Human rights index vs electoral democracy index in Egypt
Egypt: Human rights index vs electoral democracy index was 0.232 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Human rights index vs electoral democracy index in Egypt, 1789–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for human rights index vs electoral democracy index in Egypt is 0.232, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 4.5% on the previous year and up 37.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, human rights index vs electoral democracy index in Egypt peaked at 0.424 in 1952 and was at its lowest, 0.168, in 2017.
Egypt ranks 159th of 176 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 237 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0.308 | 0.308 | 0.308 | 1 |
| 1790s | 0.308 | 0.308 | 0.308 | 10 |
| 1800s | 0.308 | 0.308 | 0.308 | 10 |
| 1810s | 0.308 | 0.308 | 0.308 | 10 |
| 1820s | 0.308 | 0.308 | 0.308 | 10 |
| 1830s | 0.308 | 0.308 | 0.308 | 10 |
| 1840s | 0.3294 | 0.317 | 0.35 | 10 |
| 1850s | 0.3612 | 0.336 | 0.364 | 10 |
| 1860s | 0.364 | 0.364 | 0.364 | 10 |
| 1870s | 0.3816 | 0.374 | 0.421 | 10 |
| 1880s | 0.3996 | 0.396 | 0.421 | 10 |
| 1890s | 0.396 | 0.396 | 0.396 | 10 |
| 1900s | 0.4059 | 0.4 | 0.411 | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.4003 | 0.39 | 0.409 | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.3997 | 0.39 | 0.408 | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.4091 | 0.409 | 0.41 | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.4084 | 0.406 | 0.412 | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.331 | 0.282 | 0.424 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.2562 | 0.255 | 0.258 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.3066 | 0.277 | 0.322 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3193 | 0.293 | 0.332 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3196 | 0.308 | 0.325 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3099 | 0.306 | 0.312 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2373 | 0.168 | 0.418 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2253 | 0.206 | 0.243 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More social development data for Egypt
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 220,033 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 23,763 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh 6 (2025)
- Democracy lexical 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 6 (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 23,763 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0019 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is human rights index vs electoral democracy index in Egypt?
- Human rights index vs electoral democracy index in Egypt was 0.232 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest human rights index vs electoral democracy index recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 0.424 in 1952.
- What is the lowest human rights index vs electoral democracy index recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.168 in 2017.
- How does Egypt rank for human rights index vs electoral democracy index?
- Egypt ranks 159th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
- Is human rights index vs electoral democracy index rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from 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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