Human rights index vs electoral democracy index in Guyana
Guyana: Human rights index vs electoral democracy index was 0.847 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Human rights index vs electoral democracy index in Guyana, 1900–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for human rights index vs electoral democracy index in Guyana is 0.847, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, human rights index vs electoral democracy index in Guyana peaked at 0.9 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.557, in 1981.
Guyana ranks 58th 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 | 0.6127 | 0.601 | 0.618 | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.6214 | 0.618 | 0.635 | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.6356 | 0.633 | 0.637 | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.6362 | 0.633 | 0.641 | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.6416 | 0.641 | 0.643 | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.6544 | 0.639 | 0.685 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.675 | 0.645 | 0.719 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.6794 | 0.668 | 0.694 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6181 | 0.557 | 0.709 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7496 | 0.734 | 0.771 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7357 | 0.702 | 0.748 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8288 | 0.769 | 0.89 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8583 | 0.841 | 0.9 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Guyana
More social development data for Guyana
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 35 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 342 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh 3 (2025)
- Democracy lexical 1 (2025)
- Liberal democracy index 0.328 (2025)
- Electoral democracy index 0.515 (2025)
- Freedom of association index 0.821 (2025)
- Freedom of expression index 0.771 (2025)
- Participatory democracy index 0.283 (2025)
- Varieties democracy vdem 0.515 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is human rights index vs electoral democracy index in Guyana?
- Human rights index vs electoral democracy index in Guyana was 0.847 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest human rights index vs electoral democracy index recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9 in 2020.
- What is the lowest human rights index vs electoral democracy index recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.557 in 1981.
- How does Guyana rank for human rights index vs electoral democracy index?
- Guyana ranks 58th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
- Is human rights index vs electoral democracy index rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guyana 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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