Chile?

Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Chile data come from?

The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Human Rights Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Human Rights Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index in Chile

Name: Human Rights Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index in Chile
Creator: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Chile: Human Rights Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index was 0.93 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

0.93

Change on year

down 0.1%

World rank

18th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.959

in 2013

All-time low

0.091

in 1804

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Human Rights Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index in Chile, 1789–2025

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

Analysis

In 2025, human rights index vs. electoral democracy index in Chile stood at 0.93.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, human rights index vs. electoral democracy index in Chile peaked at 0.959 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.091, in 1804.

Chile ranks 18th of 176 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 237 years of available data.

Human Rights Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index in Chile, year by year

Annual values for Human Rights Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index in Chile, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.095	—
1790	0.097	+2.1%
1791	0.095	-2.1%
1792	0.095	+0.0%
1793	0.095	+0.0%
1794	0.095	+0.0%
1795	0.095	+0.0%
1796	0.095	+0.0%
1797	0.095	+0.0%
1798	0.095	+0.0%
1799	0.095	+0.0%
1800	0.095	+0.0%
1801	0.095	+0.0%
1802	0.095	+0.0%
1803	0.095	+0.0%
1804	0.091	-4.2%
1805	0.091	+0.0%
1806	0.091	+0.0%
1807	0.095	+4.4%
1808	0.095	+0.0%
1809	0.095	+0.0%
1810	0.193	+103.2%
1811	0.199	+3.1%
1812	0.205	+3.0%
1813	0.205	+0.0%
1814	0.151	-26.3%
1815	0.139	-7.9%
1816	0.139	+0.0%
1817	0.163	+17.3%
1818	0.188	+15.3%
1819	0.238	+26.6%
1820	0.272	+14.3%
1821	0.272	+0.0%
1822	0.282	+3.7%
1823	0.493	+74.8%
1824	0.508	+3.0%
1825	0.516	+1.6%
1826	0.516	+0.0%
1827	0.516	+0.0%
1828	0.494	-4.3%
1829	0.494	+0.0%
1830	0.347	-29.8%
1831	0.34	-2.0%
1832	0.326	-4.1%
1833	0.322	-1.2%
1834	0.32	-0.6%
1835	0.32	+0.0%
1836	0.32	+0.0%
1837	0.32	+0.0%
1838	0.393	+22.8%
1839	0.398	+1.3%
1840	0.479	+20.4%
1841	0.479	+0.0%
1842	0.485	+1.3%
1843	0.485	+0.0%
1844	0.463	-4.5%
1845	0.473	+2.2%
1846	0.476	+0.6%
1847	0.48	+0.8%
1848	0.482	+0.4%
1849	0.495	+2.7%
1850	0.5	+1.0%
1851	0.46	-8.0%
1852	0.443	-3.7%
1853	0.443	+0.0%
1854	0.443	+0.0%
1855	0.443	+0.0%
1856	0.443	+0.0%
1857	0.451	+1.8%
1858	0.46	+2.0%
1859	0.476	+3.5%
1860	0.544	+14.3%
1861	0.566	+4.0%
1862	0.579	+2.3%
1863	0.579	+0.0%
1864	0.584	+0.9%
1865	0.613	+5.0%
1866	0.617	+0.7%
1867	0.617	+0.0%
1868	0.617	+0.0%
1869	0.617	+0.0%
1870	0.624	+1.1%
1871	0.624	+0.0%
1872	0.648	+3.8%
1873	0.648	+0.0%
1874	0.667	+2.9%
1875	0.671	+0.6%
1876	0.671	+0.0%
1877	0.671	+0.0%
1878	0.671	+0.0%
1879	0.671	+0.0%
1880	0.676	+0.7%
1881	0.668	-1.2%
1882	0.668	+0.0%
1883	0.668	+0.0%
1884	0.668	+0.0%
1885	0.672	+0.6%
1886	0.672	+0.0%
1887	0.672	+0.0%
1888	0.672	+0.0%
1889	0.672	+0.0%
1890	0.519	-22.8%
1891	0.457	-11.9%
1892	0.604	+32.2%
1893	0.623	+3.1%
1894	0.623	+0.0%
1895	0.623	+0.0%
1896	0.623	+0.0%
1897	0.623	+0.0%
1898	0.623	+0.0%
1899	0.623	+0.0%
1900	0.623	+0.0%
1901	0.623	+0.0%
1902	0.623	+0.0%
1903	0.623	+0.0%
1904	0.623	+0.0%
1905	0.625	+0.3%
1906	0.623	-0.3%
1907	0.623	+0.0%
1908	0.623	+0.0%
1909	0.625	+0.3%
1910	0.625	+0.0%
1911	0.625	+0.0%
1912	0.625	+0.0%
1913	0.625	+0.0%
1914	0.625	+0.0%
1915	0.625	+0.0%
1916	0.625	+0.0%
1917	0.625	+0.0%
1918	0.625	+0.0%
1919	0.625	+0.0%
1920	0.633	+1.3%
1921	0.633	+0.0%
1922	0.633	+0.0%
1923	0.633	+0.0%
1924	0.626	-1.1%
1925	0.614	-1.9%
1926	0.616	+0.3%
1927	0.548	-11.0%
1928	0.542	-1.1%
1929	0.537	-0.9%
1930	0.539	+0.4%
1931	0.539	+0.0%
1932	0.594	+10.2%
1933	0.614	+3.4%
1934	0.614	+0.0%
1935	0.622	+1.3%
1936	0.622	+0.0%
1937	0.621	-0.2%
1938	0.659	+6.1%
1939	0.687	+4.2%
1940	0.687	+0.0%
1941	0.687	+0.0%
1942	0.687	+0.0%
1943	0.687	+0.0%
1944	0.687	+0.0%
1945	0.687	+0.0%
1946	0.63	-8.3%
1947	0.606	-3.8%
1948	0.603	-0.5%
1949	0.591	-2.0%
1950	0.597	+1.0%
1951	0.597	+0.0%
1952	0.595	-0.3%
1953	0.608	+2.2%
1954	0.608	+0.0%
1955	0.608	+0.0%
1956	0.608	+0.0%
1957	0.612	+0.7%
1958	0.657	+7.4%
1959	0.734	+11.7%
1960	0.739	+0.7%
1961	0.741	+0.3%
1962	0.741	+0.0%
1963	0.745	+0.5%
1964	0.795	+6.7%
1965	0.797	+0.3%
1966	0.799	+0.3%
1967	0.801	+0.3%
1968	0.801	+0.0%
1969	0.791	-1.2%
1970	0.78	-1.4%
1971	0.78	+0.0%
1972	0.773	-0.9%
1973	0.276	-64.3%
1974	0.117	-57.6%
1975	0.117	+0.0%
1976	0.117	+0.0%
1977	0.12	+2.6%
1978	0.119	-0.8%
1979	0.121	+1.7%
1980	0.141	+16.5%
1981	0.145	+2.8%
1982	0.149	+2.8%
1983	0.165	+10.7%
1984	0.17	+3.0%
1985	0.175	+2.9%
1986	0.182	+4.0%
1987	0.209	+14.8%
1988	0.281	+34.4%
1989	0.416	+48.0%
1990	0.896	+115.4%
1991	0.935	+4.4%
1992	0.935	+0.0%
1993	0.935	+0.0%
1994	0.936	+0.1%
1995	0.936	+0.0%
1996	0.936	+0.0%
1997	0.936	+0.0%
1998	0.936	+0.0%
1999	0.938	+0.2%
2000	0.94	+0.2%
2001	0.94	+0.0%
2002	0.942	+0.2%
2003	0.942	+0.0%
2004	0.942	+0.0%
2005	0.942	+0.0%
2006	0.942	+0.0%
2007	0.942	+0.0%
2008	0.942	+0.0%
2009	0.941	-0.1%
2010	0.941	+0.0%
2011	0.942	+0.1%
2012	0.943	+0.1%
2013	0.959	+1.7%
2014	0.957	-0.2%
2015	0.948	-0.9%
2016	0.948	+0.0%
2017	0.949	+0.1%
2018	0.92	-3.1%
2019	0.887	-3.6%
2020	0.877	-1.1%
2021	0.897	+2.3%
2022	0.926	+3.2%
2023	0.927	+0.1%
2024	0.931	+0.4%
2025	0.93	-0.1%

Chile compared with similar countries

Chile's 0.93 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.906, 1.0× the median. (55 countries reporting)
Chile's 0.93 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.819, 1.1× the median. (25 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Human Rights Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index in Chile 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
1990	+115.4%	0.416	0.896
1810	+103.2%	0.095	0.193
1823	+74.8%	0.282	0.493
1973	-64.3%	0.773	0.276
1974	-57.6%	0.276	0.117
1989	+48.0%	0.281	0.416

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.095	0.095	0.095	1
1790s	0.0952	0.095	0.097	10
1800s	0.0938	0.091	0.095	10
1810s	0.182	0.139	0.238	10
1820s	0.4363	0.272	0.516	10
1830s	0.3406	0.32	0.398	10
1840s	0.4797	0.463	0.495	10
1850s	0.4562	0.443	0.5	10
1860s	0.5933	0.544	0.617	10
1870s	0.6566	0.624	0.671	10
1880s	0.6708	0.668	0.676	10
1890s	0.5941	0.457	0.623	10
1900s	0.6234	0.623	0.625	10
1910s	0.625	0.625	0.625	10
1920s	0.6015	0.537	0.633	10
1930s	0.6111	0.539	0.687	10
1940s	0.6552	0.591	0.687	10
1950s	0.6224	0.595	0.734	10
1960s	0.775	0.739	0.801	10
1970s	0.332	0.117	0.78	10
1980s	0.2033	0.141	0.416	10
1990s	0.9319	0.896	0.938	10
2000s	0.9415	0.94	0.942	10
2010s	0.9394	0.887	0.959	10
2020s	0.9147	0.877	0.931	6

Countries ranked near Chile

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Frequently asked questions

What is human rights index vs. electoral democracy index in Chile?: Human rights index vs. electoral democracy index in Chile was 0.93 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest human rights index vs. electoral democracy index recorded in Chile?: The highest recorded value was 0.959 in 2013.
What is the lowest human rights index vs. electoral democracy index recorded in Chile?: The lowest recorded value was 0.091 in 1804.
How does Chile rank for human rights index vs. electoral democracy index?: Chile ranks 18th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is human rights index vs. electoral democracy index rising or falling in Chile?: Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Chile data come from?: The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Human Rights Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Human Rights Index vs. Electoral Democracy 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.